By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Less than 24 hours after its introduction as a bi-partisan solution to the controversial health care reform plans currently under consideration, the bill introduced yesterday by Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) includes even more abortion coverage than the House bill and would give doctors a financial incentive to reduce care to the elderly and disabled.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), who is pro-choice and Catholic, dodged questions about whether or not she believes abortion should be included in health care reform, and if she continues to take Communion after being told to refrain from the Sacrament by her hometown bishop.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In a tragic example of the devastation wreaked on the innocent by the breakdown of the family, a 15 year-old pregnant teen in foster care, who was being molested by her 36 year–old adopted brother, was shot and killed while waiting at a school bus stop in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The White House is planning to meet this week with a major pro-life leader about the problem of abortion coverage in health care reform, but at the same time, it is refusing to speak with a pro-life Congressman who claims to have enough votes to derail the House bill if abortion coverage is not specifically excluded.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A U.S. District Court has issued a temporary order preventing the release of the names of citizens who signed a petition in support of a marriage referendum in the state of Washington after groups in favor of same-sex marriage threatened to publish the names on the internet.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An increasing number of lawmakers are calling for a thorough investigation and the severing of all government ties with ACORN (Assocation of Community Organizations for Reform Now) after an undercover sting revealed workers giving advice on how to skirt federal law.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In an interview with an Italian daily, the Catholic Archbishop of Moscow said the reunification of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches – which have been separated for more than a millennium - could be achieved “within months.”
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Catholic dioceses across the state of Maine are actively raising money and support for a November ballot initiative to reverse a law allowing same-sex marriage in the state.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
As a new school year begins, recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance is once again under attack by groups who say children should be told they have the right to opt out of reciting the pledge in their classrooms.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new cervical cancer vaccine, dubbed the “promiscuity jab” in the UK, is responsible for more than 2,000 complaints since the government began administering it to teens last year. The same drug is currently under consideration by the Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) for use in the U.S.
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