HUNDREDS of thousands of Italians, spurred by the Vatican and conservative politicians, have flooded central Rome to protest against a government plan to grant homosexual couples legal status. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Cardinal Keith O'Brien has urged Catholics to withhold their vote from pro-abortion politicians, calling the practice an "unspeakable crime". picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Kebe Peinda Gotha set herself on fire at Rome's city hall on Friday in an apparent protest over a visit to Italy by Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade. Here is a auto-translated article from an Italian paper picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

Really interesting theory about the relationship between legalized abortion and crime. picked by muppet 7 months ago

An abortion can cause five years of mental anguish, anxiety, guilt and even shame, a BMC Medicine study suggests. picked by doggylives 5 months ago

Breaking news. The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide ban on a controversial abortion procedure Wednesday, handing abortion opponents the long-awaited victory they expected from a more conservative bench. picked by ReBoot 1 year ago

Eighty books in high school library stacks are corrupting students with tales of abortion, homosexuality and atheism. That's according to a West Palm Beach mother who has appealed to the school board to remove the books from the shelves of Dreyfoos and Royal Palm Beach high schools. [where's that Flordia category?] picked by sholom22 1 year ago

Gov. Deval Patrick plans to sign a bill into law that expands protest-free zones around abortion clinics.

The measure would give Massachusetts among the strongest "buffer zone" laws in the nation, creating a hard 35-foot perimeter around a clinic's entrances and driveways. The bill has passed both the MA House and Senate. picked by marli 9 months ago

The abortion pill RU486 will be available to Victorian women within weeks. But the drug will be restricted to cases considered clinically necessary because a surgical abortion is not appropriate. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Lawmakers in South Carolina are trying to pass a law where women looking to get an abortion will have to view ultrasound images of their fetus before going ahead with the abortion. This will include women who have been the victims of rape and incest. picked by escaflowne 1 year ago

Pro-life group chanted anti-abortion slogans at the premiere of "Horton Hears a Who". picked by doggylives 5 months ago

A Roman Catholic archbishop's call this week for Saint Louis University to discipline its popular basketball coach for publicly supporting abortion rights has put the Jesuit school in a bind. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

Young Catholics attending World Youth Day celebrations in Sydney may find themselves swamped with offers of free condoms after a court overturned legislation giving police the power to arrest anyone who "annoys" pilgrims. picked by mutil8or 1 month ago

An Irish teenager has won a High Court battle in Dublin to be allowed to visit Britain for an abortion. The foetus has anencephaly, a condition which means that a large part of the brain and skull is missing. Babies with anencephaly live a maximum of just three days after birth. picked by makri 1 year ago

Missouri lawmakers argue that 80,000 more Missourians would have been born without abortion and that many would now be at the right working age. Instead workers have to be solicited from across the border. picked by ybne1else 2 years ago

Here's the rundown:

Pregnant woman, set to have twins.
One twin diagnosed with Down's Syndrome.
Woman decides to abort the fetus.
Doctor aborts the WRONG FETUS!

Rome debates. picked by ImNotBlue 12 months ago

Britain is facing an abortion crisis because an unprecedented number of doctors are refusing to be involved in carrying out the procedure. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Pope Benedict today warned Catholic politicians they risked excommunication from the Church and should not receive communion if they support abortion. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

An “abortion ship” is planning to sail to countries where the practice is illegal and take women out to sea for terminations after the Dutch Government lifted restrictions banning it from international waters. picked by kissmenow 1 year ago

A California man set himself and a Christmas tree on fire to protest the local school board’s changing the names of Winter and Spring Vacation to Christmas and Easter Vacation. (pics & video at site)

As someone points out, very odd (lucky?) that they had cameras ready and were able to put it out within 30 seconds. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago