Thursday, August 16, 2012

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Thursday, August 16, 2012
Send a message to bishops: Don't do Obama's bidding!
By Rita Diller

Barrack Obama signaled his intent to do the will of Planned Parenthood in 2007, well before his election, when he praised the abortion giant for "all the work that you are doing for women all across the country and for families all across the country."
Obama has stayed true to his love affair with the abortion giant. He has propped it up at every corner, subsidized it at unprecedented levels through Obamacare, and trampled religious freedom via a Planned Parenthood ploy to mandate that Catholic and other religious institutions and businesses provide free contraceptives and sterilization for employees, despite religious objections. 


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HEADLINES
N.Y. cardinal defends invitation to Obama
USA Today
The top Catholic official in New York says his decision to invite President Obama to a major dinner is not a political one. "The purpose of the Al Smith Dinner is to show both our country and our Church at their best," said a statement from Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York. "People of faith gathered in an evening of friendship, civility, and patriotism, to help those in need, not to endorse either candidate."   

Planned Parenthood investigation experiences setback
after Cliff Stearns loses Republican primary
Opposing Views
The congressional investigation into Planned Parenthood appeared to suffer a setback Tuesday (Aug. 14) in a Florida primary election. Twelve-term Congressman Cliff Stearns stunningly fell to challenger Ted Yoho in the Republican primary by a margin of slightly more than 1 percent of the vote. Stearns' defeat means he will no longer be in the House of Representatives come January to continue to lead what likely will be an unresolved investigation of the country's No. 1 abortion provider.  

'Just being human doesn't give you a right to live':
Peter Singer sums up pro-abortion philosophy
LifeSiteNews
"Membership of the species Homo sapiens is not enough to confer a right to life." To the ears of us ordinary people, it sounds like the ravings of some fringe group of European neo-fascists or Communists, but the man who made that statement in a Scottish newspaper today is perhaps the most acclaimed and respected ethical philosopher alive, toasted by liberal academic and political elites around the world. Philosopher and Bioethicist Peter Singer defended abortion in an op-ed in the Scotsman today.