By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
If passed, the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” recently introduced by pro-life Congressmen in the U.S. House, will institute a permanent, government-wide statutory ban on all taxpayer-funded abortion.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the world’s first human clinical trial of a therapy involving embryonic stem cells, a move that has been condemned by the Vatican as "unacceptable."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The governor of the state of New Jersey has decided that in order to restore "fiscal sanity" to his state budget, there will be no more taxpayer money given to "family planning" clincs.
New Jersey's Star Ledger is reporting that Catholic Governor Chris Christie has fulfilled yet another campaign promise to restore the state's government to "fiscal sanity" by vetoing a bill that would have allotted $7.5 million in state funds to "family planning" clinics, most of which are run by Planned Parenthood.
"State spending has been reset to levels the taxpayers can afford,” said Christie in a stern message to the legislature. “Supplemental spending that would return to the unchecked spending and out of control budget shortfalls of the past will not make it past the Governor's desk."
Michele Jaker, executive director of The Women's Health Matters Campaign, a collaboration between the Family Planning Association of New Jersey and the Planned Parenthood Affiliates of New Jersey, described herself as being "disappointed, angry and frustrated" by the Governor's veto.
"How else can I describe my feelings about the Governor's veto of funding for women's health? What part doesn't he get - that thousands of women and men in NJ rely on family planning funding to get the health care they need? That funding family planning actually saves the state money? It's baffling."
Meanwhile, pro-life groups are applauding the move.
“The taxpayers of New Jersey are under no obligation to fund the radical and failed social agenda of Planned Parenthood,’’ said Marie Tasy, executive director of New Jersey Right to Life. “We commend Governor Christie for his steadfast opposition to restoring these funds.”
Reports indicate that the Democrat-controlled Legislature may seek to mount a veto-override.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An abortionist whose state medical license was surrendered in 1992, and whose clinics have been frequently cited for the use of unlicensed medical personnel, is defying orders by the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PDH) to close the four clinics he operates in the state.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A 43 year-old British man who suffered a catastrophic brain injury in a motorcycle accident last year was only inches from death when he managed to communicate to doctors that he very much wanted to live.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A well-researched documentary exposing the abortifacient properties of the birth control pill is now available online.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
With a Senate vote that may confirm U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court only days away, her controversial involvement in the partial birth abortion debate and other political activism has made her the most opposed nominee in recent history.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A new Nebraska law that is the first to allow women to sue for psychological injuries related to abortion went into effect yesterday.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Spanish Archbishop Francisco Gil Hellin of Burgos is instructing his flock that because no one has the right to kill an innocent human being, there is no obligation to obey the country's new abortion law.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In the latest round of attacks on the valuable work of crisis pregnancy centers, two liberal lawmakers have introduced legislation aimed at restricting their speech by regulating their advertising.
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