ALL Pro-life Today: Extinct Species: Dinosaurs and Catholic Health Care

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 COMMENTARY EXTINCT SPECIES: DINOSAURS AND CATHOLIC HEALTH CARE by Judie Brown The respect of life in all forms is an integral part of Catholic identity and, thus, Catholic health care as well. Catholics in leadership positions and Catholic clergy alike must all respect their Catholic identities. But what happens when they don't? The future of Catholic health care becomes jeopardized.  [ Read full article at ALL.org ] IN MEMORY OF MILDRED FAY JEFFERSON (1926-2010) We mourn a life lost, but celebrate a life well-lived. Mildred Fay Jefferson was a selfless woman with numerous accomplishments who dedicated her life to saving preborn babies. Judie Brown, president of American Life League, salutes a woman whose life and work will not be forgotten. [ Read full article at ALL.org ] HEADLINES Planned Parenthood Admits Defeat No Abortion as a Human Right in UN Summit Document http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/oct/10101806.html Life Site News (ROME) - Pro-life and pro-family advocates have scored two major political victories in the same month in two different international organizations. Following the defeat of the McCafferty Report - which attempted to abolish the rights of European doctors to refuse to commit abortions - at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, pro-life advocates are now declaring a victory over the International Planned Parenthood Federation at the UN.      Kansas High Court Allows Planned Parenthood Criminal Case to Proceed http://tinyurl.com/2fnmbks The Christian Post The Kansas Supreme Court decided to allow a 107-count criminal case to proceed against Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri after the case had been tied up for two years. The organization had been accused of conducting illegal late-term abortions. Ohio Democrat files election complaint over pro-life group's billboard http://tinyurl.com/3alg6cl Metro Catholic, Texas Edition Columbus, OH (CNA).- An Ohio congressman has filed a complaint with the Ohio Elections Commission charging that a pro-life political group has misrepresented him as a supporter of federal abortion funding. The pro-life group has asked a federal court to intervene.