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June 30, 2005

ALL Protest Inauguration Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa Los Angeles, Calif. – "It is unacceptable that mayor-elect of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, continues to profess Catholicism as his faith while acting in direct opposition to the Church's teachings on the evil of abortion," said Joseph Starrs, director of...

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Answering Mario Cuomo on Embryonic Stem Cell Research Maggie Gallagher takes former Gov. Mario Cuomo to task for his public support of embryonic stem cell research in her editorial DUELING STEM CELLS....

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Stem Cell Debate - Stemming Specious Statements Before ... Mmany in Congress are pushing for unfettered government funding to slaughter untold millions and millions. To call this disregard for human persons specious is, in all honesty, too kind. We have to say no to human embryonic stem-cell research; we must say no; and we must say it now!

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June 29, 2005

Terri Schiavo's Autopsy Report and Flawed Conclusions Mary Worthington of The Revolution writes an interesting post on Terri Schiavo’s autopsy report that calls into question conclusions based upon the physical state of Terri’s brain at the time of her death....

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China's Policies of Coercive Abortion A Newsday article reported the Bush administration's stance on funding for the U.N. Population FundPresident Bush's administration has barred all U.S. funding for the U.N. Population Fund for the last three years, charging that its support for China's population planning...

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Silent Witness : The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo's Death Silent Witness : The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo's Death by Mark Fuhrman was released yesterday. Fuhrman is a retired LAPD detective and author of various "New York Times" best sellers, including "Murder in Brentwood," a look into the O.J....

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Supreme Court to Hear Abortion Protest Case Before leaving for its Summer recess, the Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it would take up, for the third time, a 19-year marathon court case pro-life activists, including Joseph Scheidler, and the National Organization for Women. The case was first...

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June 28, 2005

Neurologist Takes Aim at Schiavo Autopsy Report Dr. Thomas Zabiega, MD, a neurologist and vice president for legislative affairs of the Chicago Physicians’ Guild, questions the conclusions that are being drawn from Terri Schiavo’s autopsy. According to a CNA article, Zabiega contends that the cause of death...

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Overturning Roe v. Wade Not Enough to Stop Abortion What would be the legal status of abortion if the Supreme Court were to overrule Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), and Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 (1973), as modified by Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833...

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Schiavo Autopsy Open for Criticism Christian Medical & Dental Associations president Dr. David Stevens believes that Terri Schiavo's autopsy "drew conclusions from anatomic evidence of functional inabilities." Agape press reports the doctor's opinion that the medical examiner, in several cases, made conclusions that were beyond...

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June 27, 2005

Pharmacists Denied Liberty of Conscience in Abortion Pill Debate The nation's largest faith-based organization of physicians today publicly opposed the American Medical Association's recent stance that supports forcing pharmacists to violate their moral convictions by participating in the administration of prescription drugs that cause abortions. Christian Medical Association Associate...

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Breakthrough Points to Post-Natal Stem Cells Researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh have found that adult, or postnatal, stem cells have the same ability as embryonic stem cells to multiply, a previously unknown characteristic indicating that post-natal stem cells may play an important therapeutic role. [source]...

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June 25, 2005

Nurse Fired for Refusing to Give Abortion Pill A 23 year veteran nurse was fired from her full time job at a Catholic Hospital after refusing to administer the "morning after" abortion pill. Now, attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund have filed suit against St. Tammany Parish Hospital...

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No Surprise: UN Excludes Pro-Life Groups For the last two days, hundreds of UN-picked international lobby groups have gathered in New York for discussions with the UN General Assembly about the upcoming Millennium Summit +5. Numerous pro-life, pro-family groups applied to participate, but all were...

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The Death of Terri Schiavo As she lay dying, the media kept a grim countdown of the number of days she had been without food and water, and pundits opined on the cable news shows and in the newspapers about “death with dignity” and the...

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June 24, 2005

Adult Stem Cell Breakthroughs Attract Investors June 24, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - While research lobbyists pressure governments for access to embryos, more work is being done obtaining stem cells from ethical sources proving that embryonic stem cells are a dead end. This has not been lost on...

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Treating Disease with Adult Stem Cells Unlike embryonic stem cell research, adult stem and umbilical cord cell research do not necessitate the destruction of a human (embryo) to harvest the necessary stem cells. Another advantage of adult stem cell based technology is that it is being...

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Adult Stem Cell Research and Applications Continue to Thrive While embryonic stem cell research efforts struggle both ethically and technically, successful adult stem cell research and applications are exploding. Consider the following recent reports:Study: Adult stem cells promising - Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh researchers announced Thursday they have discovered...

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Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Unethical and Not Working Scientists involved in embryonic stem cell research are now admitting that they have not achieved the advancements that were sold to the public. "Many of the technologies we hyped to the general public haven't worked yet," Celgene Corp. president Alan...

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June 23, 2005

Human Cloning Ban Passes Wisconsin Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly voted late Thursday to place a complete ban on human cloning in the state. Assembly Bill 499 would ban both "reproductive cloning" – where a cloned person is brought to birth, and "therapeutic cloning" – where...

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Ribald Rhetoric - the Opposition to Parent's Right to Know By Judie Brown June 24, 2005 If there's anything the pro-abortion crowd is especially adept with, it's the subtle use of words -- shades of meaning, nuanced turns, linguistic sleight-of-hand. If, for instance, I described their rhetoric as "ribald," you...

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American Medical Association Targets Pro-Life Pharmacists CHICAGO, June 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The American Medical Association is backing a proposal that would force pharmacists to dispense abortifacients like the morning-after emergency abortion and birth control pill or refer to another pharmacist to have the prescriptions filled....

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June 22, 2005

Woman in Coma is 23 Weeks Pregnant A 26-year old stroke victim remains in a coma while her unborn child continues to develop and grow. Susan Torres collapsed and stopped breathing on May 7th, the day before mother’s day, and was rushed to hospital where doctors discovered...

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June 21, 2005

Bobby Schindler Responds to Schiavo Grave Inscription The cremated remains of Terri Schiavo were buried yesterday at Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park in Clearwater, Florida in the presence of her husband, Michael Schiavo, some of his brothers and a priest. Contrary to a court order, her immediate family...

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Terri Schiavo's belated vindication Kevin McCullough comments on the interpretation of Terri Schiavo's autopsy that is promoted by the mainstream press. He writes,The sad part of all of this early spin-doctoring did very little to bring clarity to the picture of what really happened...

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June 20, 2005

Terri Schiavo was Buried Today The cremated remains of Terri Schiavo were buried today at Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park in Clearwater, Florida in the presence of her husband, Michael Schiavo, some of his brothers and a priest. Terri's bronze grave marker is inscribed at the...

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June 19, 2005

Father’s Day 2005 - 48 Million Killed 47.9 million unborn human beings have been aborted since the fateful "Roe v. Wade" U.S. Supreme Court decision of 1973. A Certain Slant of Light brings a somber Father’s Day message about the millions of men whose children were killed...

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Physician Who Examined Schiavo Critical of Autopsy Report Dr. William Hammesfahr, nominated for a Nobel Prize for his work in Medicine, has been recognized by agents for Medicare, the federal government, and others for new approaches to helping the brain injured. Dr. Hammesfahr has been identified in helping...

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June 18, 2005

Gov. Jeb Bush Writes Letter to the Editor on Schiavo Case - Updated In a letter to the New York Times, Flordia Governor Jeb Bush calls the nation to remember that life is fragile and must be valued. Despite criticism, he pledge to "continue to strive to protect our most vulnerable citizens. All...

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President Bush Brings Pro-Life Message to NRLC Convention LifeNews - President Bush, today, inspired thousands of pro-life advocates with a videotaped message at the National Right to Life convention. He thanked the audience for their work in fighting to protect the lives of those threatened by abortion and...

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June 17, 2005

Bush Calls for Investigation into Schiavo Collapse Florida Governor Jeb Bush asked Pinellas-Pasco County State Attorney Bernie McCabe to investigate an alleged gap in time between when Michaeal Schiavo found Terri and called 911 in February 1990. Bush says the prosecutor has agreed to look over the case.

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Wisconsin Assembly Passes Morning-After Pill Ban on UW System Campuses The Wisconsin State Assembly voted late Thursday to prohibit the University of Wisconsin System from advertising, prescribing or dispensing the morning-after pill on its statewide campuses. In medical jurisprudence, when this new human organism is destroyed before development is complete it is called an abortion. Any substance interfering with this development is medically defined as an abortifacient. This includes any substance interfering with endometrial implantation, including so-called "emergency contraceptive" pills.

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Autopsy Leaves Unanswered the Reason for Terri Schiavo's Collapse Legal Defense Foundation decries the mischaracterizations rampant in the secular media in the wake of the release of a June 13th, 2005, autopsy report by Pinellas County Medical Examiner John R. Thogmartin. Major media outlets are eager to represent Thogmartin's...

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Culture of Life Foundation Responds to the Schiavo Autopsy The following is a statement from Culture of Life Foundation President, Austin Ruse regarding the Schiavo Autopsy:"The medical examiner of Pinellas County has determined from his autopsy of Terri Schiavo that her condition would never have improved. His conclusion certainly...

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Schindler Attorney David Gibbs Speaks Out on Schiavo Autopsy Radio personality and aspiring writer Cindy Swanson has posted a transcript of her interview on Terri Schiavo's autopsy with Schindler family attorney David Gibbs III. CINDY: For several weeks this past winter and early spring, the nation was captivated by...

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Autopsy suggests Terri Schiavo was Cognizant WorldnetDaily Reports:Challenging the assumptions of many analysts and news reports, an attorney who specializes in medical ethics cases points out the autopsy report of Terri Schiavo indicates the brain-injured woman might have been cognizant of her surroundings as her family...

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UNFPA Funding Denied by U.S. Congress The U.S. House voted against restoring funding to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). This is good news considering that the UNFPA promotes population control around the world and has been involved in promoting abortion, explicit sex education and condoms...

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Terri Schiavo Autopsy: Manner of Death 'Undetermined' Jeff Johnson of CNS News has written a well-balanced article on Pinellas county medical examiner Dr. Jon Thogmartin’s autopsy report of Terri Schiavo. Among several topics, Johnson summarizes two opposing and speculative explanations for Terri’s collapse which Thogmartin discredits. First,...

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June 16, 2005

Schindler Family's Statement on Medical Examiner's Report This is a statement that has been released by the Schindler family regarding the medical examiner's autopsy report on Terri Schiavo. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., and SEMINOLE, Fl., June 16 /Christian Wire Service/ -- On June 15, 2005, the Pinellas County IME...

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Schiavo Autopsy Leaves Most Important Questions Unanswered Today's release of findings in the autopsy of Terri Schiavo leave the central issues in her life and death unanswered, says a national disability rights group. For example, contrary to articles stating the autopsy report "supported" the diagnosis of "persistent...

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June 15, 2005

No Excuses for Dehydrating the Disabled Concerned Women for America (CWA) responded to the autopsy report on Terri Schiavo, released today by a medical examiner for Florida's Pinellas-Pasco County, which confirmed that the "removal of [Terri's] feeding tube resulted in her death." "Terri Schiavo's autopsy results...

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Schiavo Autopsy Released: Died of Severe Dehydration LARGO, FL., June 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At a news conference held at 11:00 a.m. today the Florida medical examiner released the results of the autopsy performed on Terri Schiavo, performed after her high-profile court-ordered execution resulted in her death...

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President Bush Falls Short in his Defense of the Human Embryo President Bush’s promise to veto legislation passed by the congress that would fund embryonic stem cell research has been rightfully applauded by many pro-life organizations and blogs. The President has remained firm in his policy amid relentless attacks by political...

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American Life League Responds to Terri Schiavo's Autopsy Results Washington, DC— "The results of Terri Schiavo's autopsy provide some answers concerning her physical condition," said American Life League president Judie Brown, "but in no way do these findings justify the cruel death by dehydration that was imposed on a...

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Autopsy Does Not Change Moral Aspects of Terri Schiavo’s Murder says Priest Who Was With Terri Moments Before Her Death Fr. Frank Pavone, who was with Terri Schiavo in the final hours and moments of her life and has called her death a murder, issued the following statement upon today’s release of her autopsy report: "No details of this autopsy...

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Terri Schiavo's Autopsy Report - Updated Terris Schiavo's autopsy report is available here....

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Outlandish Autopsy Results Predicted in the Terri Schiavo Case Pinellas County Medical Examiner Jon R. Thogmartin will hold a press conference on Terri Schiavo’s autopsy report at 11:00 AM Wednesday. What the report will conclude is not yet known, but the Schindler family and many supporters of Terri's right...

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Abortion Doctor Loses Medical License On Account of "Vile, Disgusting" Clinic, Allegations of Cannibalism TOPEKA, KA, June 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Kansas State Board of Healing Arts unanimously voted this past Saturday to revoke the medical license of abortionist Krishna Rajanna. The vote comes two months after Krishna’s “Affordable Medicine Clinic” was shut...

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June 14, 2005

Terri Schiavo's Autopsy Results: Expectations and Controversy Terri Schiavo died on March 31, 2005, after being starved for 13 days under a controversial and hotly contested court order obtained by her husband, Michael Schiavo. Her autopsy results are scheduled to be released on June 15th coinciding with...

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House Vote Could Restore UNFPA Funding The U.S. House could hold a floor vote as early as tonight on an amendment to restore funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The Population Research Institute has repeatedly documented the UNFPA's involvement with China's one-child policy....

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June 13, 2005

Pharmacist Challenges Abortifacient Dispensing Order Americans United for Life filed suit on behalf of pharmacy owner Luke Vander Bleek of Morrison, Illinois against Gov. Rod Blagojevich over his emergency rule issued April 1, 2005 requiring pharmacies to dispense contraceptives and abortifacient drugs such as the...

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Following Abortion, Many Men Experience Guilt and Pain Recently a reader shared with me the pain he felt following his participation in the abortion of his child. The torment that he and other men experience is not unique although it is often veiled and suppressed by a society...

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June 9, 2005

Abortion: An Unspeakable Health Threat By Joseph A. D'Agostino With receding interest in living individual lives of metaphysical and moral goodness has come increased interest in living physically healthy lives. An endless stream of scientific reports provide bases for an even larger stream of media...

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Pro-Life Activist Jill Stanek Joins the Blogosphere Columnist and pro-life activist Jill Stanek has joined the blogging community through the site jillstanek.com, The Pro-Life Pulse. Since 1999, Stanek has been a leading advocate for the unborn after she witnessed a live birth abortion. She writes,The baby boy...

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Bill Blocking Morning-After Pill on UW-Campuses Passes Assembly Committee Madison, WI - The Assembly Family Law Committee gave their approval this morning to Assembly Bill (AB) 343, legislation that would prohibit the University of Wisconsin System from advertising, prescribing or dispensing the morning-after pill on its statewide campuses....

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June 6, 2005

Stem Cells from Aborted Fetuses Used to Treat Heart Disease Medical companies, funded by financial opportunists, are using stem cells from aborted fetuses to treat heart disease according to a presentation at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery. In a session titled "Late Breaking...

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