Catholic Fire

Newman calls Board “actions” too little, too late (Topeka, Kansas) Operation Rescue is calling for radical reform of the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts amid scandals involving Board ineptitude in the handling of complaints against a doctor indicted on Federal charges of unlawfully prescribing medication that may have led to 56 overdose deaths and an abortionist charged with multiple counts of violating state laws. Thursday, the KSBHA recommended that the medical license of Stephen Schneider be suspended since his “continuation in practice constitutes an imminent danger to the public health and safety.” However that recommendation has no timetable for implementation. The Schneider complaint languished at the KSBHA since 2004. The recommendation was issued only after headlines revealed the Federal charges, spurring outrage from legislators over the KSBHA’s glacial pace of operation. Complaints against abortionist George Tiller, filed in October, 2006, have yet to see action even th...

Massachusetts Abortion Death Case Slowly Progressing Via Operation Rescue: Hyannis, MA - October 22, 2007 - The abortion death of Laura Hope Smith has finally been reported Sunday - five weeks late - in a secular newspaper, The Cape Cod Times . The story of this tragic abortion death was also reported last week in the National Catholic Register . Laura's mother, Eileen Smith, has been working tirelessly to see to it that her daughter's death is not "swept under the rug," and that those responsible for it are brought to justice. Smith's attorney filed a Complaint for Discovery on October 4, for information from the Medical Examiner's office, the hospital, the abortion clinic, and abortionist Rapin Osathanondh, who committed Laura's abortion on September 13, in the 13th week of her pregnancy. MORE

The first Sunday in October is National Life Chain Sunday, when people in hundreds of cities across North America gather on the streets for an hour of prayer and public witness for the pre-born. The event is from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in each time zone. "The hundreds of thousands of Life Chain participants who silently stand and pray on busy streets all across the country provide a gentle contrast to the shrill demonstrations often staged by abortion advocates," said Connie Pratt, president of Colorado Citizens for Life. "And the Life Chain signs pro-lifers hold -- 'Abortion Kills Children' and 'Abortion Hurts Women' -- remind passers-by that, while abortion is, indeed, a 'war' waged against the helpless baby, it's always fought on the battleground of the mother's body, psyche and soul. Abortion is truly as much woman abuse as it is child abuse." For more information, please visit the National Life Chain Web site ( www.lifechain.net ) or...

A group of pro-abortion British MP's from all parties in government will be launching a campaign to sweep away the last formal restrictions on abortion and make it available on demand. They want to allow nurses and midwives to kill unborn children and recommend increasing the number of facilities allowed to abort babies in the first trimester of pregnancy. [ Entire Story ] Read related LifeSiteNews.com coverage: British Medical Association Backs Abortion on Demand, by Midwives BMA Votes to Eliminate Second Doctor Approval for UK Abortion New Welsh Abortion Guidelines - Don't Think, Just Do It