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University of the Fraser Valley shuts down pro-life event, censors materials

by Peter Baklinski ABBOTSFORD, B.C., April 9, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Administration at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) cancelled a pro-life event scheduled for tomorrow. The Life Link event, which had been approved by the university on March 20, was to feature Mike Schouten from the group “We Need…

Gosnell employee recants ‘guilty’ plea during tearful, gruesome testimony

by Cheryl Sullenger Philadelphia, PA, April 9, 2013 (OperationRescue.org) – A former employee of Kermit Gosnell who has a history of anxiety and depression broke down on the stand yesterday and tearfully recanted her guilty plea as she was testifying against her former boss. West had told prosecutor Joanne Pescatore…

Pharmacy chain offers free morning after pill following contraceptive placebo error

by Thaddeus Baklinski VANCOUVER, April 9, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Vancouver-based drug store chain is offering customers free morning after pills following a product recall by Health Canada of the Alysena 28 contraceptive pill. The Health Canada recall notice states that some packages of the contraceptive, produced by…

It’s a baby – kill it anyway

by Sarah Terzo April 9, 2013 (LiveActionNews.org) – On March 15, Live Action published an article entitled “Abortionists Agree – Abortion Is Killing.” It contained quotes from a number of abortion providers who have publicly admitted that abortion takes human lives. The point of the article was that,…

Stick to what you know: Noam Chomsky fails biology 101

by Niamh Ui Bhriain April 9, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last week Prof Noam Chomsky, the well-known linguist and left-wing activist, took Ireland to task for our protection of unborn human life.   In a discussion on women’s rights in Islamic States he told Ireland’s Newstalk Radio that when it comes to “the…

Obama administration to begin finalizing HHS mandate rules today

by Ben Johnson WASHINGTON, D.C., April 9, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With the comment period now closed, the Obama administration will begin formally composing the regulatory language of the controversial HHS mandate. The process will likely reinvigorate attempts to have the provision legally overturned, an effort…

Jumping on the gay ‘marriage’ bandwagon

by Michael Cook April 9, 2013 (Mercatornet.com) – What does a herd of politicians running to jump on the bandwagon sound like? The thunder of the hooves of panicked cattle? Or the rustle of lemming feet over a cliff? Choose your own metaphor, but the stampede of many US senators into the same-sex marriage corral just…

Marriage, religious liberty, and the ban myth

by Adam J. MacLeod In a column at CNN.com, Marc Stern asks whether “gay rights” will infringe religious liberty. By “gay rights” he means eradication of sexual complementarity from marriage laws. His answer is yes, sometimes: “In some instances the rights of same-sex couples will unavoidably…

‘Jesus once looked like this’: new pro-life graphics show Jesus ‘from Annunciation to Nativity’

by Eric Scheidler Inspired by my recent reflections on the “Litany to Jesus in the Womb of Mary”—with its moving lines about how Christ’s “Precious Blood first flowed through tiny arteries and veins in the womb of Mary”—the Pro-Life Action League on Monday launches a…

‘Prayer and holy anger!’: French Catholics protest gay ‘marriage’ outside nation’s Senate

by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman April 9, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) -  As the French Senate is moving towards the approval of a bill to create homosexual “marriage” and adoption, pro-family Catholics are organizing daily protests on the streets outside, vowing to stay the course despite complaints from the bill’s proponents.…

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