By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Even though President Barack Obama promised a “robust” conscience clause protecting health care workers, a former official of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says his $635 billion off-budget reserve fund includes principles that will deny health providers the freedom to choose not to kill unborn babies through abortion.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Pro-life legislators are warning that the two healthcare reform bills moving through Congress at this moment will open the door to the largest expansion of abortion in America since Roe v. Wade.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Using sound and vibration stimulation, Dutch researchers were able to determine that unborn babies have short-term memory from at least 30 weeks gestation – or about two months before they are born.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Pope Benedict XVI underwent surgery this morning after falling and breaking his wrist while on vacation in the Italian alps.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The results of a new study on cohabitation is adding to the mounting pile of evidence that living together before marriage leads to increased risk of divorce and lower satisfaction in marriage.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A White House spokesman is confirming that President Barack Obama's nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Regina Benjamin, is a Catholic who supports abortion rights.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
One of Britain’s most distinguished orchestra conductors flew to Switzerland with his terminally ill wife last week to join her in ending their lives together in an assisted-suicide clinic.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The soldier who refused to report for deployment to Afghanistan because it would require him to serve under a president who never proved his eligibility for office, has had his orders revoked.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A surprisingly positive review of the latest Harry Potter film in
L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican’s newspaper, is causing yet another round of controversy for the paper’s embattled new editor.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The beatification process of a South African man who was stoned to death after devoting his life to resisting witchcraft and other occult practices so prevalent in his country is advancing to the next phase.
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