By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The pro-abortion governor of New Hampshire, John Lynch, has vetoed a new law which would have required abortionists to give written notice to at least one parent or guardian 48 hours before performing an abortion on a girl under the age of 18.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The trend to defund the nation's largest abortion provider continues as pro-life lawmakers in the North Carolina statehouse voted to override Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue's veto, effectively stripping Planned Parenthood of all funding beginning July 1.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Only weeks after the U.S. Senate responded to public pressure and refused to approve the nomination of radical Goodwin Liu to the federal bench, another controversial judge who sided with notorious late-term abortionist George Tiller and Planned Parenthood has been nominated to the federal appeals court.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the launching of an investigation into oral contraceptives such as Yaz and Yasmin that contain drospirenone after new research suggests these pills increase the risk of blood clots more than other oral contraceptives.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Professor Carl Djerassi, the 86 year-old Austrian-born chemist who is credited with inventing the birth control pill, says women of the future will resort to having their eggs withdrawn and frozen for future use, then undergo sterilization to eliminate the need for contraception.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Discovery of a grisly abortion business in West Philadelphia, now known as the "House of Horrors," has prompted state lawmakers to pass a bill that will hold abortion clinics to the same safety standards that outpatient surgical centers must meet.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Just hours after Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels signed a law that cuts off all taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider filed for a temporary restraining order to block implementation, but a federal judge has refused to grant it.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The House Rules Committee has announced that it will meet tomorrow to discuss the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act" (H.R. 3) which is a good indication that the bill will come to the House floor for a vote as early as Wednesday of this week.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Pro-abortion acdtivists desecrated a Christian pro-life display at Clarion University last week, using fake blood to scrawl the words "Pro-Choice" on the sidewalk.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new report has found that in spite of Church teaching against the use of artificial contraception, 98 percent of sexually active Catholic women have relied on these methods rather than natural family planning (NFP) to regulate births.
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