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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Voters in the states of Arizona, Colorado and Oklahoma will be able to voice their discontent with the President's health care reform law on November 2 with ballot initiatives that will approve proposed constitutional amendments allowing them to opt-out of key provisions of the plan.
Three Abortion Clinics Barely Reprimanded After Violating Patient Record Laws
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
After a two-year investigation by the Chicago Office for Civil Rights (OCR), three Michigan abortion that violated federal HIPAA laws by throwing confidential patient records into clinic dumpsters, got off with little more than a reprimand.
Supreme Court Opens with Traditional Red Mass
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
On the eve of the opening session of the Supreme Court, five Justices joined Vice President Joe Biden at a traditional Red Mass in Washington's Cathedral of St. Matthew.
UK Recognizes Druidry as a Religion
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The UK's Charity Commission for England and Wales has awarded charitable status to the Druid Network, which officially establishes the pagan practice as a religion.
Church Official Calls Nobel Prize for IVF "Out of Line"
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
While the world celebrates the awarding of a Nobel prize to a British pioneer of in vitro fertilization (IVF), the head of the Pontifical Academy for Life called the award "completely out of line" and reminded the public about the dark side of this process.
Chaos Reigns at Satanic Civic Center Event
Satanism is on the rise, especially among youth who become interested in the occult while reading occult-based fiction. In the following news item posted today on our Breaking News site, a 37 year-old man admits to practicing satanism since he was 17!
Study: One in 10 Americans Suffer Depression
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that nearly one in 10 Americans is depressed, and one in 30 meet the criteria for major depression, especially among the unemployed and those who are unable work.
Obama Administration Accused of Funding Birth Control in Philippines
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The executive secretary of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) Commission on Family and Life is accusing the U.S. of using foreign aid to pressure the government into providing a more aggressive birth control program.
CDC Reports Two More Deaths from RU-486
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials have disclosed that two mifepristone (RU-486)-induced deaths occurred in the past two years, bringing the total number of reported death related to RU-486 to 12.
Chaos Surrounds Satanic Civic Center Event
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A small group of Satanists from Oklahoma who made news a month ago after renting out the Oklahoma City Civic Center for a "public satanic exorcism" has had to regroup after one of their members abruptly dissolved their "church."