We’ve been shocked and very troubled by the report coming out of Italy of a newborn baby who was subject to an attempted abortion and then left by the abortionist/physician to die. The UFI Daily also passed on a follow-up story. One’s mind has to...
For those of you who followed the Steve Leavitt debate a few years ago on his theory that legal abortion lowered crime rates, we’ve got a study, albeit a few years late, to enlighten the debate. For those of you unfamiliar with what we are talking...
Yesterday we posted a speech by Orson Scott Card describing the power of narrative and storytelling in shaping a culture's values and expectations. An interesting example of this is the story our society is telling (or isn’t telling) about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). You may not...
“A Strong Culture must have powerful stories explaining why it is a Good Culture — or it will die,” explained Orson Scott Card at a recent gathering of the Management Society of Brigham Young University. Card is the well-known author of over 50 works of fiction,...
Does the fact that the world is becoming increasingly less religious correlate with the fact that fertility rates have plummeted worldwide? In women, does irreligosity and childlessness go hand in hand? If a study of women in the U.S. is any indication, the answer to...
Pediatricians are not happy with what is occurring in schools across the country. On April 1, 2010, a letter was mailed to school superintendents across the United States, urging administrators and school personnel to refrain from validating or promoting homosexual behavior. “We are increasingly concerned...
In the current economic state of high unemployment, thus a highly competitive job market, marriage might hold the key to employment success. Economists from American University in Washington D.C. and Israel’s Haifa University* studied labor markets and concluded that marriage has a “positive effect on...
We reported last week that the signature drive to overturn California’s Prop 8 had failed. Gay activists had hoped to place on the November 2010 ballot a measure that would repeal Prop 8. For now the California state constitutional amendment defining marriage as one man...
Puning county in the southern part of China is in the middle of what you might call a “sterilization drive.” Nearly 10,000 women, identified as the worst violators of China’s “one-child policy,” have been selected for sterilization in a 20 day push. The campaign was launched...
Dr. Jack Kevorkian was interviewed by Anderson Cooper last week and that everybody should watch. Kevorkian, often called as Dr. Death, is famous for his advocacy for euthanasia and physician assisted suicide. The interview is a clear continuation of that work and presumably comes as part...
In an effort to pass new education legislation, the British Parliament has removed a reform that would have denied both parents and religious schools of their rights. This comes as welcomed news after the House of Commons passed the bill with this dangerous reform last...
A new study released online today reveals some surprising news: maternal mortality rates have dropped worldwide! The study, published in the medical journal The Lancet, found that the number of women dying from childbirth or pregnancy dropped from about 526,300 in 1980 to 342,900 in 2008....
As you probably have heard, Gov. Dave Heineman of Nebraska signed into law two new limitations on abortion in the state of Nebraska. The first requires doctors to screen women seeking abortions for mental or physical health factors that may impact the abortion before the...
Live Action has done it again. In this newly released second video of the Rosa Acuna Project, an effort to expose the manipulative tactics of Planned Parenthood counselors, Live Action exposes a counselor in Milwaukee lying to a patient about the development of unborn children and...
According to a survey conducted by the OC Metro and The Value Institute at DGWB, Planned Parenthood is one of the 10 most trusted brands in Orange County, California. “Trust. What is it?” asks OC Metro Publisher, Steve Churm. “Five months ago, OC Metro and the...
There is less than a week remaining to convince the Members of Parliament to vote against a bill to legalize assisted suicide in Canada. Bill C-384, which would allow doctors to cause the intentional death of a patient under defined circumstances, is currently scheduled for...
We just wanted to write a quick post to inform all parents that the National Day of Silence sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network is tomorrow, April 16. Students in schools around the United States will be disrupting classes by refusing to...
The LGBT advocacy group GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network) has proclaimed April 16, 2010 a “Nation Day of Silence” in public schools. The Day of Silence website explains, “On the National Day of Silence hundreds of thousands of students nationwide take a vow...
First, the good news The teen birth rate in the United States fell two percent between 2007 and 2008, after rising for the two years prior. The birth rate for the year 2007, however, was an all-time high. This report from the Centers for Disease Control...
Efforts began in November 2009 to get a repeal of Prop. 8 on the November ballot have failed. The LGBT advocacy group leading the repeal effort, Love Honor Cherish, was unable to gather the 700,000 signatures required Monday in order to get the initiative on the...
In a long tradition of taking on controversial issues, HBO will be airing an original movie this month celebrating the life of Dr. Jack Kevorkian—or better known as Dr. Death. The film, You Don’t Know Jack, stars Al Pacino as Jack Kevorkian alongside John Goodman,...
With soaring medical prices, everyone is looking for ways to reduce costs—even abortion clinics. Enter a new innovation called “telemed” abortions. Thanks to telemed abortions, Planned Parenthood clinics in Iowa are now able to reduce costs and increase profits and perform more abortions without ever requiring...
A few months ago we posted a video of 12-year-old Lia of Toronto giving an impassioned speech defending the sanctity of life against abortion. Well, a year older now, Lia is taking on euthanasia. Not only is her delivery perfect, she also delivers one of the...
The normalization and promotion of homosexuality has reached new heights in Vancouver, Canada. The Vancouver School Board is now taking an active role in promoting homosexuality and redefining gender roles in it schools through a new annual student conference. Promoted as the “first-ever anti-homophobia conference for...
In a blatant “in your face” to the U.S. Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the Obama Administration has allowed—no instructed—Census 2010 workers to tell citizens that they can violate the law of the land. The Census Bureau has issued this directive: "Same-sex couples who...
