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| 08/28/09 | The Kennedy Funeral - A Golden Opportunity or Capitulation for the Catholic Church Saturday's grandiose Catholic funeral for Senator Ted Kennedy has the potential to be a scandal that will make Notre Dame's Obama Day a walk in the park. With all four living former Presidents in attendance and an address from President Barack Obama, the funeral is set to be a royal crowning, right inside a Catholic Church, of a man who betrayed the most fundamental moral teachings of the faith. |
| 08/28/09 | Congressman Takes Mic Away From Pro-Life Advocate at Health Care Town Hall A Democratic congressman is facing criticism from a pro-life constituent who says he took a microphone away from her as she tried to ask him questions about the abortion and rationing components of the government-run health care plan. |
| 08/28/09 | St. Louis Archbishop Reminds Troubled Saint Louis University of His Authority on Moral Issues In an interview with the online newspaper of the Jesuit-run Saint Louis University (SLU), which has had a history of conflict with Church moral teaching, Archbishop Carlson has reminded the school that he will follow his pastoral obligation to guide the school on matters of faith and morals. |
| 08/28/09 | Wall St. Journal Also Confirms House Health Care Bill Has Tax-Funded Abortions The Wall St. Journal is the latest mainstream media outlet to confirm what pro-life advocates have been saying for months. It has acknowledged that the House version of the government-run health care plan allows for taxpayer financing of abortions. |
| 08/27/09 | Pro-Life, Pro-Abortion Groups Take Divergent Stand on Ted Kennedy's Legacy With former Massachusetts senator Ted Kennedy taking a strongly pro-abortion stance throughout much of his career, the response to his passing from pro-life and pro-abortion groups is as expected. Kennedy was a hero or mistaken on abortion, depending on the point of view. |
| 08/27/09 | Ted Kennedy's Passing Highlights Democrats Who Have Flip-Flopped on Abortion Ted Kennedy, the iconic Massachusetts senator, died late Tuesday night at home in Hyannis Port after a long battle with cancer. Elected first in 1962, the 77-year-old liberal lion reminds many political observers of the changes on abortion among many members of the Democratic Party. |
| 08/25/09 | Pro-Life Dems Still Plan to Stop House Health Care Bill Over Abortion Funding The leader of a group of 40 pro-life Democrats in the House of representatives says they still plan to stop the government-run health care bill if it is not amended to exclude abortion funding. As media outlets and the nonpartisan FactCheck web site confirm, HR 3200 funds abortion in a few different ways. |
| 08/25/09 | Obama Administration Promotes "Death Book" for Veterans Americans worried about President Barack Obama's health care reforms turning into "death panels" have a new cause for concern: the Obama Administration has mandated that government-run Veterans Affairs hospitals give their patients a handbook on advanced directives including "end-of-life counseling" created by advocates for legal euthanasia. |
| 08/25/09 | Recalling Notre Dame: Catholic Bishop Explains Decision to Boycott Obama Notre Dame University's decision to allow pro-abortion President Barack Obama to give its commencement address and to give him an honorary degree was one of the most controversial developments in the pro-life Catholic community in recent years. |
| 08/25/09 | Women in SD Must be Told Unborn Child is a Human Being: Federal Judge A Federal Court has upheld the constitutionality of a South Dakota law requiring doctors to inform patients that abortion kills a human being. |
| 08/25/09 | Time Magazine Confirms Health Care Bills Include Taxpayer-Funded Abortions Time magazine joins the Associated Press and the nonpartisan FactCheck web site in confirming that the health care bills in Congress allow taxpayer-funded abortions. |
| 08/24/09 | Texas Gov Perry Better on Abortion, Bioethics Reublican Pro-Life Group Says Texas Republicans will have a chance to vote in what could wind up as one of the most bitter and hard-fought primary elections outside of the presidential election. |
| 08/24/09 | Virginia Pro-Life Group Launches Web Site Exposing Deed's Pro-Abortion Views A Virginia pro-life group has launched a new web site exposing the pro-abortion record and views of gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds. |
| 08/24/09 | Bowling for Death Panels: Euthanasia Group Behind "End-of-Life" Counseling Although President Obama and liberal Congressional Democrats have denounced claims that the health care reform establishes "death panels," it does not help reassure the American public that the nation's foremost pro-euthanasia group is actively pushing "end-of-life counseling" as a centerpiece of health-care reforms. |
| 08/21/09 | Catholic Medical Association Opposes Health Care Bill Over End-of-Life Section The Catholic Medical Association has announced that it opposes the government-run health care bills in Congress because the House version contains a section that could promote assisted suicide and rationing. The end-of-life counseling portion of the bill has proven extremely controversial. |
| 08/21/09 | Honoring the Father So often, you see that great men and women come from strong families. They had the support of a dedicated father and mother in a happy marriage. |
| 08/21/09 | Protect Your Family The war on family will take you and your family with it unless you take strong steps to defend against it. Here is some practical advice. |
| 08/21/09 | The War Against Family Why to fight it—how to win it! |
| 08/20/09 | Pro-lifers announce mass protest at Carhart's clinic Former auto repair shop now surgical center for abortions. |
| 08/20/09 | Planned Parenthood President Attacks Catholic Bishops on Abortion, Health Care Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards is so upset that the nation's Catholic bishops are opposed to being forced to pay for abortions in the health care "reform" bills that she has written a new editorial saying so. The editorial is making its way across the pro-abortion blogosphere. |
| 08/18/09 | Australian Quadriplegic Wins the "Right" to Commit Suicide An Australian quadriplegic man has won a court case that will give him the "right" to commit suicide by refusing nutrition and hydration. Christian Rossiter of Perth, who was left unable to move after a car accident in 2004, thanked the court for the decision but said he may yet be persuaded to live after consulting doctors. |
| 08/18/09 | Obama follows through, files to repeal DOMA A conservative black pastor in Washington, DC, is expressing outrage over President Obama's decision to file a legal brief in support of repealing the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). |
| 08/18/09 | Bishop Vasa: No Support for "Fatally Flawed" Obamacare Bill A genuine need for more comprehensive health insurance coverage should not lead Catholics to join the push to pass President Obama's health care legislation, which is "fatally flawed" with respect to pro-life and other major issues, said Bishop Robert Vasa of the Baker, Ore. diocese. |
| 08/18/09 | Health Care Reform Bill Would Allow Abortion Business in Public School Clinics Most of the focus on the pending bills in Congress for a government-run health care system focus on either the abortion funding and coverage or the rationing aspects of the legislation. But, the bills also contain a section allowing the nation's biggest abortion business to enter public schools. |
| 08/17/09 | Planned Parenthood Continues Boasting Close Ties with White House on Obamacare Bill As calls for protection against abortion in President Obama's health care legislation fall on deaf ears, Planned Parenthood (PP) has made no secret of its continued communications with the White House on its interest in ensuring that "reproductive health" plays a central role in the final version of the legislation. |
| 08/17/09 | House Democrats Will Likely Prevent Vote to Remove Abortion From Health Care When members of Congress return from their August recess, the first battle over the abortion funding found in the health care bills will occur in the House. There, it appears Democratic leaders will prevent a vote on an amendment to remove the abortion funding from the bill. |
| 08/14/09 | New York Times Taken to Task, Covers Up Abortion Funding in Health Care Bills The New York Times is the latest mainstream media outlet be taken to task for covering up the abortion funding found in the Congressional health care bills. The Times joins the Associated Press, which flip-flopped after pressure from LifeNews.com, and CBS News in presenting a false picture. |
| 08/11/09 | Religious Left Wades Into Healthcare Debate Liberal religious groups announced on Monday they are teaming up with President Barack Obama in a national campaign to counter the surprisingly vehement conservative opposition to his plan for overhaul of the U.S. healthcare industry this year. |
| 08/11/09 | Catholics Fear ‘Stealth’ Abortion Push in Healthcare With Democrats planning a September vote on a sweeping new healthcare plan, America’s Catholic leadership is becoming increasingly concerned that the legislation will lead to federal funding of abortions. |
| 08/10/09 | Senate Dem Leader May Revoke Filibuster Against Pro-Abortion Health Care Bill In a Thursday interview, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid would not rule out using a special parliamentary process to prevent pro-life advocates from stopping the pro-abortion health care bill with a filibuster. The filibuster could be the only option to prevent a huge expansion of abortion funding. |