ADL: Film linking abortion and Holocaust ‘cynical’ and ‘perverse’
By Ashley Lopez |
11.14.11 | 3:00 am
The Anti-Defamation League said the film is a “cynical abuse of the memory of those killed in the Holocaust.”
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Anti-abortion ‘personhood’ movement to come to Wisconsin
By Sofia Resnick |
10.21.11 | 3:58 pm
The intended effect of “personhood” amendments is to criminalize abortion by changing the legal definition of a person to also include a fetus.
University slams anti-abortion group for false claims about cloning
By Andy Birkey |
06.03.09 | 12:18 pm
Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, the state’s largest anti-abortion group, says the University of Minnesota is trying to clone human beings and is in violation of the law. The university says its research is legal and that the group is…
Planned Parenthood of Minnesota to get U.S. Marshal protection
By Andy Birkey |
06.01.09 | 10:39 am
Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (PPMNS) has been offered the protection of the U.S. Marshals Service in the wake of the murder of Dr. George Tiller. Tiller,…
Kansas doctor gunned down in church
By Andy Birkey |
05.31.09 | 5:27 pm
Dr. George Tiller, a reproductive health physician and medical director of a clinic that performs abortions in Wichita, Kan., was gunned down in his church on Sunday. Anti-abortion groups immediately sent out a flurry of press releases, most condemning the murder but a few implying that Tiller had it coming.
Family, Army of God defend man who drove car into abortion clinic
By Andy Birkey |
05.20.09 | 11:39 am
The anti-abortion activist who rammed his SUV into a St. Paul Planned Parenthood in January was convicted last week, but the state is seeking to have him permanently committed for mental illness. His family — and other supporters — are decrying that move. In an email, Matthew Derosia’s mother characterized the crash as a “non-violent protest,” stating he was “only doing what God asked him to do.”
Anti-abortion postcard stirs up Minnesota Catholics
By Andy Birkey |
01.05.09 | 1:04 pm
Roman Catholic bishops throughout the United States are planning a massive postcard campaign days after the inauguration as part of an attempt to block the Freedom of Choice Act, known as FOCA, a reproductive health initiative supported by President-elect Barack Obama. But one Minnesota priest is breaking ranks with the national campaign, raising the ire of local and national pro-life Catholics, including some who are calling for his excommunication from the church.
Religious Right Watch: Bachmann allies slam Republican committee
By Andy Birkey |
10.27.08 | 8:31 am
With a week to go until the election, Minnesota is seeing a flurry of activity by religious right figures. Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council is blasting Republicans for not standing up for their favored candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann, while the Council is using MnIndy’s reporting to attack DFL candidates. Right-wing bloggers are up in arms over the cancellation of a speech by pro-life activist Bay Buchanan at the College of St. Catherine, and a national anti-abortion group is flooding Minnesota mailboxes with anti-Obama literature.
