Wednesday, February 8, 2012

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If you have not yet seen our impressive 15 year’s Anniversary Gala page we urge you to take a look. Even more VIP pro-life, pro-family leaders have confirmed their attendance since we published the page. We will add their names and photos in the near future.

Today’s LifeSiteNews blog posts:
* Video: pro-life protesters run over by pickup truck (Warning: disturbing) - John Jalsevac
* When Planned Parenthood tried to bully a corporate donor… and lost - Jill Stanek
* ‘If you don’t like abortion, don’t have one.’ - Fr. Frank Pavone

Southern Baptist leader: If Obama mandate isn’t changed, Christians will go to jail

Ben Johnson Wed Feb 08 17:23 EST Abortion

Dr. Richard Land tells LifeSiteNews.com, "We want the law changed, or else we're going to write our letters from the Nashville jail, just like Dr. King wrote his from the Birmingham jail."

I’m still here: Santorum snatches all three Tuesday state contests

Kathleen Gilbert Wed Feb 08 13:03 EST Abortion

In a surprising sweep, Santorum took the most votes in the Colorado caucuses, the Minnesota caucuses, and the Missouri primary.

‘The single biggest mistake of my entire life’: a letter from a post-abortive woman

Arland Nichols Wed Feb 08 10:56 EST Abortion

As I sat there curled up in a ball crying, I physically and very clearly heard a strong yet soft man’s voice in the darkness of my bedroom. The only words spoken were, “Don’t do it.”

Catholic college prez on birth control mandate: Obama can’t make me break my oath

Kathleen Gilbert Wed Feb 08 16:55 EST Abortion

"The health care mandate calls me to renounce an oath that I have taken publicly and solemnly before God. I cannot do this," writes Dr. William Fahey.

Simply abandon the ‘norm against killing’ to solve organ transplant problem: leading US bioethicists

Hilary White, Rome Correspondent Wed Feb 08 14:48 EST Bioethics

The conundrum faced by the organ transplant industry, that the removal of vital organs kills the “donor,” can be “easily obviated by abandoning the norm against killing,” two leading U.S. bioethicists have said.

Deny Communion to Pelosi urge canon lawyer, popular priest-blogger

Patrick B. Craine Wed Feb 08 13:49 EST Abortion

Fr. Z and Dr. Edward Peters are both calling on Pelosi's bishops to deny her Communion after she claimed last week to stand with her "fellow Catholics" in supporting Obama's contraception mandate.

Military silences Catholic archbishop’s opposition to birth control mandate

Kathleen Gilbert Wed Feb 08 10:40 EST Abortion

The letter from the military archbishop was barred from being distributed to Catholic priests and edited by military officials that saw the criticism as an incitement to disobey the Commander in Chief.

Strengthen family to avert social collapse: new report

Peter Baklinski Wed Feb 08 13:37 EST Family

While new data shows a slight increase in Canada's birth rate, one pro-family commentator told LifeSiteNews that Canadian demographics remain "troubling."

So, you want to help end abortion, but don’t know how? Here’s how.

Kelly Clinger Wed Feb 08 18:18 EST Opinion

Imagine if every Christian would stand outside of an abortion clinic at least once a month. While I am just one rain drop by myself, imagine the vast ocean we would be together!

Soft fascism and pro-life apathy result in dead humans

Jonathon Van Maren Wed Feb 08 17:30 EST Opinion

Soft fascism may go down better than a jackboot, and taste a bit like Kool-Aid, but it’s still deadly.

Letter from a 12-week old unborn baby

The Editors Wed Feb 08 17:22 EST Opinion

I am not a “potential” child, but a real child. My mother cannot “choose” to have a child – she already has one! Her only “choice” is whether or not to let me live.

South African bishops grieve 1 million ‘lost children’ after 15 years of legalized abortion

Peter Baklinski Wed Feb 08 17:14 EST Abortion

Those children killed by abortion would now be “playing on the streets of our towns and villages in the evenings and singing and praying with us in our churches on Sunday,” Archbishop Buti observed.

Euthanasia In Europe: from horror to hope

Carlos Beltramo Wed Feb 08 13:51 EST Opinion

Murder is always wrong — euthanasia is clearly murder. And nations that accept euthanasia (like Holland or Belgium) quickly land on the slippery slope toward a more generalized disrespect for life.

First private, door-to-door euthanasia service opens in Netherlands

Matthew Cullinan Hoffman Wed Feb 08 11:35 EST Euthanasia

The organization estimates that it's mobile euthanasia teams will receive one thousand euthanasia requests annually.


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