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by Hilary White MOSCOW, April 2, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual couples from abroad will not be allowed to adopt Russian children under new rules backed by President Vladimir Putin. The move follows the implementation of a new law on January 1st preventing adoption of Russian children by American couples.…

by Ben Johnson OLYMPIA, April 2, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-lifers achieved an uncharacteristic victory in the state of Washington on Monday, as a dedicated group of legislators killed a bill that would force any insurance company that offers prenatal coverage to also pay for elective abortion. The Reproductive…

by Michael New Jonah, Jason, and Nicholas have all had insightful comments on NRO about the link between same-sex marriage and abortion. In modern politics, the two have certainly been linked. This is because attitudes toward the morality of premarital sex are very strongly correlated with opinions toward…

by John Jalsevac April 2, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Reports that the Swiss bishops have approved the morning after pill in cases of rape are incorrect, according to the Swiss bishops conference. Last month, Swiss newspapers had widely reported that the country’s bishops had followed the lead of German bishops…

by Hilary White LONDON, April 2, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Gay “marriage” has little to do with “equality,” being in reality the result of “an aggressive secularist and relativist” mindset that intends to abolish the very foundations of western societies, according to George…

by Peter Baklinski TORONTO, April 2, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Ontario government's latest "sunshine list" revealed that peddling contraception, abortion, promiscuous sex, and the practice of “putting a tongue around/inside someone’s butt,” was a top paying public sector job in 2012. For…

by Thaddeus Baklinski PRAGUE, April 2, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Organizers of the annual Czech National March for Life said this year's demonstration surpassed all expectations as thousands of pro-lifers filled the streets to give witness to the need to end abortion in the Czech Republic.  According to Hnuti Pro…

by Hilary White CARDIFF, Wales, April 2, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ten out of 12 Members of the Welsh Assembly health committee voted last week to accept a proposal for “deemed consent” for organ donation that would automatically make any resident a donor, reports the Daily Post. Under the legislation,…

by Steven Mosher Steven W. Mosher is the President of the Population Research Institute. April 2, 2013 (PRI) - If we can’t look to Washington for good news, then we can look to the states, Kansas and North Dakota in particular. Pro–lifers have been on the move in both states, and their state legislatures…

by Dave Andrusko The murder trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell was postponed Monday because Gosnell’s attorney was sick. Perhaps he’d read some of the Grand Jury report, from which we are excerpting every single day the trial goes on. In Section IV, titled, “The Intentional Killing of Viable Babies,”…

by Brian Clowes April 2, 2013 (HLIWorldWatch.org) - Bill Gates, the man who brought you a new and improved “third world” toilets and microwaves to treat malaria, is now, through his Grand Exploration Challenges program, offering up to $100,000 for a new and improved condom. The Bill and Melinda…

by Alex Schadenberg A Reuters news article that was written by Anthony Boadle and published on March 28 has reported that Dr. Virginia Soares de Souza has been charged with 7 counts of murder and may have killed 300 patients in order to, reportedly, "free up" beds. (Doesn't that sound familier) It has been…

by Kristen Walker Hatten April 2, 2013 (LiveActionNews.org) - When I was a teenager and well into my 20s, Kurt Vonnegut was my favorite writer. I still appreciate his work, although now when I revisit it, I find things that bother me. One particular passage (I forget in which novel) found Vonnegut describing a…

by John Jansen April 2, 2013 (ProlifeAction) - No, this isn’t a cruel April Fools’ Day joke. Yesterday on Motherlode, a parenting blog on the website of the New York Times, a column appeared with the title “Outlawing Abortion Won’t Help Children with Down Syndrome.”…

Research analysts at Infiniti Research predict that the nanotechnology drug delivery market in the U.S. will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 84.79 percent through 2016. One of the most important applications of nanotechnology in medicine currently being developed involves employing nanoparticles to deliver drugs to specific types of cells (such as cancer cells). (Sacramento Bee)

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/01/5307907/will-safety-concerns-slow-nanotechnology.html#storylink=cpy

Many elderly people prefer to die at home instead of in the hospital - but that’s not always the way it works out, researchers said. (Reuters)

States are becoming increasingly polarized over abortion, as some legislatures pass ever-tighter restrictions on the procedure while others consider stronger legal protections for it, advocates on both sides say. (The Wall Street Journal)

Researchers from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute report that they successfully used a virus vector to restore the expression of a brain protein and improve cognitive functions, in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. (Medical Xpress)

by Jennifer Fulwiler Jennifer Fulwiler writes at ConversionDiary.com. April 2, 2013 (ConversionDiary) - The other day we got together with a friend of mine from high school named Andrew*, and his boyfriend, Tom. They moved out of state earlier this year, but a business trip brought him and Tom back through town recently,…

by Family Research Center NEW YORK, April 1, 2013 (Family Research Council) - New Yorkers can thank Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Michael Bloomberg for their reigning title as the most oppressive state in America. As part of George Mason University's new "freedom index," New Yorkers have the least liberty of anyone, coming…