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"House of Horrors" Prompts New Safety Standards for PA Abortion Clinics

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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Judge Refuses to Block Indiana Law Defunding Planned Parenthood

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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Study: Despite Church Teaching, Only 3 percent of Catholic Women Use NFP

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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Two Worlds Collide at UN Over Family Planning

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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Newly Released Undercover Tapes Reveal National Cover-Up of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Abortion Centers

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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Crucial Pro-Life Vote in Senate on Thursday

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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Family Planning Official Stabs Man to Death in China

Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

In 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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