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Planned Parenthood Targets Children As Young As 10 for Sex Lessons; Raps...
22nd Feb 10


A new report by the International Planned Parenthood Federation (which has links to the Irish Family Planning Association/IFPA) advocates giving children as young as 10 explicit sex “education”.

The report, Stand and Deliver, alleges that religious groups, specifically Catholics and Muslims, deny their children access to comprehensive sexual programmes and “education”: “Young people’s sexuality is still contentious for many religious institutions. Fundamentalist and other religious groups—the Catholic Church and madrasas (Islamic Schools) for example—have imposed tremendous barriers that prevent young people, particularly, from obtaining information and services related to sex and reproduction.

Currently, many religious teachings deny the pleasurable and positive...

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Hillary Clinton Pledges Massive Funding for Global Abortions
11th Feb 10


While Russia is trying to reduce the number of abortions, in the USA, President Obama’s Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is doing just the opposite.

In a recent speech, she declared, “We have pledged new funding, new programmes, and a renewed commitment to achieve…universal access to reproductive healthcare… This year, the United States renewed funding of reproductive...

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Two out of Three US Abortion Centres Close
1st Feb 10


More than two-thirds of all the abortion centres in the USA went out of business in the last 19 years. That is the conclusion of the pro-life group Operation Rescue (OR). OR president, Troy Newman, reports that in 1991, it was estimated that there were nearly 2,200 abortion centres in the...

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