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A prominent pro-life group has bestowed upon President Donald Trump an award for his efforts to advance anti-abortion efforts. The Hosea Initiative officially awarded President Trump their first Bernard N. Nathanson, MD "Courageous Witness for Life" Award at their gala in Washington, D.C. on Sunday. The award was named after a medical professional who founded the National Abortion Rights Action League in 1969, but later became an outspoken pro-life activist. Terry Beatley, founder and president of Hosea Initiative, told those gathered at the gala that Trump was receiving the award because he had the “courage” to stand for “the right...

Being proudly pro-life, we have all had our hearts broken countless times. Politician after politician pledges to protect the unborn. We work hard, we vote, and we elect them only to see those promises postponed until after the NEXT election. In 2016, a lot of us voted for President Trump solely on the promise of pro-life judges, half expecting the usual bait and switch. I am happy to say we ARE NOT waiting until after the next election. Promises made have been kept and will continue! Why do we care about judges? Some 47 years ago, the Supreme Court created...

Scientists announced this week that they successfully created the first monkey-pig hybrid, in a controversial research project teeming with ethical issues and concerning questions. Chinese scientists at the State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology in Beijing announced the birth of the first pig-monkey chimeras. The researchers modified monkey cells and laced them with a fluorescent protein that allowed them to trace the cells and the cells they produce. The scientists then obtained embryonic cells from the genetically modified cells and injected those monkey cells into pig embryos days after creating them in the lab. Some 4,000 monkey-pig...

A few days ago our state police were chasing a speeding vehicle suspect of possibly dealing in drugs. The driver and his passenger exited the highway and crashed. One suspect was immediately caught the other is still on the run. While searching for the suspect the police entered a home where they believed the suspect to be. No one was home and the suspect was not there. Do the police have the right to enter the home without a warrant and search the home?

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf continues to be a roadblock to pro-life legislation, including bills that do not restrict abortions in any way but recognize the value of unborn babies. In November, the state House passed a bill that would require health care facilities to bury or cremate the remains of unborn babies who died in abortions or miscarriages or give parents the option of burying their baby themselves. It does not require burial/cremation for babies miscarried at home. State House Bill 1890, sponsored by Rep. Frank Ryan, R-Lebanon, now is awaiting action in a state Senate committee. However, Wolf, a...

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been true for some time that Republicans are generally more hostile to the news media than Democrats, but a study released Thursday found that’s much more the case for supporters of President Donald Trump.The Pew Research Center study looks at viewpoints on the ethical standards of journalists and whether they act in the best interests of the public.

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Aurora, Illinois – An ambulance was called for a seriously injured woman at the Aurora Planned Parenthood abortion facility in Aurora, Illinois, on November 16, 2019. “We’ll need a stretcher,” a Planned Parenthood employee told the 911 dispatcher at the beginning of the 911 call recording. The recording and a brief printout related to the 911 call was provided to Operation Rescue by the Pro-Life Action League. The Planned Parenthood worker noted that the patient began to hemorrhage during a “procedure” – Planned Parenthood’s nomenclature for a surgical abortion – and was unconscious. It takes a blood loss of about...

Bolivia Files Charges for Crimes Against Humanity Against Evo Morales at The Hague The International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague received a petition Tuesday to open a case against socialist former president of Bolivia Evo Morales and several of his senior cabinet members for “crimes against humanity” committed in the aftermath of his resignation in November. The government of Bolivia filed the charges citing evidence of a “campaign of terrorism” against the Bolivian people intended to ensure Morales returned to power. Morales resigned on November 10 willingly in the aftermath of the publication of an Organization of American States...

Elizabeth Warren has been justly criticized for the magical math in her Medicare for All proposal. That health plan would cost perhaps $34 trillion, according to outside estimates. But Ms. Warren says the true figure is only—alakazam!—$20.5 trillion. Her wealth tax is the same way, as a fiscal fact check this week demonstrates. Ms. Warren wants to tax the net worth of affluent Americans 2% a year on assets above $50 million, and 6% on billionaires. She says it would raise $3.75 trillion over 10 years. Her campaign cites a letter from two economists at UC Berkeley, Emmanuel Saez and...

UK Diocese Celebrates Muhammad, Eastern Guru Southwark 'interfaith event' reflects growing religious indifferentism LONDON (ChurchMilitant.com) - A south London diocese is marking the third Sunday of Advent by honoring the founders of Islam and Sikhism alongside Christ. The archdiocese of Southwark is promoting a "Christmas, Milad and Gurpurab Celebration," a Dec. 15 "interfaith event" scheduled to be held at St. Matthew's Catholic Church in the borough of Lambeth. "If you are local to the church please consider going along in order to join in building friendships among people of different faiths," read a recent archdiocesan social media post advertising the celebration. "Honoring...

Steubenville, Ohio, Dec 10, 2019 / 03:05 pm (CNA).- A Catholic university in the U.S. has partnered with an Iraqi Catholic college to promote opportunities for scholarship, collaboration, and understanding between the two countries. Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio and the Catholic University of Erbil (CUE) in Iraq signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Dec. 6. “The agreement forges ties between the two schools and cities that include cultural exchanges, such as the visit this past September by Iraqi high school students to Steubenville,” Tom Sofio, a Franciscan University spokesman, told CNA. “The agreement also allows for the development...

Elizabeth Warren’s proposed wealth tax—an annual levy on the total value of one’s assets, not income—has drawn a lot of attention. The senator’s claim that her proposal would cost “ultramillionaires” only an annual 2% and billionaires an annual 6% wildly understates the truth. Wealthy people don’t maintain bank accounts with millions or billions of dollars of liquid cash; they invest their assets. Those hit with the wealth tax would have to sell assets each year to pay it, subjecting them to income tax as well. The actual cost would often be several times greater than 2% or 6%. Ms. Warren...

Southwark 'interfaith event' reflects growing religious indifferentismLONDON (ChurchMilitant.com) - A south London diocese is marking the third Sunday of Advent by honoring the founders of Islam and Sikhism alongside Christ. The archdiocese of Southwark is promoting a "Christmas, Milad and Gurpurab Celebration," a Dec. 15 "interfaith event" scheduled to be held at St. Matthew's Catholic Church in the borough of Lambeth. "If you are local to the church please consider going along in order to join in building friendships among people of different faiths," read a recent archdiocesan social media post advertising the celebration. "Honoring the births of Jesus Christ,...

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ROME - In his continual effort to quell worldwide conflicts, Pope Francis Thursday chastised world leaders for lacking the will to make change, and also insisted true peace implies an “ecological conversion” or it won’t work. In an annual message for the World Day of Peace, which is celebrated on Jan. 1, the pope implied that violence toward humanity and violence toward the planet go hand in hand. “If a mistaken understanding of our own principles has at times led us to justify mistreating nature, to exercise tyranny over creation, to engage in war, injustice and acts of violence, we...

President Trump has been discussing with his campaign advisers whether or not to participate in the general election debates in 2020, two people close to the situation told The New York Times. According to the sources, Trump doesn't trust the Commission on Presidential Debates, the nonprofit organization that puts on the debates. Specifically, Trump is apprehensive of who will be chosen by the organization to moderate the debates, the Times reports. Trump's campaign reportedly declined to comment on what their plan was for the debates at a state-of-the-race campaign briefing in Arlington, Va. During the 2016 campaign, the president persistently...

A quiet hero, most will never understand what Rogers did for our country. It’s difficult to fully convey or appreciate Admiral Rogers’ actions. He quietly stood against a deeply embedded Intelligence apparatus and risked his reputation and career. Although it may take some time, it is my hope that his role will be more fully appreciated. It’s entirely possible there would have been no FISA disclosure without the 2016 actions of Rogers. There might have been no investigation by Inspector General Horowitz.

The Senate on Thursday passed a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide in Turkey more than a century ago — a slap at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has denounced the effort. ... The bipartisan effort could be the first step in a response to Erdogan for buying Russian weapons systems. Erdogan visited the White House this fall and held a meeting alongside Trump with Republican senators, temporarily delaying the Senate’s actions against Turkey. ... The House of Representatives last month voted 405-11 in favor of a resolution asserting that it would be US policy to commemorate the killing of...

During a Hanukkah reception at the White House Wednesday, President Trump signed an executive order combating anti-Semitism. According to the White House, this executive order will make clear that Title 6 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applies to anti-Semitic discrimination. One America’s Emerald Robinson has more details from the White House.