A standoff has developed between the City of Cape Town and Christian pro-life activists over a sticker campaign in Parow. The City has warned the pro-lifers that they will be prosecuted for contravening the Outdoor Advertising and Signage By-law if they continue to place “Value Life” stickers over illegal abortion […]
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South Korean court upholds abortion ban
Originally published in World Community South Korea’s Constitutional Court has upheld a 59-year-old ban on abortions. The eight-judge panel needed six votes in favor of declaring the law unconstitutional in order to overturn the longtime ban. However, the court said Thursday that four judges voted to keep the ban and […]
National March For Life in Durban in October
A call has gone out to pro-lifers in South Africa to participate in a major national anti-abortion event — the South African March for Life in Durban on October 7. The event organisers, the National Alliance for Life (NAL), which is the umbrella body for South African pro-life organisations and […]
March for Life founder Nellie Gray Dies
Originally published in CBN News Nellie Gray, founder of the March for Life event that now draws hundreds of thousands of pro-lifers to rally for the unborn, has passed away. She was 86. On January 22, 1974, Gray held the first rally in Washington, DC, that would become known as […]
Spanish government plans to ban abortion
Originally published in Hurriyet Daily News (via Contact Online Blog) Spain’s conservative government plans to ban abortions, overturning a two-year-old law allowing terminations on demand, a justice ministry source told Reuters, in a move likely to galvanize support among its core voters. The previous Socialist government passed a law in […]
Thousands of viewers respond to US pro-life TV ad’s offer of help
More than 2 400 viewers responded to an advertisement offering help to women in crisis pregnancies, which aired over 50 times on Black Entertainment Television (a US cable network) during summer 2012. “Women deserve to know about the compassionate help that is available to them, and this campaign accomplished just […]
Marie Stopes threatens leading UK pro-life pregnancy centre with lawsuit
Britain’s most prominent pro-life pregnancy counseling centre, the Good Counsel Network, has been threatened with legal action by the international abortion giant Marie Stopes International. At the same time as abortion facilities across the country are feeling the pressure of a government investigation into their illegal practices, MSI has accused […]
Call for Christians to join ‘Value Life’ mission against illegal abortion advertising
Resolute Cape Town pro-life activist Peter Throp is calling on Christians to take action against the evil of abortion by placing “Value Life” stickers over “the plague” of illegal abortion advertisements all over South Africa. Throp and a small group of fellow activists wearing specially made t-shirts and armed with A6-size stickers […]
Number of ‘pro-choice’ Americans hits record low: Gallup poll
Originally published in LifesiteNews A new Gallup poll shows a record-low number of Americans describe themselves as “pro-choice,” while half call themselves “pro-life.” The poll, conducted from May 3-6, found only 41 percent of Americans would embrace the “pro-choice” monicker, the lowest level since the company began asking the question […]
Tutu invitation to US Catholic university “shameful” — pro-life activists
Originally published in LifeSiteNews Observers are asking why a Catholic university in Spokane, Washington, would invite Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu to address its graduating class considering his decades-long record of supporting abortion, homosexuality, female ordination, theological liberalism, and collectivist economic theories condemned by the Roman Catholic Church. Administrators at Gonzaga […]