The Church's teaching on sexuality that lies behind its teaching that contraception is intrinsically immoral is dazzlingly beautiful.
Many people whose understanding has been clouded by the corruption of our culture have difficulty understanding it.
09/ 04/08Planned Parenthood, the billion dollar corporate abortion mill, has taken indecency to a whole new level and is using your taxpayer dollars to do so.
09/ 03/08The risk John McCain took last Friday is comparable to the 72-year-old ex-fighter pilot knocking back two shots and flying his A-4 under the Golden Gate Bridge.
McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his co-pilot was the biggest gamble in presidential history. As of now, it is paying off, big-time.
09/ 03/08During my last pregnancy, I qualified for excellent, free state medical insurance because of our lower income. My husband is in graduate school for a while. This insurance coverage is part of the state's healthy start program for pregnant women and young kids.
09/ 02/08Women and Men across America are cheering the VP pick of John McCain. Here a look at who she is...
08/ 31/08When asked about when life begins Pelosi answered "...what I know is, over the centuries, the doctors of the Church have not been able to make that definition.”
08/ 26/08Monday was the first day that Planned Parenthood, which operates the only abortion business in South Dakota, had to comply with a new state law telling women the truth about abortion. Rather than tell women abortion kills children and has numerous risks, Planned Parenthood closed its doors.
07/ 22/08Last year, Planned Parenthood performed more than 250,000 abortions, which account for about 1 in 5 of our country's total. Of all abortions, those performed for black women accounted for about a third of the procedures. It's also worth noting that a majority of Planned Parenthood's clinics are in minority neighborhoods.
07/ 15/08Day Gardner: Planned Parenthood has basically bought off Barack Obama
07/ 15/08Democratic and Republican candidates must reject donations from Planned Parenthood this election year, and Congress should end all federal funding for the abortion provider, according to black pro-life leaders who held two press conferences last week in Washington, D.C., at Democratic and Republican Party Committee headquarters.
07/ 03/08For the last few decades, evangelicals repeatedly have mobilized and demonstrated to oppose the operation of abortion clinics. Over the years, many have believed that being anti-abortion had become a litmus test for their support of politicians and policies, which vie for evangelical votes.
07/ 03/08Exit poll after exit poll in election after election shows the Democratic Party is staunchly supported by an overwhelming majority of African-American voters, many of whom are much more socially conservative on issues like abortion than their party leadership.
07/ 03/08Corporation's willingness to accept race-based contributions cited
07/ 02/08Press release from Kansas for Life
06/ 27/08During the last few years, everyone in the nation has come to understand that things are not always the way they appear with individuals or organizations. While all of us struggle to live up to our ideals, some groups live permanently in the land of personal or professional compromise.
06/ 23/08George Tiller was originally scheduled to stand trial on 19 charges of violating Kansas' abortion laws on August 17, 2007. That trial has now been rescheduled – for the 4th time.
The case against Tiller has been dragging on since he was first investigated by former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline in 2006, incorporating into its drama rumors of cronyism, corrupted prosecutors and upended political careers.
According to Kansas law, late-term abortions performed after the point of viability may only be performed if the abortion is needed to save the woman's life or the pregnancy would cause "substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function." In addition, a second, unaffiliated physician must also sign off on the procedure.
Kline originally brought 30 criminal counts against Tiller, whose clinic performed 380 late-term abortions in 2006 alone, citing medical records that listed the required "substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function" as "major depressive disorder, single episode" or "acute stress disorder."
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Kline was then defeated in general election, replaced as attorney general by Paul Morrison, who dropped the charges against Tiller and fired an independent prosecutor Kline appointed to handle the case.
The moves were met with outcry by anti-abortion activists, who questioned Morrison's credibility and political ties.
Shortly thereafter, however, Morrison filed 19 counts against Tiller, this time for violating the part of the statute that required an unaffiliated physician to review the case. Tiller used Ann Kristin Neuhaus to sign off on his abortions, and Morrison charged that the two abortionists "were not financially and legally independent as required by Kansas law."
On August 3, 2007, Tiller pleaded "not guilty" to the charges, and a bench trial was scheduled for August 17 of that year.
Tiller has yet, however, to stand that trial.
In November of 2007, Tiller's attorney's filed two motions with Judge Clark Owens, the first to have Kansas' law declared unconstitutional, and the second to have the jury increased from 6 to 12 members.
8 months later, Owens has yet to rule on those motions, and last week, the judge agreed to another delay of the trial.
"We have seen capital murder cased in Kansas, from arrest to sentencing, take place in less time," said Troy Newman, president of an anti-abortion group he calls Operation Rescue. "Justice delayed is justice denied. Judge Owens and the attorney general's office need to get of the dime and get on with the case in the interests of justice."
Tiller is now scheduled to stand trial on July 28, provided there are no further delays.
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