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Bishop: Tomorrow is Last Chance for AI on Abortion or Catholics Will Boycott By Elizabeth O'BrienUNITED KINGDOM, August 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A British Bishop has given Amnesty International (AI) a final warning, saying that tomorrow the organization faces its last chance reject its pro-abortion stance, or else face a boycott from individual Catholics and the Catholic Church.East Anglia Bishop Michael Evens, a long-time member of AI, clearly stated that tomorrow's meeting of the AI International Council in Mexico City is the last opportunity for AI to revoke its position on abortion, the Guardian Unlimited reports. Evans stated, "Catholics and...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- In a recent news article, Newsweek writer Anna Quindlen tried to paint pro-life advocates in a negative light by asking abortion facility protesters whether they would put women in prison who had abortions. The article generated a myriad of answers but Quindlen never talked to pro-life women who had abortions themselves. Georgette Forney, who heads the pro-life group Anglicans for Life and had an abortion herself decades ago, told LifeNews.com that Quindlen's article misses the point. Forney, who also directs the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, says the Newsweek reporter should have focused on the millions...

Boston, MA (LifeNews.com) -- For both the old and young, walking is a great way to exercise but few people would ever envision getting on the highways and byways of America and trekking across the United States. But for pro-life college students, the opportunity to take their message against abortion to hundreds of cities and towns is exciting. Members of the college pro-life group Crossroads stopped in Boston recently as they wore their standard white shirts with the phrase "pro-life" in bright blue lettering. Erin Haakenson, a student at Iowa State University who is one of the students journeying 3,000...

Des Moines, IA (LifeNews.com) -- The Republican presidential candidates met for another debate on Sunday in Iowa and found abortion to be among the top dividing issues. The discussion was less about the policy differences between the candidates and more about the latest salvo from the Brownback campaign against his opponents. Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas has been positioning himself as the most pro-life candidate in the race in an attempt to gain much-needed primary support. In doing so, his campaign has launched radio ads questioning former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's change of heart on abortion just a few years...