by Patrick B. Craine February 3, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Elise Hilton took a strong stand rooted in her pro-life convictions last week when she refused the drug Plan B after her mentally disabled daughter was brutally and repeatedly raped. After we reported her story yesterday, words of sympathy came flooding in, but…

by Patricia Pitkus Bainbridge February 3, 2012 (Witnessworks.org) - It was April 1990. Faye Wattleton, then-president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) was fuming. AT&T*, who had funded PPFA for 25 years, had just announced the month before that the abortion giant would no longer be eligible for financial support.…

by Alissa Golob I have a routine as most people do. I wake up, triple yawn my way to the kitchen, make my morning shake, eat half a piece of toast, shower, beautify, and walk to work. At work I turn on my computer, plug in my iPhone, check my voicemail/e-mail and prepare myself for the day’s following duties. Sometimes,…

by Chuck Colson February 3, 2012 (Breakpoint.org) - I’ve told you that the Obama Administration is intentionally restricting religious freedom. I’ve told you we are in danger of losing the right to exercise our faith in public. Well, maybe I’ve been too understated. The attack is relentless. Just recently, the…

by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman February 2, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Spain’s new, more conservative government has announced the details of its plan to revise the country’s abortion laws. Under pressure from both sides in the debate, the People’s Party has indicated that it will return the country to the law that existed…

by Thomas Peters February 3, 2012 (CatholicVote.org) - First of all, everyone needs to take a deep breath. About an hour ago my twitter feed exploded with headlines of “KOMEN CAVED!!!”, etc, etc. No, they didn’t. They released a very carefully scripted statement today which echoes what their President Nancy G.…

by Jill Stanek This is all breaking news, so bear with me. I’ll tell you what I know. News organizations like the Associated Press are reporting: After three days of controversy, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity says it is reversing its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood.…

by John Jalsevac February 3, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In a new statement on the Susan G Komen Foundation website, the organization says it wants “to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women’s lives.” The statement is from Susan…

by Alex Schadenberg An article in the Netherlands paper Reformatorisch Dagblad entitled: Churches express concern about the initiative on Free Will, concerns a joint letter written to the Government house in the Netherlands concerning proposals to allow assisted suicide for people who are “tired of living.” The letter…

by Peter Baklinski HANNIBAL, Missouri, February 3, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Criminals say that the most difficult part of a murder is what to do with the body. This was apparently true for an abortionist who operated a clandestine abortion facility from his home more than 60 years ago in the small town of Hannibal,…

by Hilary White, Rome Correspondent LETTERKENNY, Ireland, February 2, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Arguing that the Catholic Church in Ireland is under attack from “aggressive secularism” constitutes a “hate crime,” according to a formal complaint made to Irish police. John Colgan, called a “leading humanist” by the Irish Independent,…

by Jill Stanek Huffington Post gleefully reported today that three Komen officials have now resigned and one more is threatening to, as the “backlash gains steam” over its decision to sever financial ties with Planned Parenthood. The fools don’t realize what is happening. Every Komen exec who quits over the Planned…

by Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, February 3, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced a bill on Monday to rebut the threat to religious organizations presented by the Obama administration mandate that virtually all health insurers must provide sterilizations and abortifacient birth control free…

by John Jalsevac Dear readers, We are sending out Thursday’s news this morning after suffering a major site slowdown yesterday, apparently a consequence of the unprecedentedly high traffic we have been experiencing in the last few days, although there may have been some other factors involved as well. Today’s…

by Ben Johnson WASHINGTON, D.C., February 2, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation is reporting a massive uptick in fundraising ever since the women’s health organization announced it is cutting ties with Planned Parenthood. In a conference call on Thursday its founder, Nancy…

by Ben Johnson WASHINGTON, D.C., February 2, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Although the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation has decided to immediately end most of its funding for Planned Parenthood around the nation, three clinics will see their grants renewed for at least another year. Ambassador Nancy Brinker,…

by Kathleen Gilbert February 2, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In a tense exchange with MNSBC’s Andrea Mitchell Thursday, the founder of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure explained that her group stopped funding Planned Parenthood because the abortion organization doesn’t actually provide cancer screenings, but simply…

by Peter Baklinski DENVER, Colorado, February 2, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The star of the film ‘Bella’ encouraged benefactors at a fundraiser for a soon-to-be opened pregnancy center with his conviction that abortion in America will come to an end.  “I think we will see regeneration — I’m very optimistic—…

by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman January 31, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A researcher who has been a consultant for the manufacturers of the controversial Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine has conducted a study using money from the one of the companies that purports to show that boys are more likely to contract oral HPV than girls.…

by Jill Stanek February 2, 2012 (JillStanek.com) - I was on the road this week when the news broke that Susan G. Komen for the Cure was defunding Planned Parenthood. Since then abortion proponents and news organizations have worked themselves into a frenzy speculating why it happened and who is to blame – from George…