Heroic News: “Practice Makes Perfect: An interview with George Weigel” plus 13 more

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• Practice Makes Perfect: An interview with George Weigel
• Morning sickness in second trimester ups pregnancy risks
• Obama Admin OKs Vending Machine Selling Plan B Morning After Pill
• Senate Approves Pro-Abortion John Kerry Secretary of State
• As Catholic hospital argues fetus is not a person, Personhood looks to change the law
• Exclusive: U.S. bishops say they’re willing to ‘go to jail’ over HHS mandate
• Boy Scouts of America reconsidering ban on open homosexuality
• Colorado Democrats Kill Bill to Protect Pregnant Women, Unborn
• Why Does Planned Parenthood Support Women in Combat? Abortion
• Don’t Expect John Kerry to Go After China’s Sex-Selection Abortions
• Oklahoma State University Sued, Denied Pro-Life Group’s Free Speech
• Canadians Mourn 2.5 Million Babies Killed 25 Years After Morgentaler
• Crowd of gay activists demonstrate outside Italian archbishop’s house
• 2,000+ youth learn the nuts and bolts of pro-life activism at Students for Life conference

Practice Makes Perfect: An interview with George Weigel Posted: 30 Jan 2013 08:12 AM PST Practicing Catholic: Essays Historical, Literary, Sporting, and Elegiac is a new collection by George Weigel, a leading writer on Catholic, cultural, and political matters of recent decades. Weigel gives a taste of the collection in an interview with National Review Online’s Kathryn Jean Lopez.

Morning sickness in second trimester ups pregnancy risks Posted: 30 Jan 2013 07:37 AM PST Women with severe morning sickness are at an increased risk for pregnancy complications, especially if the problem occurs during the second trimester, a new study from Sweden suggests.

Obama Admin OKs Vending Machine Selling Plan B Morning After Pill Posted: 30 Jan 2013 07:23 AM PST The Obama administration has approved a request by a college in Pennsylvania to sell the Plan B drug through a vending machine.

Senate Approves Pro-Abortion John Kerry Secretary of State Posted: 30 Jan 2013 07:21 AM PST The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved pro-abortion Sen. John Kerry to replace outgoing pro-abortion Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The full Senate then voted 94-3 for his nomination.

As Catholic hospital argues fetus is not a person, Personhood looks to change the law Posted: 30 Jan 2013 07:12 AM PST In the wake of a controversy over revelations that a Catholic hospital in Colorado had argued in court that the unborn child is not a "person," pro-life activists have launched an initiative to endow preborn victims of crimes with full rights under state law.

Exclusive: U.S. bishops say they’re willing to ‘go to jail’ over HHS mandate Posted: 30 Jan 2013 02:00 AM PST As the Obama administration and the U.S. Bishops remain locked in battle over the HHS mandate, the question on the minds of many observers is: what lengths are the bishops willing to go to to oppose the mandate?

Boy Scouts of America reconsidering ban on open homosexuality Posted: 30 Jan 2013 02:00 AM PST Just six months after reaffirming their commitment to keeping open homosexuals out of the Boy Scouts, the national leaders of the organization have signaled that they may be about to change their minds.

Colorado Democrats Kill Bill to Protect Pregnant Women, Unborn Posted: 30 Jan 2013 02:00 AM PST Colorado Democrats today killed a bill that would add the state to the list of more than 25 states that provide justice and protection for pregnant women and unborn children.

Why Does Planned Parenthood Support Women in Combat? Abortion Posted: 30 Jan 2013 02:00 AM PST Why would a woman purposefully support sending her sisters into harm’s way to be injured or killed in combat or raped and tortured as POWs? Is it really all about proving we are equal to men in every way?

Don’t Expect John Kerry to Go After China’s Sex-Selection Abortions Posted: 30 Jan 2013 02:00 AM PST The Obama administration has been roundly criticized for essentially ignoring how China forces women to have abortions and subjects them and their families to human rights abuses. A switch from Hillary Clinton will not improve matters — especially with Planned Parenthood, the nation’s biggest abortion business, applauding the Senate’s approval of his nomination.

Oklahoma State University Sued, Denied Pro-Life Group’s Free Speech Posted: 29 Jan 2013 05:07 PM PST Cowboys for Life, a student organization represented by Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys, has filed a federal lawsuit against Oklahoma State University after school officials took numerous actions to impede and disrupt the group’s pro-life displays on campus.

Canadians Mourn 2.5 Million Babies Killed 25 Years After Morgentaler Posted: 29 Jan 2013 05:02 PM PST While some may celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision to strike down Canada’s existing abortion law, pro-life groups like LifeCanada are in mourning.

Crowd of gay activists demonstrate outside Italian archbishop’s house Posted: 29 Jan 2013 04:47 PM PST Earlier this month about two hundred homosexualist activists, including a number of local politicians, demonstrated in front of the residence and offices of the Catholic bishop of Trieste. The bishop later told an interviewer that he spent the afternoon, effectively barricaded in his own house, reading and catching up on correspondence.

2,000+ youth learn the nuts and bolts of pro-life activism at Students for Life conference [[posterous-content:HtuJovfesfrAbuztBkkA]] Posted: 29 Jan 2013 02:00 AM PST Over 2,000 high school and college students packed the Montgomery County Conference Center in Bethesda on Saturday to attend the Students for Life of America annual conference.