By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Last Friday night’s episode of NBC’s Law & Order, which was infused with a pro-life message, is angering abortion supporters who claim it wasn’t “balanced.”
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Anti-Aging Cosmetic Line Contains Aborted Fetal Cell Lines
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A national pro-life pharmaceutical watchdog agency is reporting that the Swiss-based dermatology and skin care corporation, Neocutis, is using aborted fetal cell lines to produce their anti-aging skin creams.
President Uses Semantics to Avoid Abortion Issue
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A pro-life Congressman is claiming that President Barack Obama told him in a phone conversation that when he addressed Congress on Sept. 9 and said “under our plan no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions” he was not talking about any of the bills currently pending on the Hill, but his own plan – which only exists theoretically.
Senate Health Care Bill Could Make Planned Parenthood a Quasi-Government Entity
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The current version of the Senate’s health care reform bill may allow Planned Parenthood to become a quasi-government entity for sex education.
Teen Girls Joining Violent UK Gangs
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Teenage girls, some as young as 13, are allowing themselves to be used for sex and to transport drugs and weapons in order to join violent male street gangs.
USCCB Denies Signing Hate-Speech Petition
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has denied signing on to a petition to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that accuses conservative radio and television personalities of “hate speech.”
Pope Tells Bishops to Be Realistic, Not too Political
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
While addressing prelates at the close of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, Pope Benedict XVI advised bishops to be realistic as far as politics is concerned, but to do so from the perspective of God and His Word.
Da Vinci Code Author Wants to Meet Pope
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During an interview with the Italian press, Dan Brown, whose blasphemous novel, The Da Vinci Code, was condemned by the Vatican, says he would like a papal audience with the Pope.
Obama Czar Wants to Abolish Marriage
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
President Obama’s controversial regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein, says the U.S. government should consider getting out of the marriage business by abolishing it’s sanction of marriage.
Citizen Campaign Sends More than 4 Million “Pink Slips” to Congress
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A campaign launched three weeks ago by a popular on-line news source has resulted in more than four million “pink slips” being sent to members of Congress, warning them that a vote for higher spending , socialized medicine, cap-and-trade legislation and hate-crimes bills will result in a “pink slip” on election day 2010.
