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Did You Know?
May 16-22, 1999 Issue 
Organizations purporting to speak for women don't always. A recent report by the Family Research Council, cited these examples:
• Feminist author Jesse Bernard: “Perhaps girls could be given an electric shock whenever they see a picture of an adorable baby until the very thought of motherhood... READ MORE
Life Notes
May 16-22, 1999 Issue
Voters in 2000 Will be More Pro-Life
USA TODAY, May 5—A new USA Today/CNN/Gallup Poll includes a variety of opinions concerning abortion that paper says may affect the year 2000 election.
It reported that public opinion is shifting in part because of President Bill Clinton's two-time veto of a ban... READ MORE
The Gospel Of Life
May 16-22, 1999 Issue
During a recent address to European Parliamentarians on March 29, Pope John Paul II spoke in support of abolishing the death penalty and the basic right of all peoples to a life of peace (See Kosovo in World News, and Joyce Carr story, Page 1).
“Here I would like to mention the war being waged at... READ MORE
Canadians Edgy Over Child Pornography Case
BY Mike Mastromatteo
May 16-22, 1999 Issue
TORONTO—Church and civic leaders think a disaster is brewing if a Canadian court decides to make possession of child pornography legal.
At issue is a January ruling in the Supreme Court of British Columbia in which Justice Duncan Shaw ruled that possession of child pornography should not be... READ MORE
God’s Heroine at Columbine
May 16-22, 1999 Issue
Valeen Schnurr was one of two girls who were wounded by a shotgun blast and lived during the massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., in April. She and a friend, Cassie Bunell, had their faith in God challenged by two gunmen and were shot at near point-blank range. Cassie was mortally... READ MORE
Cloning Side-Effects Raise New Concerns
May 16-22, 1999 Issue
WASHINGTON—Concerns over the serious health risks discovered in animal cloning have raised new moral and ethical questions about human cloning, reported American Life League in a press release.
Researchers at the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center have consistently found that cloned animals,... READ MORE
5th Pro-Life Walk Goes Coast to Coast
May 16-22, 1999 Issue
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio—As two groups of students prepared to set out across the country to promote the pro-life message of Crossroads, Steve Sanborn, the group's founder, said, “Almost all of the students with us were born after 1973, and that means that they could have been ‘legally’ destroyed while... READ MORE
May Negotiations in Cairo+5 Bogging Down Over Old Rifts
May 16-22, 1999 Issue
NEW YORK—Negotiations resumed May 5 in the ongoing Cairo+5 conference on population and development. However, following two acrimonious days at U.N. headquarters in New York, delegates were barely any closer than when they began.
The final preparatory committee meeting of this five-year review of... READ MORE
Worldwide Abortion Legislation at a Glance
BY JOSEPH FLIPPER Nearly 800 miles into journey, young pilgrims find hope for culture of life
May 17-23, 1998 Issue
In the May 10-16 issue, the Register reported on a cross-country pro-life walk sponsored by a student-run nonprofit organization called Crossroads (“Coast-to-Coast Walk Attracts Committed Young Pro-Lifers”). This is the second installment of a journal series by Joseph Flipper, a participant in the... READ MORE
Ironically, Financial Woes Lead Newfoundland to Pay for Abortions
BY Mike Mastromatteo
May 17-23, 1998 Issue
NEWFOUNDLAND, Canada- Pro-lifers in Atlantic Canada are alarmed by the Newfoundland government's decision to provide full funding for abortions at Dr. Henry Morgentaler's St. John's clinic.
Bowing to pressure from the federal government to fully insure what has been described as an essential... READ MORE
In a Mother and Child, Fruit of a Sidewalk Counselor’s Efforts
BY William Murray Veteran pro-lifer Inez Ryan has seen how her words and actions eight years ago changed a family's life
May 17-23, 1998 Issue
KENSINGTON, Md.—Serving in the front lines of the pro-life movement, sidewalk counselors rarely see the victories they help win in the battle against abortion.
In many cases, they come to witness and give prayerful support to women facing crisis pregnancies. But there are few “turnarounds,” in... READ MORE
Upholding Law & Defending Life: Officers Try to Serve God and Men
BY Brian Caulfield
May 17-23, 1998 Issue
NEW YORK—Barney Krahm has seen police work from both sides of the abortion divide. As an officer he has stood outside a Long Island, N.Y., abortion clinic while peaceful pro-life advocates prayed and counseled women on the sidewalk. As a pro-life citizen he has fingered his rosary beads and joined... READ MORE
From Methodist Kid to Catholic Priest
April 25 is World Day of Prayer for Vocations
April 25 - May 1, 1999 Issue
Father Andrew McNair, LC, of North Carolina, entered the Legion-aries of Christ novitiate in Cheshire in 1985 and was ordained a priest on December 24, 1997. His account of his vocation follows.
I recall, when I was a child, staring at a priest in a supermarket. Dressed in black and wearing a Roman... READ MORE
The Gospel Of Life
April 25 - May 1, 1999 Issue
The Vatican Council spoke about the media and in particular the great responsibility that journalists have. They must always report the truth and not simply try to create public opinion (See stories on media coverage of abortion and vocations on Page 1). In Inter Mirifica the council said:
A... READ MORE
Facts of Life
April 18-24, 1999 Issue
Did You Know?
Words which a few years ago were used to show care such as “treatment,” “compassion,” “comfort care” and “terminal” — now mean something far different than they did then. In the debate over euthanasia, these words are used to do more than hurt — they are used to kill. For example:
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Life Notes
April 18-24, 1999 Issue
Suicide Is Not a Treatment
LOS ANGELES TIMES, April 4—The paper reported that an earnest debate had begun in the state legislature over physician-assisted suicide with the introduction of Assembly Bill 1592.
“Unfortunately,” the article stated, “although this measure is born out of a sincere desire... READ MORE
The Gospel Of Life
April 18-24, 1999 Issue
Pope John Paul II, in his ad limina remarks to the bishops of Hawaii, Nevada and California, has called on the American public to actively become involved in making alternatives to abortion available. Many Church leaders, by their example, teach us that we have a duty to protect life at every stage... READ MORE
19 European Nations OK Ban on Human Cloning
April 18-24, 1999 Issue
PARIS—According to a CNN report, 19 European nations on April 12 signed an agreement to prohibit the cloning of humans.
Representatives from 19 members of the Council of Europe signed a protocol that would commit their countries to ban by law “any intervention seeking to create human beings... READ MORE
Pro-Lifers Still Feel the Heat in Canada
BY Mike Mastromatteo
April 18-24, 1999 Issue
TORONTO—These aren't the best of times for Human Life International in Canada.
At its 18th annual conference in Toronto, hundreds of protesters turned out in force threatening to upstage the regular conference proceedings.
The conference, held April 7-11, attracted more than 1,000 HLI delegates and... READ MORE
A Reluctant Bishop’s Final Home
BY Kevin Wright The Cathedral of Gniezno, Poland, guards St. Adalbert's relics
April 18-24, 1999 Issue
The cathedral of Gniezno is ranked among the most popular sanctuaries of Poland. It receives more than 1 million visitors and tourists every year and has served as the ultimate destination of pilgrimages for the past millennium. Inside is the elaborate tomb of the sacred relics of St. Adalbert —... READ MORE
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