By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
At a UN panel hosted last week by the Holy See, representatives of the developed world castigated the Vatican and others for opposing family planning while spokespersons for the developing world argued they need more - not less - people.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A pro-life organization that took the lead in uncovering the widespread practice among abortion providers of covering up the sexual abuse of minors has decided to release its full inventory of undercover tapes.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In order to win concessions from the Democrats on budget cuts, House Speaker John Boehner agreed to remove a rider that would strip Planned Parenthood of all taxpayer funds, but on one condition - that the U.S. Senate be permitted to vote on the rider in spite of Majority Leader Harry Reid's promise to never allow such a vote to take place. This historic vote has been scheduled for Thursday.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A fierce budget battle on the Hill ended at the eleventh hour on Friday night when pro-life lawmakers were forced to give up attempts to defund Planned Parenthood and ObamaCare in order to avoid a government shutdown.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff JournalistIn a tragic example of why members of Congress should keep the pro-life amendments in the budget proposals being debated on the Hill, a family planning raid on a man's home in Linyi City, Shandong Province in China resulted in a government official stabbing a man to death for defending his family.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A state court in Illinois delivered a decisive victory to pro-life pharmacists in Illinois when it struck down a state law that compels pharmacy owners to dispense Plan B and other forms of emergency contraception, even when doing so violates their religious moral beliefs.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
As of yesterday, 41 Senators have stated that they plan to block any spending bill that cuts Planned Parenthood funding, a number large enough to sustain a filibuster.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A Belgian couple who could not imagine life without one another after one was diagnosed with terminal cancer, were euthanized together this week, even though the spouse was in good health.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Less than a week after the pro life group, Children of God for Life,
announced a boycott of companies associated with Senomyx, a biotech firm that uses aborted fetal cell lines to test their artificial flavor enhancers, a second company has announced that they have disaffiliated themselves with the firm.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study has found that pro-life laws are part of the reason why abortion rates have declined in the last two decades.
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