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Tiller Loses Bid To End Grand Jury Investigation The Kansas Supreme Court ruled against late-term abortionist George R. Tiller who had asked the Court to rule that a citizen’s called grand jury was unconstitutional and should be dismissed. Instead the Court found that such grand juries are indeed constitutional. In the same opinion, the Court ruled that subpoenas issued by the grand jury in their investigation into illegal abortions done by Tiller and his associates should be further reviewed by the Sedgwick County District Court to insure that the subpoenas are not overly broad or harassing in nature . The grand jury issued subpoenas to Tiller in January for 2,000 late-term abortion records, a request that was later reduced to 50 records randomly chosen for each of the last five years. The subpoenas specifically state that all patient identifying information should be redacted before being sent to the grand jury. “While we are gratified that the Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the rig...

Red de Mujeres Contra la Violencia is a coalition of hard-left, Latin American feminist organizations. Just recently they showed their true colors, putting their anti-life agendas ahead of the well-being of an innocent 9-year-old girl. Find the entire story at causa nostrae laetitiae.

Seventy-seven hours of round-the clock prayer has begun at the infamous late-term abortion mill operated by George R. Tiller, a place where women from all over the world come to abort their babies up to the very day before their birth. Operation Rescue has called for the special prayer vigil, entitled “Pray in May To Stop Abortion,” to ask for Divine intervention on behalf of innocent children, many which are killed by what is believed to be illegal abortions. “We want God to close this abortion clinic and end the horrible injustice and human suffering that takes place here,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. Tiller has been charged with 30 criminal counts all related to the commission of illegal late-term abortions. For more information on this event and for prayer times, go here. Other Operation Rescue posts include: Abortion Makes Me Vomit New Truth Truck Signs Draw Attention To Abortion Tragedy Many, many novenas and prayers have been said over the years requesting God t...

Fidelis Condemns Giuliani Embrace of Abortion Rights CHELSEA, MI – Fidelis President Joseph Cella today condemned the unapologetic embrace of “abortion rights” by Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani. Cella stated: “This is the third position Rudy Giuliani has had on abortion in two weeks, and his credibility with faithful Catholics and other pro-life voters is beginning to evaporate.” Following a series of contradictory positions on the abortion issue and according to this morning’s edition of The New York Times, Giuliani has decided to strongly assert his support for abortion, shifting his target of support from states with strong pro-life constituencies among the primary electorate – such as Iowa and South Carolina – to more liberal-leaning states such as New York, California and New Jersey. “Rudy Giuliani supports abortion on demand in all nine months of pregnancy, he has supported partial birth abortion, he supports forcing taxpayers to pay for abortions, and he has fin...

Every pro-life activist should have on his or her desk the book by abortionist Warren M. Hern called Abortion Practice. It is a medical textbook on how to do abortions, and it provides us with the educational material necessary to win the war on abortion - namely, the descriptions of the abortion procedures. So many argue about abortion, having never heard a description of what it is. Take, for example, the abortion procedure called Dilatation and Evacuation (D&E). Through this procedure, the child is dismembered within the womb. Hern describes the procedure at various stages of pregnancy, starting at 13 weeks. I quote here from the section "21 to 24 Weeks Fetal Age": "The procedure changes significantly at 21 weeks because the fetal tissues become much more cohesive and difficult to dismember. This problem is accentuated by the fact that the fetal pelvis may be as much as 5cm in width. The calvaria [head] is no longer the principal problem; it can be collapsed. Ot...

Via Leticia at causa nostrae laetitiae: By: Jonathan Martin May 7, 2007 06:02 PM EST Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani in his campaign appearances this year has stated that he personally abhors abortion, even though he supports keeping a legal right to choose. But records show that in the '90s he contributed money at least six times to Planned Parenthood, one of the country's leading abortion rights groups and its top provider of abortions.Federal tax returns made public by the former New York mayor show that he and his then-wife, Donna Hanover, made personal donations to national, state and city chapters of Planned Parenthood totaling $900 in 1993, 1994, 1998 and 1999. My Comment: So much for "I hate abortion!" Related Posts: Culture of Death Quote of the Day Republican Candidates Respond to Pro-life Issues At Tonight's Debate Is Rudy Giuliani Just Another "Phony Catholic" Politician? (Updated) Why Catholics Cannot Vote for Rudy Guiliani