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In wake of Gosnell scandal, Democrats target pregnancy resource centers
by Tony Perkins May 22, 2013 (FRC.org) - The IRS waged a secret war against conservatives, the White House covered up an attack on a consulate, and the Left wants to crack down on our "dishonesty?" Considering the administration's vulnerability, now is hardly the time for liberals to wage a truth campaign.…
Planned Parenthood Never Told Parents of Abortion on Raped 12-Year-Old
If we needed any more evidence that parental notification legislation is long overdue in Washington State, we just got it. In a story making news this week, last August a twelve-year old girl Washington girl was raped and impregnated by a thirty-one year-old man who took her to a Washington State Planned Parenthood and forced [...]
'Dr. Gosnell was a dream client': Gosnell’s defense attorney (Video)
by Ben Johnson WASHINGTON, D.C., May 22, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – To many, Dr. Kermit Gosnell and his “house of horrors” represent the most repugnant aspects of the abortion industry, the embodiment of some of the worst maladies afflicting society in general. But defense attorney Jack McMahon has…
Boy Scouts at the brink — the moment of decision arrives
by Albert Mohler May 22, 2013 (AlbertMohler.com) - Meeting Thursday in Grapevine, Texas, the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America will decide whether it will retain or revise its historic membership policy on the issue of homosexuality. The 1,400 voting members of the B.S.A. National Council hold the future…
Stay-at-home moms, more children are solution to Germany’s demographic crisis: cardinal
by Thaddeus Baklinski COLOGNE, May 22, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Catholic Archbishop of Cologne, Cardinal Joachim Meisner, says that immigration is not the answer to Germany's demographic crisis; the answer, he said, lies in increasing the birth rate. “Where are women really publicly encouraged to stay at home…
Lena Dunham’s ‘Girls’ and Jane Austen: ne’er the worldviews shall meet
by Eric Metaxas May 22, 2013 (Breakpoint.org) - If you ever need an example of how the Christian worldview clashes with modern secularism, you could hardly do better than to watch an episode or two of the HBO series titled “Girls”—that is, if you have an extremely high tolerance for sleazy television.…
‘My miscarriages made me question being pro-choice’: Salon writer
by Dave Andrusko I’m not entirely sure the headline and sub-headline fully convey what JJ Keith actually wrote—“My miscarriages made me question being pro-choice: I was devastated when I lost my pregnancies, and I wondered: Does grieving this way mean abortion is wrong?”—but in its confusion…
How legal euthanasia changed Belgium for ever
by Tom Mortier Co-authored with Steven Bieseman. May 22, 2013 (Mercatornet.com) - In 2002, Belgium became the second country in the world after its neighbour, The Netherlands, to legalise euthanasia. Over the next decade our country has become a living laboratory for radical social change. With many other countries…
Kermit Gosnell and the new slave traders
by Matthew J. Franck May 22, 2013 (thePublicDiscourse.com) - In his famous speech on the Kansas-Nebraska Act, given in Peoria, Illinois in the fall of 1854—the speech that relaunched his moribund political career by attacking the opening of new western territories to the spread of slavery—Abraham Lincoln addressed…
U.S. Democrats target crisis pregnancy centers with new bill
by Kirsten Andersen WASHINGTON, D.C., May 21, 2013 (LifeSiteNews) – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) has introduced a bill aimed at marginalizing Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs), which serve women facing unexpected pregnancies with counseling and factual information about parenthood, adoption and abortion. CPCs also…
Blind Chinese human rights activist receives pro-life award at UK House of Commons
by Hilary White, Rome Correspondent WESTMINSTER, May 21, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese human rights activist who has suffered imprisonment and beatings while fighting the country’s One-Child Policy, received a standing ovation in the UK House of Commons as he was presented with the first-ever…
Tea party protests IRS scandal nationwide
by Johanna Dasteel WASHINGTON, D.C., May 21, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – More than 20 Tea Party groups who were targeted by the IRS gathered on Capitol Hill today and organized rallies front of IRS offices across the country to protest the agency’s violations of their rights. Last week, amid the Benghazi and…
French president signs gay ‘marriage’ law
by Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent May 21, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Hours after the French Constitutional Counsel approved the gay ‘marriage’ law, President François Hollande signed it into law together with the prime minister, the minister for Health and Social affaire, Minister of Justice Christiane Taubira, and…
Gosnell patient expresses regret: 'I try not to think about it, but I think about it'
by Johanna Dasteel PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 21, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After hearing testimony in the trial of late-term abortionist Kermit Gosnell, one of his former patients says she regrets the abortion she had inside his office - and wonders if her baby suffered the same grisly fate as so many of Gosnell's…
Virginia GOP nominates staunchly pro-life Ken Cuccinelli for governor
by Kirsten Andersen RICHMOND, May 20, 2013 (LifeSiteNews) – The newly-nominated Republican candidate for governor of Virginia is a strong pro-life leader who told supporters at a fundraiser last year that LifeSiteNews.com is the homepage for one of the computers in his home. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, 44, accepted…
IRS Audited 69% of Adoptive Families While Defending Planned Parenthood
The Internal Revenue Service targeted a pro-life Iowa group that acts in part as a watchdog over the Planned Parenthood abortion business. It refused to grant nonprofit tax status to the Coalition for Life of Iowa unless it agreed to limit its “picketing” and “protesting” of Planned Parenthood. While defending the nation’s biggest abortion business, [...]
Kids start watching online porn as young as 6, flirt with cyberspace strangers by 8: survey
by Kirsten Andersen SEATTLE, WA, May 21, 2013 (LifeSiteNews) – A recent study of 19,000 parents by online security company Bitdefender has found that children as young as six are watching online pornography, and by eight, they’re flirting in real-time with strangers on the internet. “Kids nowadays are…
National Right to Life Convention: 40 Years of Roe is 40 Too Many
There are many reasons to be excited about the upcoming National Right to Life Convention. (See www.NRLConvention.com for details how to register.) In its 43 years, the Convention is taking place for the first time in Dallas, Texas. And we also have an amazing lineup of speakers. I would like to outline a few here: First, Ryan [...]
Former abortion employee helped friend induce labor, let baby die: police report
by Ben Johnson NORFOLK, VA, May 21, 2013, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Police in Virginia have arrested a former abortion facility employee for helping a friend induce labor, causing her newborn baby to die shortly after birth. Rachael Anne Lowe, 27, had once worked at Tidewater Women's Health Clinic, a Norfolk abortion…
Preemie born weighing just 15 ounces on her way home
by Thaddeus Baklinski VANCOUVER, Washington, May 21, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The smallest surviving baby ever born at a Vancouver, Washington hospital is on her way home after spending her first five months struggling for life in the neonatal intensive care unit of the Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, reports The Columbian.…
