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Trotman Reid To Share Stage With Planned Parenthood CEO Judy Tabar
The pro-abortion Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund (CTWEALF) announced in a Sept. 12th press release that it would be giving the Maria Miller Stewart award to Pamela Trotman Reid, the president of St. Joseph College. “Dr. Reid will be presented with her award at [...]

From Norwich “40 Days” coordinator Brian Daly:
2011 Fall Campaign 40 Days for LIFE
The Fall Campaign runs Sept 28 thru Nov 6th! For more info… contact Brian Daly at 860-822-1788 or BJDaly@aol.com PLEASE, WE NEED CHURCHES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO “ADOPT-A-DAY!” Thank you for your support & prayers for LIFE! ALSO you can go on the vigilcalendar to register and sign [...]

The pro-life ministry for the Archdiocese of Hartford invites us to join them for the annual Respect Life Mass at the Cathedral of St. Joseph on Sunday, October 2, 2011, at 2:00 p.m.  Archbishop Henry J. Mansell, Archbishop of Hartford, will celebrate the Mass.  During the Mass the Archbishop will present the St. Gianna Beretta Molla [...]

The Knights of Columbus, Niantic Council 05633, will sponsor and Ultrasound Machine Benefit Dinner to benefit CARENET of Willimantic. Saturday September 17th at 6:30 pm, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish Center, 63 Old Norwich Rd. Quaker Hill, CT 06375
The menu will consist of: Grilled Seared London Broil with a Wild Mushroom Cabernet Glaze, Oven Roasted Breast of Chicken topped with Mediterranean Herbed [...]

A story in the Republican-American today says Connecticut Right to Life will oppose the merger of Waterbury Hospital and St. Mary’s Hospital if it “would result in the opening of a new abortion clinic in Waterbury.” Catholicism and abortion will both somehow be accommodated in the proposed merger, say Waterbury’s CEO and a third entity [...]

Even with the budget crisis, Planned Parenthood’s state funding remains untouchable. So does embryo-destructive research, despite the ethical problems and the lessons that should have been learned from California, writes David Prentice. Austin Ruse, who keynoted FIC’s 2009 Banquet, has more on why this research is wrong and fading. But the politicians continue to shovel [...]

A pork loin BBQ will be held on the grounds of Sacred Heart Church in Wauregan on Saturday, August 6th from 12:30 to 4PM. Tickets are $30 for adults and $65 for families. Proceeds will go towards the effort by area Knights of Columbus Councils to purchase a new Ultrasound machine for the CARENET crisis [...]

The pro-life movement’s #1 legislative goal in Connecticut was accomplished earlier this month. And it happened because of the Family Institute of Connecticut.
The Program Review and Investigations Committee has agreed to a study about teen health. The scope of the study will include parental notification for minor girls seeking to obtain an abortion. There will [...]

Last week we told you that confirmation votes like Judge Lubbie Harper’s “are usually rubber-stamp affairs” and that “even a higher-than-normal ‘no’ vote on Harper’s confirmation” would send a message. That is what FIC Action just accomplished today.
As expected, Judge Harper was confirmed by the legislature. But a careful observer can gauge the progress FIC [...]

Three days ago FIC told its members about a pro-life vigil to be held in front of Waterbury’s Planned Parenthood today (Monday, the 14th) at noon. Late last night CT Right to Life sent out information on more state vigils. This is all tied in with Lila Rose’s work exposing PP’s involvement in underage sex [...]