By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In the same week that the Oklahoma legislature managed to override the third veto by pro-abortion Governor Brad Henry of a bill to limit abortions, he has now vetoed a fourth bill that would put strict limits on when private health insurers can cover the procedure.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The White House is expected to release a statement later today naming former President Bill Clinton as the person who spoke with Senate candidate Joe Sestak about the possibility of taking another job instead of running for office.
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By Susaan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new report has found that while the pill remains the contraceptive of choice for married American women, they are also much more likely than their global counterparts to opt for sterilization.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Controversy is raging over an ill-informed and blatantly anti-Catholic op-ed that appeared in the New York Times yesterday condemning the Church for the automatic excommunication of a Phoenix nun who authorized an abortion in a Catholic hospital.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Engineers have at least temporarily stopped the flow of oil that has been seeping into the Gulf of Mexico since an accident at the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig more than 30 days ago.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The U.S. Bishops have sent a letter to Congress expressing their opposition to the federal Employment Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA), a bill which they say poses serious danger to marriage and will trample on the rights of those who speak the truth about homosexuality.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The school kitchen and auditorium at St. Rose of Lima parish in Maywood, California was desecrated this weekend by vandals who scrawled “666” on the walls and caused other damage of a “heinous nature” that police are now calling a hate crime.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pro-life organizations across the country have designated June 5 as the national “Protest the Pill Day” to mark the 50th anniversary of the birth control pill.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new national movement is underway to support Phoenix Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted who is under fire for confirming the excommunication of an administrator at a Catholic hospital who authorized the killing of an unborn child.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The latest analysis of government data reveals that during the first quarter of 2010, paychecks from private businesses shrank to the lowest levels in U.S. history while government provided benefits rose to record highs, which means the redistribution of wealth favored by the Obama Administration has already arrived in the U.S.
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