by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 5, 2008) An Arizona nurse practitioner has requested permission to perform surgical abortions from the state Board of Nursing after admitting that she has been performing the procedure for some time. If permission is granted, other states may follow suit.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(March 5, 2008) Pope Benedict XVI affirmed Church teaching on the role of women in every aspect of society when he received the credentials of former Harvard law professor, Mary Ann Glendon, as the eighth U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See on February 29.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(Mar. 3, 2008) For the first time ever, a California transplant surgeon has been charged with hastening the death of a patient in order to harvest his organs. The charges are sending shockwaves through the transplant community and dampening the hopes of 85,000 Americans who are currently waiting for organs.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(Mar. 3, 2008) A popular baptism rite incorporating an “inclusive language” version of the Trinity has been declared invalid by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). Anyone who received the sacrament of baptism under this formula must be baptized again.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(Feb. 29, 2008) The United Nations estimates that 200 million girls are currently “missing” from the planet as a result of sex-selection abortion, largely because of a preference for boys in many Asian cultures. While most of us have been unaware, the same practice of fetal sex testing has been becoming increasingly more acceptable in North America.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(Feb. 29, 2008) According to the editors of a UCLA student magazine, the racist policies of Planned Parenthood founder, Margaret Sanger, continue to exist in the organization today. After conducting a multi-state probe, the students found not a single clinic willing to turn away a donation earmarked for “reducing the number of blacks.”
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(Feb. 28, 2008) Two nasty same-sex break-ups are playing out in the New York court system and are bringing much-needed public attention to the sky-high “divorce” rates among same-gendered couples.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(Feb. 28, 2008) A Senate Committee has unanimously approved legislation that may help reduce the number of abortions of babies with Down Syndrome and other conditions. The bill would require that parents who receive a poor pre-natal diagnosis be provided with up-to-date information about the condition of their baby and available support services.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(Feb. 28, 2008) A rash of recent stump speeches by pro-abortion politicians on Catholic premises has promoted a coalition of 18 Catholic organizations to demand that these institutions “get their priorities straight.”
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(Feb. 27, 2008) A combination of post-modernism, New Age spirituality and the glamorization of witchcraft in teen fiction has created the “perfect storm” for youth who are turning in ever increasing numbers to Wicca rather than the Christian faith of their upbringing.
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