Tuesday, April 17, 2012

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

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Pro-life classical-realist artist: I love art, but motherhood has ‘taught me everything’

Ben Johnson Tue Apr 17 17:46 EST Culture of Life

"I was probably more the image of the proverbial modern day man who sees marriage as the old ball-and-chain," Andrea Nutt Falce, who donated a painting to LifeSiteNews' 15th annual gala, said.

Dr. Phil show sympathetically highlights mom who wants to have her disabled adult children killed

Cassy Fiano Tue Apr 17 11:45 EST Opinion

Annette Corriveau feels that the moral thing to do would be to kill her two adult children by lethal injection, to end their “suffering.”

Obama taking ‘similar path’ as Hitler and Stalin: Illinois bishop

Patrick B. Craine Tue Apr 17 09:28 EST Faith

“The days in which we live now require heroic Catholicism, not casual Catholicism,” says Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria.

Has the 2011 pro-life state takeover come to an end?

Kathleen Gilbert Tue Apr 17 17:12 EST Abortion

Pro-life experts say that while technically there are fewer bills, the tide is still so high that the pro-abortion lobby has very little room to celebrate.

Baptist charity pulls grant from clinic that distributes the morning-after pill

Ben Johnson Tue Apr 17 13:14 EST Abortion

“We have no intention of giving a dime back,” said the clinic's executive director.

New study indicates baby girls targeted for abortion in Ontario

Peter Baklinski Tue Apr 17 16:18 EST Abortion

For mothers from India with two children, the ratio of male to female births dramatically widened to 136 to 100.

NDP’s LGBTT Critic seeks support for controversial ‘transgender’ bill

Peter Baklinski Tue Apr 17 11:01 EST Homosexuality

A former version of the bill bill had narrowly passed the House of Commons in February 2011 before the election call by a vote of 143-135.

Ukraine abortion ban proposal sparks topless feminist protest at cathedral

Hilary White, Rome Correspondent Tue Apr 17 17:44 EST Abortion

The women climbed to the top of the Cathedral of St. Sophia in the capital, stripped to the waist and hung a sign saying, “Stop” from the bell tower.

Brazil’s Supreme Tribunal says anencephalic babies not alive, ok to abort

Matthew Cullinan Hoffman Tue Apr 17 15:58 EST Abortion

"Brazil’s high court has approved of slaughtering the country’s most vulnerable people, the severely disabled," said pro-life leader Piero Tozzi.

International life and family roundup

Hilary White, Rome Correspondent Tue Apr 17 15:32 EST Abortion

Another homosexual accepted for parish council seat in Austria. Catholic former Tory MP blasts Cameron plan on ‘gay marriage.’ Australian Labour Party forms pro-life caucus.

Tiny Turks and Caicos Islands Christian leaders speak out against gay ‘marriage’ proposal

Hilary White, Rome Correspondent Tue Apr 17 13:33 EST Homosexuality

Should the UK adopt “gay marriage” the practice would automatically become legal in the islands.

What is the ‘first liberty’?

Patrick B. Craine Tue Apr 17 12:48 EST Abortion

America's bishops have done the Church proud in their valiant defence of the Church, but as a pro-life activist I wonder at their contention that religious freedom is "our first, most cherished liberty."

Abortionist accused of misconduct after offering DIY abortion instructions online

Jason Rushton, Australia correspondent Tue Apr 17 11:21 EST Abortion

Dr. Freeman offered advice on how to abort babies up to 29 weeks simply using the drug misprostol, and even advised women to purchase the drugs on the black market.


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