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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

A radio station in Canada is sparking controversy with a new contest offering someone $35,000 worth of fertility treatments.

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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Just days after two major studies found unacceptably high levels of mental illness in the U.S. and Europe, the media have all but ignored a major study published in a prestigious British medical journal which found that abortion is associated with mental health problems.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

A single young woman who recently converted to Catholicism is making headlines for publicly celebrating the life of her unborn conjoined twins who doctors advised her to abort.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

St. Gianna Physician's Guild launched an online petition drive today requesting that the Obama Administration and Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Kathleen Sebelius, immediately withdraw all references to contraception and contraception counseling from the "Guidelines for Women's Preventive Services" under The Affordable Care Act, and to provide a conscience clause to protect the religious freedom and beliefs of Catholics.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist An Arizona appeals court has lifted an injunction that blocked abortion regulationsfrom taking effect, allowing these new and potentially life-saving rules to become law immediately.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Mississippi voters were in an uproar on Wednesday when Planned Parenthood Seattle Chaplain Vincent Lachina was exposed during a Mississippi Secretary of State's Personhood Amendment hearing.

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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Scientists in the UK have been accused of committing "emotional blackmail" by secretly creating human-animal hybrids in their labs while telling the public they're doing so in order to "cure every illness known to mankind."

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has issued a statement that strongly opposes the recommendation of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate coverage of surgical sterilization and all FDA-approved birth control in private health insurance plans nationwide.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is expected to rule within weeks on a recommendation by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) that all insurance companies be forced to provide free coverage for contraceptives, a mandate that will come with no conscience protections for health care providers in insurance plan networks who do not wish to cover these drugs.

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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist According to a new report by the Guttmacher Institute, state governments have passed a record 80 pro-life regulations thus far this year, which breaks the previous record of 34 regulations passed in 2005.

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