National Right to Life Says House Abortion Vote 'Disrupts the Obama Administration's Pro-Abortion Smuggling Operation,' But Further Battles Ahead
November 10, 2009
The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of right-to-life organizations in the 50 states, issued the following statement regarding today's actions in the House of Representatives on the health care restructuring legislation, H.R. 3962. Full Story...House Strips Abortion Funding from Health Care Bill
November 10, 2009
The House of Representatives voted to strip funding for elective abortions in the final hours of debate on the health care bill. The Stupak/Pitts amendment maintains the current federal policy of preventing funding of abortion in federal programs. Full Story...
SBA List President Applauds House Approval of Pro-Life Pitts-Stupak Amendment to H.R. 3962, Warns Opponents that Votes Have Consequences
November 10, 2009
Tonight the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Pitts-Stupak amendment to H.R. 3962, America's Healthy Future Act by a vote of 240 to 194, with 64 Democratic members voting in favor of the amendment. Full Story...
Christian Clubs Gain Equal Access to Public Schools
November 9, 2009
Liberty Counsel has recently cleared the way for numerous Good News Clubs to use public school facilities for after-school programs. The Clubs, sponsored by Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF), are designed to teach good character Full Story...
Answered Prayers for 40 Days for Life: Pensacola, Florida Abortion Clinic Closes
November 9, 2009
With a very brief legal notice in the local newspaper, a Pensacola, Florida abortion facility quietly announced its closing. The clinic was the site of three 40 Days for Life prayer vigils, including one that just concluded this Sunday. Full Story...
Study Data Does Not Show Comp Sex Ed in Schools Increases Condom Use, Reduces Pregnancy or STDs
November 9, 2009
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study of sex education concluded that comprehensive sex education programs (CSE programs--those that include condom instruction) are effective. Full Story...
Newly Identified Corporate Supporters of Planned Parenthood Named
November 9, 2009
Life Decisions International (LDI) has released a revised edition of The Boycott List, which identifies corporations that are boycott targets due to their support of Planned Parenthood, the world's primary abortion-advocacy group. Full Story...
Personhood USA Marks 1st Anniversary; Announces Strategy for 2010 -- A Personhood Initiative in Every State
November 9, 2009
November 5, 2009 marks the one-year anniversary of the inception of Personhood USA. Following the Nation's first-ever Personhood effort to reach an election ballot, Personhood USA was launched by the Colorado campaign's full-time coordinators, Cal Zastrow and Keith Mason. Full Story...
Christians throughout India targeted in violent attacks
November 6, 2009
On the morning of October 25, four men entered the Assembly of God church building in Old Hubli, Karnataka during a worship service and started taking notes and photographing the worshippers. Full Story...
The Vote is In: Maine Protects Marriage
November 6, 2009
In what the New York Times called "a stinging setback for the national gay-rights movement," Maine became the 31st state to vote to preserve marriage as between one man and one woman. Full Story...
New Zealand Study Linking Abortion and Depression
November 6, 2009
A New Zealand study that says abortion puts women at increased risk of anxiety and depression is but the latest in a long line of scientific reports that reach the same conclusion said leaders of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign today. Full Story...
Imprisoned Iranian Women Refuse to Deny Their Faith
November 6, 2009
On August 9 two Christian women appeared before an Iranian judge who asked them to deny their faith and return to Islam. Maryam Rostampour, 27, and Marzieh Amirizadeh Esmaeilabad, 30, have been held in the notorious Evin prison Full Story...
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