Pro-Life Today | 16 October 2008
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Fordham Students Rise, Petition University President to Revoke Award Offer to Justice Breyer
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Cardinal Newman Society
Less than two weeks after The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) broke the story that pro-abortion Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is the intended recipient of the Fordham-Stein Ethics Prize, Fordham University students are working feverishly to collect signatures petitioning President Rev. Joseph McShane, S.J. to rescind the honor. The Fordham Respect for Life club penned an open letter to Father McShane, and is now asking the general public to join them in their petition. At the request of Respect for Life, an electronic petition has been added to The Cardinal Newman Society website. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to add their support. All names and emails submitted will be presented to Fordham President, Rev. Joseph McShane, S.J. by Respect for Life.
Abortion Must Be Addressed "for the Survival of African-American People," Asserts Catholic Bishop
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Responding to information from the Guttmacher Institute reporting that black woman have abortions at five times the rate of white women, Bishop Martin D. Holley, Auxiliary Bishop of Washington called on African Americans to rededicate themselves to family, prayer and the dignity of the human person. "As an African American, I am saddened by evidence that Black women continue to be targeted by the abortion industry,” the bishop began in a statement. “The loss of any child from abortion is a tragedy, but we must ask: Why are minority children being aborted at such disproportionate rates?" The prelate stressed that since the Roe v. Wade decision, “the number one cause of death in the African American community has been abortion.” Because of this, “we have lost over 13 million lives. To put that in perspective, it is one third of our present Black population. Since 1973, twice as many Black Americans have died from abortion than from AIDS, accidents, violent crimes, cancer, and heart disease combined.” Abortion is an issue that must not be pushed to the back burner, he insisted. “It clearly must be at the heart and center of our discussion of the survival of African American people.”
Construction to start soon on MLK Planned Parenthood clinic
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The Catholic Sentinel
Construction is set to begin next week on a large abortion clinic and office in Northeast Portland. The groundbreaking comes despite protests over a land deal that involves the city, private developers and Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider. Work on the city-owned parcel at Northeast Martin Luther King Boulevard and Beech Street had been delayed repeatedly, but on Monday the city’s urban renewal department finalized the sale to the developers — Beech Street Partners.
Planned Parenthood Banks on Fraud!!!
American Life League exposes Planned Parenthood's fraud in California and reminds Americans why Planned Parenthood should not receive ANY tax money, especially in the midst of a current financial crisis. In response to this fraud, American Life League is calling on all pro-lifers to go to www.stopp.org/fraud to send a message to the Attorneys General in their own states asking for an investigation into Planned Parenthood.
To view the report on blip.tv (higher quality version), go to http://blip.tv/file/
