Time to Ask Legislators to Enforce Laws Against Pornography: Morality in Media

The president of a media watchdog organization says that U.S. legislators have made great strides in enacting obscenity laws to combat pornography, but when it comes to enforcing these laws, Congress has been “asleep at the switch.”
Robert Peters, President… Read More

Oregon Doctor Warns Canadians to Reject Assisted Suicide Legislation

A doctor practicing in one of the two U.S. states where physician-assisted suicide is legal has written an open letter to Canadians advising them to beware of the “misguided legislation” of Bill C-384, the bill that would legalize euthanasia and… Read More

Vancouver School Board Hosts Homosexual Conference for Teens at Elementary School

The Vancouver School Board (VSB) held “Vancouver’s first-ever anti-homophobia conference for students” at Queen Mary Elementary School on Wednesday, March 24, 2010.
“The conference will focus on the experiences, needs and plans of students to address homophobia and gender stereotypes… Read More

U.S. Study Finds Doctors May Be Euthanizing Dying Children at Parents’ Request

A study published in the March edition of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine suggests that a few physicians may have killed children who were very sick by giving them fatal morphine doses, after the parents had requested euthanasia.… Read More

French Religious Community Welcomes Girls with Down Syndrome

The Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb are a contemplative religious community in France that enables girls with Down syndrome to respond to a religious vocation.
The tiny community, founded in 1985 and based in Le Blanc, in the diocese… Read More

Vietnamese Abortion Rates Skyrocket; Doctors Anguished by the Killing

Rising abortion rates, especially among unmarried teens, and widespread sex-selective abortions, are causing psychological trauma to many Vietnamese doctors, according to VietNamNet report.
Dr. Nguyen Thi Hong Minh, director of the Central Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital in Hanoi, said she… Read More

Dutch Group Pushes for Suicide for Elderly Who are “Tired of Living”

The Dutch parliament may soon be considering the possibility of legalizing suicide and euthanasia for the elderly who are simply “tired of living” after a Dutch right-to-die group collected enough signatures to force a debate on the issue.
The euthanasia… Read More

UN Reports India and China Are ‘Missing’ 85 Million Women

A new United Nations Development Program (UNDP) report released March 8, entitled “Power, Voice and Rights: A Turning Point for Gender Equality in Asia and the Pacific,” and coinciding with International Women’s Day, highlights the fact that sex-selective abortion continues… Read More

Polish Court Upholds Verdict against Catholic Magazine for Calling Abortion “Killing”

The Katowice Appeal Court has today upheld the verdict of the Katowice District Court which ruled in September ’09 that the Polish Catholic newspaper Gosc Niedzielny (Sunday Visitor) and its editor-in-chief Fr. Marek Gancarczyk were guilty of making offensive comments… Read More

Cardinal: Stay-at-Home Moms Deserves Compensation, Incentives

The president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Cardinal Ennio Antonelli, has highlighted the importance of a mother in the home caring for her family and has suggested economic compensation or tax reductions for those women who choose to… Read More

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