Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Heroic News: “Good soldiers have abortions?” plus 11 more



Good soldiers have abortions?

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 12:36 PM PST

When Bethany Saros got pregnant shortly after deploying to Iraq, she came face-to-face with what she says is the military’s “unspoken code”: that “a good soldier will have an abortion, continue the mission, and get some sympathy because she chose duty over motherhood.”

Porn, violent images flood newsfeeds in Facebook spam attack

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Posted: 15 Nov 2011 08:59 AM PST

Porn, violent images and other graphic pieces of content are spreading across Facebook in what appears to be a widespread and ugly spam attack.

Abortion advocates attacking individual rights

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 08:23 AM PST

The radical agenda being pursued across the United States now in support of unlimited abortion is taking its toll on individual rights – and the newest battleground is a New Jersey hospital that is trying to require nurses to help kill the unborn despite both state and federal prohibitions.

DOMA unlikely to disappear before 2012 elections

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 08:21 AM PST

Despite multiple legislative and judicial efforts to fight the Defense of Marriage Act, senators and legal experts agree that the law will most likely not be repealed in coming months.

Illinois bishops announce forced shutdown of adoption services

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 08:20 AM PST

Bishops in three Illinois dioceses announced Nov. 14 that they have dropped their lawsuit against the state and will shut down their adoption and foster care programs, after a civil union law required them to provide their services to same-sex couples.

Bishops say government eroding religious liberty

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 08:14 AM PST

U.S. Roman Catholic bishops vowed Monday to defend their religious liberty in the face of growing acceptance of gay 'marriage' and attempts by secularists to marginalize faith.

Will Kagan recuse herself over Obamacare?

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 08:09 AM PST

The March 2010 email exchange between Kagan and Tribe raises new questions about whether Kagan must recuse herself from judging cases involving the health-care law that Obama signed--and which became the target of legal challenges--while Kagan was serving as Obama's solicitor general and was responsible for defending his administration’s positions in court disputes.

Euthanasia and assisted suicide battle before Canada's courts

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Posted: 15 Nov 2011 08:03 AM PST

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) executive director Alex Schadenberg said he finds it “very scary” that pro-euthanasia and assisted suicide advocates are pressing the courts to have assisted suicide treated as a medical instead of criminal issue.

First Official Gov. Approved Trial Using Human Embryonic Stem Cells Halted

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Posted: 15 Nov 2011 07:29 AM PST

The company doing the first government-approved test of embryonic stem cell therapy is discontinuing further stem cell work, providing hope that fewer human beings will be destroyed in the name of 'science.'

Obama agency assaults Catholics, says Washington Post columnist

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 07:06 AM PST

Despite President Barack Obama's promises that he would respect the pro-life views of Catholics, his Health and Human Services Department has embarked on an assault on Catholic institutions, writes Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson.

Military dad shocks kids with surprise visit

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Posted: 15 Nov 2011 06:53 AM PST

Running into their father's arms is the moment that Quincy Jr. and Autumn Duplessis have been waiting for. Their dad, Quincy Duplessis Senior, was deployed with the Army National Guard to Iraq a little over a year ago.

Newly-released documents show DOJ knew Stupak agreement was a sham

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Posted: 15 Nov 2011 06:45 AM PST

"The executive order signed by President Obama to give cover to Bart Stupak and his 'pro-life' Democrats for them to support Obamacare was a joke."

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