Threads by Faith and me.
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Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The latest 40 Days for Life campaign has ended, but many pro-life advocates say they are so encouraged by their involvement that they want to continue. Shawn Carney, 40 Days for Life's spring campaign director, tells Lifenews.com that it has resulted in closing abortion centers.
He said, "If there's a main theme I'm hearing from the tens of thousands of participants around the country at the completion of this spring's 40 Days for Life campaign, it's 'We don't want to stop!'"
"People have witnessed first-hand that a prayerful presence outside abortion facilities saves lives, and they know they will see additional results by continuing their vigils," Carney added. . .
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TORONTO, April 3, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The scandal of priests advising mothers whose babies are diagnosed with lethal fetal anomalies that having an early induction in such cases is not opposed to Catholic teaching is not new. The problem was already apparent in 2002, and denounced by Archbishop Terrence Prendergast in a column in The Catholic Register.
The issue came to the fore recently after LifeSiteNews.com published an exposé of such recommendations and procedures at St. Josephs Catholic hospital in London Ontario. Fr. Michael Prieur the ethical director at the hospital is responsible for the practice and believes it in synch with Catholic teaching.
Two mothers revealed to LSN that they were advised by Fr. Prieur that early induction would be permissible according to Catholic teaching since their children were diagnosed with lethal fetal anomalies. In both cases, the mothers' lives were not in any danger from their pregnancy, they were not asking for early induction and their strong sense that it was wrong caused them to reject the advice given to them by Father Prieur. . .