Faith Wed, 22 Jan 2025 20:09:59 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Trump signs bill to let states redirect funds away from abortion clinics /home/international/item/24882-trump-signs-bill-to-let-states-redirect-funds-away-from-abortion-clinics /home/international/item/24882-trump-signs-bill-to-let-states-redirect-funds-away-from-abortion-clinics

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed a bill into law April 13 that allows states to redirect Title X family planning funding away from clinics that perform abortions and to community clinics that provide comprehensive health care for women and children.

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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Thu, 13 Apr 2017 14:59:00 -0400
Obama administration: states cannot keep grants away from Planned Parenthood /home/international/item/23871-obama-administration-states-cannot-keep-grants-away-from-planned-parenthood /home/international/item/23871-obama-administration-states-cannot-keep-grants-away-from-planned-parenthood

WASHINGTON – States cannot keep federal grants away from Planned Parenthood clinics, the Obama administration ruled on Wednesday in a move that critics say is a “parting gift to Big Abortion.”

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International Fri, 16 Dec 2016 10:30:00 -0500
Canada to fund overseas abortion /item/22304-canada-to-fund-overseas-abortion /item/22304-canada-to-fund-overseas-abortion

OTTAWA – The federal government is set to begin funding abortion in the developing world, reversing the policy of the Harper government to not provide funding for such procedures overseas.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Wed, 11 May 2016 15:35:22 -0400
Philippine bishops: Look at family planning through lens of faith /home/international/item/20783-philippine-bishops-look-at-family-planning-through-lens-of-faith /home/international/item/20783-philippine-bishops-look-at-family-planning-through-lens-of-faith

MANILA, Philippines - More than a year after a controversial reproductive health law took effect in the Philippines, the Church was mustering clergy and lay workers to reignite the formation of the faithful with regard to family planning.

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International Fri, 28 Aug 2015 10:30:00 -0400
Archdiocese commits to fellowship groups for mothers /faith/item/20209-archdiocese-commits-to-fellowship-groups-for-mothers /faith/item/20209-archdiocese-commits-to-fellowship-groups-for-mothers

TORONTO - Dynamic Women of Faith and the Archdiocese of Toronto are joining together to initiate fellowship groups for mothers in parishes across the Greater Toronto Area.

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jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) Faith Sun, 10 May 2015 10:00:00 -0400
Catholic doctor taking conscience fight to next level /item/19969-catholic-doctor-taking-conscience-fight-to-next-level /item/19969-catholic-doctor-taking-conscience-fight-to-next-level

Already battle scarred in conflict with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario over the collegeƵapp insistence that doctors must actively help patients access abortion, morning-after pills, chemical contraception, hysterectomies and vasectomies, Dr. Agnes Tanguay is not backing away from a fight for her right to practise medicine according to her conscience.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 02 Apr 2015 09:57:33 -0400
Poverty stems from unjust economic system, not big families, Pope says /faith/item/19573-poverty-stems-from-unjust-economic-system-not-big-families-pope-says /faith/item/19573-poverty-stems-from-unjust-economic-system-not-big-families-pope-says

VATICAN CITY - Families who have lots of children do not cause poverty, Pope Francis said.

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Vatican Wed, 21 Jan 2015 13:00:00 -0500
The two solitudes of family planning /item/14111-the-two-solitudes-of-family-planning /item/14111-the-two-solitudes-of-family-planning

OTTAWA - The same week a student group came under fire for distributing condoms on the Saint Paul University (SPU) campus, a pro-life group hosted a panel on the benefits of natural family planning (NFP), revealing the contrasts between artificial and natural means of preventing pregnancy.

SPU administrators ordered the student group to stop leaving a bowl of condoms for free pickup by students. That prompted a student to write an open letter, backed by 100 others, that led to stories by the news media.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:29:27 -0400