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Saturday, October 9, 2010 

Our Annual Archdiocesan Respect Life Conference is scheduled for Saturday, October 9, 2010.  It will be held in St. Francis Hall at St. Mary's Cathedral, Geary and Gough Streets, San Francisco.  We are pleased to partner with the National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) of Philadelphia to present topics related to Marriage as seen through the Dignity of the Person.  Watch for details here on our website.
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 LifeNews.com Pro-Life Headlines 
  • Pollster Says Republican Chances of Winning House Look Good, Senate Split
    • Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- If the most recent polls, voter turnout and analysis of momentum in the November midterm elections are any indication, one pollster says Republicans have a good chance at winning the House and coming close to a 50-50 split in the Senate. That would bode well for the pro-life community as it attempts to stop the Obama abortion agenda. more >>

  • California Senate Debate Sees Barbara Boxer, Carly Fiorina Clash on Abortion
    • Sacramento, CA (LifeNews.com) -- Carly Fiorina and Barbara Boxer clashed on the issue of abortion during a heated debate Wednesday night. Boxer attacked Fiorina's pro-life views and accused her of wanting to put women in jail if abortions are made illegal, but Fiorina stood her ground and said she would support overturning Roe v. Wade. more >>

  • Obama Apologetics Group "Catholics" in Alliance for the Common Good Folds
    • Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, the organization that deceived Catholics across the country in 2008 into thinking presidential candidate Barack Obama was not pro-abortion, appears to have folded. CACG was so far afield from Catholic teaching that at least one Catholic bishop condemned the group. more >>

  • Pro-Life Group Wants to Keep GOP Leaders Accountable on Opposing Abortion
    • Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- All of the polling, turnout models and anecdotal evidence make it appear Republicans have a good chance at capturing one or both houses of Congress after the November elections. Although the GOP passed several pro-life bills the last time it controlled Congress, one pro-life group wants to keep its leaders accountable. more >>

  • Florida Governor: Rick Scott Picks Pro-Life Running Mate, Ties Sink in New Poll
    • Tahassee, FL (LifeNews.com) -- Florida gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott is earning praise from a pro-life group for selecting a pro-life lieutenant governor running mate. That comes as a new poll shows Scott leading pro-abortion Democrat Alex Sink by just one percent after independent Bud Chiles withdrew from the race. more >>

  • Illinois Supreme Court Won't Hear Latest Case for Parental Notification on Abortion
    • Springfield, IL (LifeNews.com) -- The parental notification law the Illinois state legislature approved in 1995 is still in legal limbo after a divided Illinois Supreme Court refused to hear the legal case pending against the measure. The Thomas More Society had submitted a motion to transfer, hoping the long-delayed, never-enforced law would finally be implemented. more >>
Respect Life 
The Respect Life Program of the Office of Public Policy and Social concerns operates by educating, advocating and grass roots organizing around the topics of abortion, euthanasia, death penalty and bioethics. Each topic is approached in a holistic manner - by looking not only at the specific situation, but by looking at the broader picture of causes and effects and working toward changing situations and promoting a culture of life at all levels. The Respect Life Program works under the leadership of the USCCB Pro-Life Secretariat and the California Catholic Conference. The program offers resources to priests and religious, parishes, schools, religious education programs, anyone within the Archdiocese seeking to promote the culture of life, other organizations supporting the life issues and service providers within the San Francisco Archdiocese. 
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