LifeSiteNews.com NewsBytes for March 9, 2009
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LIFE ISSUES
Pennsylvania Drug Court Lends Woman Money for Abortion
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=44380
Final Exit Network defendants said that hospice is just assisted suicide in slow motion. This is dangerous demagoguery that could convince people not to seek the benefits that hospice can provide. The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization has now issued a press release rebutting the baseless charge.
http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2009/03/hospice-organization-reacts-to-fen.html
Pushing to Experiment on Alzheimer's Patients
http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2009/03/pushing-to-experiment-on-alzheimers.html
State senator says "Regents of the University of California have been conducting an experiment on women" by allowing Planned Parenthood to train non-physicians to perform abortions
http://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=70d60e87-7018-45ce-b0cd-f2404e281de9
Could St. Louis lose its Catholic hospitals under new federal abortion legislation?
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/religion/story/E6E47067257DB95E862575710014DD57?OpenDocument
Assisted suicide group expects 'cultural shift' in Washington state
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=15264
Another blow to fatherhood: IVF mothers can name ANYONE as 'father' on birth certificate
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1158322/Another-blow-fatherhood-IVF-mothers-ANYONE-father-birth-certificate.html
Stem Cell Research- Cord Blood Stem Cells Give Spinal Cord Injury Patient Feeling In His Body Again
http://donmargolis.com/blog/2009/03/stem-cell-research-cord-blood-stem-cells-spinal-cord-injury-feeling-body/
Two-year-old girl can see for the first time following stem cell treatment
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/4938179/Two-year-old-girl-can-see-for-the-first-time-following-stem-cell-treatment.html
New Eugenics: Selecting Embryos for Eye and Hair Color
http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2009/03/new-eugenics-selecting-embryos-for-eye.html
Lead Into Gold: IPS Cells Advances Continue
http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2009/03/lead-into-gold-ips-cells-advances.html
Pluripotent Self-Delusion - Embryonic-stem-cell research tramples upon human dignity By Mona Charen
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Njk4YWQ1N2RhYTA1Y2NhYjJjNjM5ZjRkOTQ1OTUzZDY=
Three Babies Born From Cloning? I don't believe a word of it. Wesley Smith
http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2009/03/three-babies-born-from-cloning.html
Drinking intellectual hemlock at The University of Calgary
A university is using police and the courts to silence students instead of allowing for the free inquiry they claim to support.
http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/drinking_intellectual_hemlock_at_the_university_of_calgary/
Palin Alaska Supreme Court Pick: 2nd Woman, Former Planned Parenthood Board Member
http://themoderatevoice.com/26930/palin-supreme-court-pick-2nd-woman-former-planned-parenthood-board-member/
SIBELIUS
Sebelius nomination puts DC archbishop in spotlight
http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=2212
Kathleen Sebelius Explains Being a Pro-Choice Pro-Lifer
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/god-and-country/2009/03/02/kathleen-sebelius-explains-being-a-pro-choice-pro-lifer.html
Matthews: Will Sebelius Survive 'Terrorism of the Anti-Abortion People?'
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/geoffrey-dickens/2009/03/02/matthews-will-sebelius-survive-terrorism-anti-abortion-people
The Sebelius Challenge By George Weigel
The Sebelius nomination is fraught with danger on several fronts. Vigorous, Internet-based support for Sebelius' nomination is already being offered by many of the same Catholic intellectuals who argued that Barack Obama was the real pro-life candidate in 2008.
http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=1325
"26 prominent Catholics back Sebelius pick," proclaims the National "Catholic" Reporter headline:
http://insightscoop.typepad.com/2004/2009/03/birds-of-faithful-feather.html
Sebelius's Pro-Abortion Partner
http://www.ncregister.com/daily/sebeliuss_pro-abortion_partner/
New Catholic website protests Gov. Sebelius' Cabinet nomination
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=15260
OBAMA
Senator: I will defy Obama if he repeals Abortion 'Conscience Clause'
http://www.examiner.com/x-2359-Evangelical-Examiner~y2009m3d2-Senator--I-will-defy-Obama-if-he-repeals-Abortion-Conscience-Clause
Senate Committee Ignores Outcry, Confirms Porn Lawyer. Specter told National Public Radio he had never seen so much opposition from voters — 11,000 phone calls, letters and other contacts with the committee.
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000009504.cfm
They say talk is cheap. But in fact it can be devastatingly expensive. Among the generation of Germans who were enthralled by Hitler's eloquence, millions paid with their lives and their children's lives for empowering this demagogue to lead them to ruin and infamy.
http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2009/03/03/is_talk_cheap
Obama's pro-life backers risk usurping bishops by redefining Catholic life
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=15278
Barack Obama may subject US troops to International Criminal Court
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/gerald_warner/blog/2009/03/06/barack_obama_may_subject_us_troops_to_international_criminal_court
Obama is in trouble - Did you feel it? The political ground shifting beneath President Barack Obama since his speech last week to Congress? It's been downhill since
http://www.dcexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/TapscottsCopyDesk/
More Government, Less God: What the Obama Revolution Means for Religion in America
the nanny state he is seeking to build will likely crowd out religious institutions in America.
http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/viewarticle.php?selectedarticle=2009.03.03.001.pdart
Obama wants to crush conservatives
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/ci_11828382
Cramer on Obama: 'It's Amateur Hour at Our Darkest Moment'
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-poor/2009/03/03/cramer-obama-its-amateur-hour-our-darkest-moment
The Obama Economy - As the Dow keeps dropping, the President is running out of people to blame.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123604419092515347.html
'Fixes' killing the market - When will someone concede that to redistribute or nationalize wealth is to steal it, not create it?
http://www.financialpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1321666
David Brooks Wakes Up Late: 'Barack Obama Is Not Who We Thought He Was'
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2009/03/03/david-brooks-wakes-late-barack-obama-not-who-we-thought-he-was
Wikipedia scrubs Obama eligibility - Mention of citizenship issues deleted in minutes, 'offending' users banned
http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=91114
Obama overturns Bush endangered species rule
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/03/endangered.species.act/index.html
OBAMA VS. RUSH LIMBAUGH
Susan Estrich Warns Democrats About Dangers of Attacking Rush Limbaugh
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2009/03/04/susan-estrich-warns-democrats-about-dangers-attacking-rush-limbaugh
Senior White House aide guiding anti-Rush Limbaugh strategy...
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19596.html
Rush unloads on RNC's Michael Steele - Where are your guts? Why can't you tie Obama to these policies?'
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_030209/content/01125111.guest.html
DOUG KMIEC
A little more whiplash from Kmiec
http://insightscoop.typepad.com/2004/2009/03/a-little-more-whiplash-from-kmiec.html
Douglas Kmiec comes out against Proposition 8...
http://insightscoop.typepad.com/2004/2009/03/douglas-kmiec-comes-out-against-proposition-8.html
RELIGION
Why would a Catholic agency ask for involvement with the abortion industry?
http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/articles.cfm?id=306
Boston cardinal backs Catholic agency's bid for contract involving abortion coverage
http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=2211
Cardinal says atheist's theories "absurd"
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hJK9enh8baMhdRguzkPFWcjJj9NQD96MJ1JG1
"Exposing children to unapproved religious activities"; Teen counselor sues employer after she's suspended from work for inadvertently allowing youngsters to hear 'Christian music' during beach outing
http://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=3b3f119a-5263-4fcc-b2a9-c7023b157a1b
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a New Jersey high school football coach who wants to bow his head and kneel during prayers led by his players,
http://www.citizenlink.org/CLNews/A000009503.cfm
If Pope Benedict is out of touch...
http://insightscoop.typepad.com/2004/2009/03/if-pope-benedict-is-out-of-touch.html
Bishop receives death threats for denouncing human trafficking rings
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=15288
Just what religion is promoted at Cardinal Mahony's so-called "Catholic congress?" Subversive and heterodox groups take center stage in LA
http://catholiccitizens.org/views/contentview.asp?c=49638
The Voice of America Silenced on Radical Islam
http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.aspx?GUID=67584C70-C524-475E-8D77-B1F9BE9486E0
Critic Says Islamic Extremism Gets Whitewashed in American Textbooks. Publishers are afraid of the Islamist activists. They don't want trouble
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,504944,00.html
HOMOSEXUALITY
Student actors from Catholic high school will perform 'gay-friendly' play at 'gay-friendly' San Francisco parish
http://calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=86835971-dd6d-4e3e-90ed-66c234d71c24
Married gays in Mass. sue US for federal benefits
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090303/D96MBMHG0.html
Young conservatives misled on homosexual issue
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=434116
Transsexual takes case to tribunal after claiming to be denied access to women's only area of gym
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1450968
Canadian Government Minister Jason Kenney backs refugee status for gay Iranians
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/594493
ECONOMIC CRISIS
U.S. rescue efforts may risk double-dip recession
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE52168Y20090302
Head of market analysis for Schneider Foreign Exchange Stephen Gallo told CNBC yesterday that the financial crisis will lead to the creation of a global central bank and a global single currency within 15 years
http://www.baltische-rundschau.eu/2009/03/01/global-bank-global-currency-within-15-years/
Terence Corcoran: The Big Global Screw-up - Understanding systemic failure on this scale requires much more than name-calling and cheap accusations aimed at bankers
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/02/23/terence-corcoran-the-big-global-screw-up.aspx
MISCELLANEOUS
Global Warming: On Hold? According to a new study, global warming may have hit a speed bump and could go into hiding for decades.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/03/02/global-warming-pause.html
CO2 a pollutant? 'Ridiculous,' says scientist
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=433994
If We Don't Legislate Morality, Immorality Rules - Pat Boone
http://www.newsmax.com/boone/Boone_morality_legislate/2009/03/02/187231.html
Tories and Libs focusing on 'key battleground' of fertile Ontario
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/march/2/batterground/&c=2
Government: In search of the real Harper - Has the PM really pulled the ultimate about-face?
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/managing/strategy/article.jsp?content=20090303_10002_10002
Home schoolers swarm to defend education
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=431394
A commercial for adultery?
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Perspectives/Default.aspx?id=434648
Palin's biographer impressed with the governor - her presence on the GOP ticket would have made the election much closer than it turned out.
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=433742
Congressman: Demise of old media mostly for better
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D96MPJ804&show_article=1
Illinois' Cook County Craigslist is top source of prostitution
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10189323-93.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0
Fictional drivel- The Handmaid's Tale - It is drivel because it is a paranoiac fantasy whose principal purpose and effect is to stir up hatred of men - Barbara Kay, National Pos
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1325501
Rick Santorum speech at Conservative Political Action Conference 2009 - Did conservatism fail America? I would say that what happened was conservatives failed conservatism, and that failed America. Why has the movement floundered? Ethical lapses, incompetence, and a loss of principles
http://www.eppc.org/publications/pubID.3732/pub_detail.asp
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