By RICARDO ALONSOZALDIVAR Health care legislation before Congress would allow a new government-sponsored insurance plan to cover abortions, a decision that would affect millions of women and recast federal policy on the divisive issue. Share/Save Read More →

By Peter Roff, Thomas Jefferson Street blog There are a number of dimensions to the controversy over Notre Dame's granting of an honorary degree to President Obama as well as to the speech he gave there at Sunday's graduation ceremony. As someone who is not Catholic—but who does have Catholic roots in my family tree—I had not intended to add my thoughts to the commentary so ably... 

By Steven R. Hurst AP – President Barack Obama ventures to America's foremost Roman Catholic University, where the country's deep divisions over abortion and stem-cell research have moved to the forefront in a time of war and recession. (Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com … Share/Save Read More →

Hundreds of anti-abortion advocates protested Sunday on the University of Notre Dame campus against the school’s decision to award an honorary degree to President Barack Obama. Speakers at the rally outside the school’s Main Building called for the honorary degree to be withdrawn because Obama’s actions on abortion regulations and stem cell research do not agree with Roman Catholic... 

By Tony Perkins President Barack Obama campaigned on the noble promise of bringing the country together and uniting citizens around common goals. Yet, with just two months in office under his belt, he has made some radical decisions. The most prominent of his extreme choices are those surrounding the issue of abortion, personified by his recent selection of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius to be Secretary... 

A new poll shows a majority of Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama’s decision to repeal a ban on federal funding for groups that promote or provide abortions overseas.   A Gallup poll released on Monday measured how Americans feel about seven specific actions that Obama has taken so far in his presidency. The action that scored the lowest was his decision to repeal the Mexico... 

President Obama's nominee for deputy secretary of state contends American taxpayers are required to pay for abortions, a position that contradicts the U.S. Supreme Court's interpretation of the Constitution. Share/Save Read More →

By Kevin J. Hasson and Luke Goodrich The Bush administration last month announced a new regulation protecting health-care providers who refuse to perform abortions or other medical procedures that violate their conscience. Share/Save Read More →

By Jake Tapper  ABC NEWS – Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, released the statement today on behalf of the USCCB in which he "voiced hope for the Obama Administration but pointed to possible obstacles to our desired unity." Share/Save Read More →

By Penny Starr CNS NEWS – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) said she is confident that President-elect Barack Obama will reverse the Bush administration’s decision six years ago to stop the $40 million in annual funding to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) because of its support of China’s one-child policy – a policy that includes coercive abortion. Share/Save Read More →

By Charles Krauthammer Convicted felon Tony Rezko. Unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers. And the race-baiting Rev. Jeremiah Wright. It is hard to think of any presidential candidate before Barack Obama sporting associations with three more execrable characters. Share/Save Read More →