Month: November 2017

by: Claire Chretien November 27, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – Using hormonal contraceptives increases a woman’s risk of suicide, sometimes even tripling it, a new study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry revealed. The study, Association of Hormonal Contraception With Suicide Attempts and Suicides, was conducted by Danish researchers. “The patch,” a thin bandage-like piece of …

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by Nicole Russell | Nov 26, 2017, 12:01 AM The Little Sisters of the Poor are heading back to court to defend themselves against the Obama administration’s Health and Human Services mandate to provide contraception, yet again. In an unusual political move, Pennsylvania and California sued the Little Sisters, demanding the same group who won …

For the love of God, why can’t Democrats leave the Little Sisters of the Poor alone? Read More »

Veronika Winkels | Nov 22 2017 Hours after the results of Australia’s plebiscite on same-sex marriage were released, Family Edge’s Veronika Winkels sat down with German sociologist and Catholic convert Gabriele Kubyto hear her thoughts on the effects this social development will have on Australians.. Ms Kuby, author of The Global Sexual Revolution, was on a speaking tour of Australia at …

Strong families can resist the new sexual revolution Read More »

MICAIAH BILGER   NOV 21, 2017   |   11:53AM    WASHINGTON, DC Every time Manda Grover received a pregnancy scan, the expecting mom felt pressured to abort her unborn baby boy. Grover said the pressure began when a test revealed that one or both of her unborn twins may have Down syndrome. In an article …

Mother of Twin With Down Syndrome Slams Doctors Who Repeatedly Asked if She Wanted an Abortion Read More »

TORONTO, November 20, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Euthanasia has been legal in Canada for just over a year and pediatricians are already “increasingly” being asked by parents to euthanize disabled or dying children and infants, a survey by the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) has found. American anti-euthanasia activist Wesley Smith said the results of the survey prove the …

Canada legalized euthanasia. Now parents are asking doctors to kill their sick kids Read More »

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, November 20, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – Six pro-life activists, including two Catholic priests, walked free today after facing obstruction of justice and trespassing charges for refusing to leave an abortion facility waiting room. The pro-life activists were found guilty of trespassing and each given a $500 suspended fine. If they don’t trespass inside the …

Catholic priests, activists walk free after trial for pro-life witness inside abortion center Read More »

November 14, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Last week, we looked at how Lucifer, by refusing to serve the God of fruitfulness and sacrificial love, merited his own everlasting isolation and barrenness, and how he ever seeks to draw human souls into his realm of selfishness. In particular, the refusal to subordinate the natural to the supernatural is his defining trait, …

Satan’s hatred for God is most obvious in his hatred for virginity, marriage, and procreation Read More »

http://thecatholicspirit.com/news/nation-and-world/from-the-pope/mass-time-silence-prayer-not-idle-chitchat-pope-says Junno Arocho Esteves | November 15, 2017 At church, Catholics should spend their time in silence before Mass, preparing “to meet with Jesus” instead of engaging in “chitchat,” the pope said Nov. 15 during his weekly general audience. “Silence is so important,” he said. “Remember what I told you last time: we are not going …

Mass is a time of silence and prayer, not idle chitchat, pope says Read More »

MICAIAH BILGER   NOV 13, 2017   |   5:15PM    WASHINGTON, DC The San Francisco 49ers’ win on Sunday was marked by a player’s heartbreaking tribute to his baby who died too soon. Wide receiver Marquise Goodwin, who scored a touchdown from an 83-yard pass in one of the biggest plays of the game, …

49ers Player Marquise Goodwin Reveals the Pro-Life Reason Why He Was So Emotional After Scoring a Touchdown Read More »

  Calah Alexander | Nov 13, 2017 https://aleteia.org/2017/11/13/why-millennial-women-are-rejecting-the-pill/ When I was 18, I was prescribed birth control for some dubious reason … dubious primarily because I can’t even remember what the reason was. I wasn’t sexually active and didn’t have PCOS or unpleasant periods, but I went to the doctor for some reason and walked …

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By LAURIE GOODSTEIN NOV. 8, 2017 Assessing the grim toll of the massacre in Sutherland Springs, Tex., sheriff’s deputies found 22 of the bodies inside the First Baptist Church, but by their reasoning, one more victim died there — inside the womb of Crystal Holcombe, who was killed in the pews along with three of her five …

Why the Tally of the Church Shooting’s Victims Included a Fetus Read More »

MICAIAH BILGER   NOV 10, 2017   |   5:14PM    BRASILIA, BRAZIL A Brazilian legislative committee passed a bill to protect unborn babies from abortion in all cases Wednesday, despite pressure on the South American country to expand its abortion laws. The Daily Caller reports the bill passed by an overwhelming majority in an 18-1 …

Brazil Committee Votes Overwhelmingly to Ban All Abortions Read More »

American College of Pediatricians November 7, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – The American College of Pediatricians is alerting parents to a dangerous new mobile phone app called Nurx. Dubbed the “Uber for birth control,” Nurx enables teens as young as age 12 to obtain contraceptive and abortive medications including the pill, vaginal ring, Plan B and Ella …

Pediatricians blast new app giving 12-year-olds access to abortion-inducing drugs without parents Read More »

Fr Stephen Imbarrato of Priests for Life speaks about the impact of the Eucharist on his life and the power the Eucharist brings to the Pro-life Movement in America.

By Marguerite Duane Planned Parenthood is marshalling women to #Fight4BirthControl, because apparently allowing those with moral objections to opt-out of the Obamacare contraception mandate is disastrous for women’s health. I wonder if the women using this hashtag understand how the contraception mandate works. Or how insurance works. Or birth control itself, for that matter. To recap, the …

Stop Denying Science. Birth Control Isn’t Necessary For Women’s Health Read More »

By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service ROME (CNS) — The acceptance of artificial contraception by some Christian churches and communities beginning in the 1930s has led “to the monstrosity of what is today known as procreative medicine,” which includes abortion, said German Cardinal Walter Brandmuller. Inaugurating an Oct. 28 conference anticipating the 50th anniversary …

On contraception, church must continue to defend life, cardinal says Read More »

Reprinted below is part of the article FACTS co-founder Dr. Marguerite Duane authored in response to the recent Newsweek article perpetuating misinformation about fertility awareness based methods (FABMs).  October 24, 2017 by Marguerite Duane, MD Newsweek is sounding the alarm that “The Trump administration wants to replace reliable birth control methods with ‘fertility awareness,’ a dubious …

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 (Human Life International) While we need a variety of pro-life groups hacking away at the anti-life monster, it is enormously futile and indeed grossly shortsighted to overlook the chief source of baby-killing, which is contraception. – Father Paul Marx, OSB I’ve written before about the link between contraception and abortion: that is, statistically contraception use actually increases, rather than decreases …

Contraception leads to more abortions Read More »