Healthy British Couple Commits Suicide to Protest Assisted Suicide Laws
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A healthy elderly British couple chose to commit suicide together on Sunday to protest UK laws concerning assisted suicide.
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Critical Vote Concerning Abortion in Health Care Expected Friday
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The nation’s premier pro-life group, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), is reporting that leaders in the U.S. House are attempting to bypass a rule that would force a vote on abortion funding in health care with a new rule that will insert phony pro-life language into the bill. This critical vote is expected to occur tomorrow or Saturday.
Yoga is Not “Just Exercise”, Instructors Say
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Yoga instructors in Missouri are fighting a move by the state to tax yoga classes, saying they’re not just exercise classes but are a spiritual practice and therefore should not be taxed.
Planned Parenthood Counters Bishop’s Initiative
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Planned Parenthood is appealing to pro-abortion Catholics to counter the initiative launched law week by the U.S. Bishops to oppose the current health care reform bills because of their many anti-life provisions.
Majority of American Women Want Congress to Slow Down on Health Care
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new poll conducted by the Independent Women’s Forum found that nearly two-thirds of America women would rather have private health-care insurance than a government-run plan and believe Congress should not rush to pass a health-care bill at this time.
Maine Voters Reject Same-Sex Marriage
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Voters in Maine exercised their right to a People’s Veto and chose to repeal a law passed by the state legislature that would have allowed same-sex couples to marry. Gay marriage has now lost in every single state – 31 in all – where the issue has been put to a popular vote.
Vatican Says Concerns of American Catholics Prompted Visitation
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In response to continuing questions about the reasons behind the Vatican’s Visitation of U.S. women’s religious communities, Cardinal Franc Rode, prefect for the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life said it was launched in response to “many years” of listening to concerns from American Catholics about the welfare of religious women.
Dramatic Increase in TV Depiction of Violence Against Women
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new report by the Parents Television Council (PTC) has found that depictions of violence against women has increased by 120 percent on the nation’s airwaves in the last five years, with portrayals of violence against teenage girls increasing by a staggering 400 percent.
Nun Found Murdered in New Mexico Convent
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Sister Marguerite Bartz, 64, a sister of the Blessed Sacrament, was found dead in her convent on Sunday morning. The circumstances surrounding her death are under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
House Could Vote on Health Care Reform This Week
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing for a vote this week on the new House health care reform bill, dubbed Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R.3962), even though lawmakers are planning to tack on an extra 800-pages to the already mammoth bill at the last minute.
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