Pro-Lifers Burned with Spotlights at Jimmy Kimmel Studio

by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

Members of the television crew of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel have finally apologized after using high intensity commercial spotlights to burn a teenage pro-life advocate who was protesting outside his Hollywood studio. 

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ACLU Seeks to Force Religiously-Affiliated Hospitals to Provide “Emergency” Abortions

by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

The American Civil Liberties Union has sent a letter to the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services asking it to ensure that religiously-affiliated hospitals provide emergency “abortions” as required by federal law.

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Vatican Lawyer Clarifies Recent Supreme Court Decision

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

Contrary to what various media outlets are reporting, the Vatican’s U.S. lawyer says the Supreme Court decision handed down Monday that allows a lawsuit against the Holy See to move forward was not based on the merits of the case, but was merely a decision to allow the case to return to the lower courts.

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Grad Student Threatened With Expulsion Because of Christian Beliefs

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

A 24 year-old graduate student is suing Augusta State University in Georgia after being told she will be dismissed from the program unless she “alters” her religious beliefs concerning homosexuality and transgendered persons.

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U.S. Bishops Want Abortion Removed from Defense Bill

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is calling upon the Senate to remove an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would authorize the performance of elective abortions in military hospitals in the U.S. and abroad.

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Kagan Stumbles During Partial Birth Abortion Questioning

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

Supreme Court Justice nominee Elena Kagan stumbled yesterday when questioned about her role in doctoring a critical statement from a medical group in the partial birth abortion debate. Her less than convincing answers may cost her some votes.

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