Posts Tagged ‘birth’
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Europeans launch campaign to declare life starts at conception
Anti-abortion groups from 20 different countries have launched a petition to ask the European Parliament to recognize that life begins at conception. The “One of Us” initiative is the first of its kind in Europe and represents ...
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Parents seek veto on sexuality teaching in Ontario schools
A group of conservative Christian and Muslim parents in Ontario want schools to notify them before their children are taught about sexuality, birth control, "environmental worship" and occult practices.
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Missionary mom returns home with unexpected ‘gift’
When Becky Morlock was asked to adopt a son from India, she said a prayer. Then she hired a lawyer.
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Conservatives rally across U.S. for ‘religious freedom’
Hundreds gathered on Capitol Hill and at rallies across the nation on Friday in a double-barreled attack on President Obama's health care law and a mandate to require employers to provide insurance coverage of birth control.
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Evangelicals say it’s time for frank talk about sex
(RNS) The statistics, some evangelicals say, can no longer be ignored. Eighty percent of young evangelicals have engaged in premarital sex, according to a new video from the National Association of Evangelicals, and almost a th...
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Bishops say Obama compromise is ‘unconstitutional’
(RNS) The nation’s Catholic bishops say the Obama administration’s proposed revisions to a mandate that requires insurers to provide birth control coverage are still unacceptable and even “radically flawed" -- signaling a long...
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Tim Tebow brings a little goodness to Gotham
Quarterback Tim Tebow addresses the media during his debut with the New Jersey Jets in Florham Park, N.J., on March 26, 2012.
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White House proposal gives religious groups more say birth control mandate exemptions
(RNS) The Obama administration on Friday sought to address religious objections to its birth control mandate, issuing plans to expand the number of faith-based groups that can be exempt from the controversial rule and pro...
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Obama’s contraception compromise falls flat with bishops, GOP
President Obama’s effort to accommodate the Catholic Church by altering his administration’s rule on birth control coverage has not appeased the church, congressional Republicans or GOP candidates trying to take his...
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Obama to exempt religious groups from contraception mandate
Facing growing backlash from religious groups over the administration’s birth control insurance plan, President Obama on Friday will unveil a new arrangement whereby insurers at religiously affiliated institutions —...