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https://www.aoiusa.org A Research and Educational Organization that engages the cultural issues of the day within the Orthodox Christian Tradition Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:53:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://www.aoiusa.org/why-our-medical-elite-support-planned-parenthood/ https://www.aoiusa.org/why-our-medical-elite-support-planned-parenthood/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:34:29 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=14205 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Ancient Faith Radio By Wesley J. Smith It’s not only fetuses and babies that are viewed broadly in bioethics as “killable” and perhaps even “harvestable.” There is increasing advocacy, although it is important to emphasize that this is not yet happening, for killing those with profound cognitive impairments for their organs. I could adduce […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/why-our-medical-elite-support-planned-parenthood/feed/ 1 https://www.aoiusa.org/david-daleiden-the-man-behind-the-planned-parenthood-expose-audio/ https://www.aoiusa.org/david-daleiden-the-man-behind-the-planned-parenthood-expose-audio/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2015 22:32:53 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=14102 https://www.aoiusa.org/david-daleiden-the-man-behind-the-planned-parenthood-expose-audio/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/one-real-leader-makes-a-big-difference/ https://www.aoiusa.org/one-real-leader-makes-a-big-difference/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 13:42:40 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11725 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Patriarch Ilia II of the Georgian Orthodox Church is on a one man crusade for life, and he is making a difference. The AP reports this story through lens of American pragmatism (the only reason for children is to increase the birth rate) but anyone familiar with the soul-stultifying and life-denying precepts of Marxist ideology […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/one-real-leader-makes-a-big-difference/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/something-deadly-this-way-comes/ https://www.aoiusa.org/something-deadly-this-way-comes/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:57:33 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11531 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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– HT: OrthodoxNet.com Blog The insatiable appetite of the Culture of Death The debate over abortion comes down to one essential issue — the moral status of the unborn child. Those making the case for the legalization of abortion argue that the developing fetus lacks a moral status that would trump a woman’s desire to […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/something-deadly-this-way-comes/feed/ 16 https://www.aoiusa.org/bishop-demetrios-goa-speaks-on-sanctity-of-life-sunday-in-chicago/ https://www.aoiusa.org/bishop-demetrios-goa-speaks-on-sanctity-of-life-sunday-in-chicago/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:17:06 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11408 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Below is the address given by Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos at the Pan-Orthodox Sanctity of Life Vespers held in Chicago on January 22, 2012. To his credit, Bp. Demetrios has been unequivocal in his support of the sanctity of unborn life, including participation in the March for Life in Washington, DC four or five years […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/bishop-demetrios-goa-speaks-on-sanctity-of-life-sunday-in-chicago/feed/ 14 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-pro-life-cause-orthodoxy-and-hope/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-pro-life-cause-orthodoxy-and-hope/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:54:43 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11389 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Frederica | Frederica Mathewes-Green – A talk for an Orthodox Christian Pro-Life Event; January 22, 2012. Today is the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion—through all 50 states, for any reason whatsoever. When I was a college student, back in the 70’s, I was in favor of […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-pro-life-cause-orthodoxy-and-hope/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/cultural-legacy-of-communism-armenian-women-still-have-average-of-8-and-as-high-as-20-abortions-in-lifetime/ https://www.aoiusa.org/cultural-legacy-of-communism-armenian-women-still-have-average-of-8-and-as-high-as-20-abortions-in-lifetime/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:36:45 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11253 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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When the Berlin Wall fell everyone pondered the ramifications as East Germany rejoined their Western brothers and presumably in a few short years catapult Germany to even higher economic prominence. It didn’t happen. As it turned out, all it takes to weaken a culture is one generation. Sixty years can wipe values and habits that […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/cultural-legacy-of-communism-armenian-women-still-have-average-of-8-and-as-high-as-20-abortions-in-lifetime/feed/ 2 https://www.aoiusa.org/san-jose-articles-challenge-un-assertion-of-a-universal-right-to-abortion/ https://www.aoiusa.org/san-jose-articles-challenge-un-assertion-of-a-universal-right-to-abortion/#respond Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:44:49 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=11085 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Touchstone Magazine – Mere Comments Download the San Jose articles (.pdf). This relates to a press conference yesterday. At the end you will find a link for the San Jose Articles. It is a strong and impressive statement of principle, with impressive signatories. PRESS ADVISORY, October 5, 2011 UN Officials Wrong. No Right to Abortion.New […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/san-jose-articles-challenge-un-assertion-of-a-universal-right-to-abortion/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/abp-chaput-new-york-times-cnn-msnbc-cant-be-trusted-on-abortion-faith/ https://www.aoiusa.org/abp-chaput-new-york-times-cnn-msnbc-cant-be-trusted-on-abortion-faith/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:26:48 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=10802 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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These are words some self-styled Orthodox commentators on Church and society would do well to heed. From the article: “In the United States, our battles over abortion, family life, same-sex marriage, and other sensitive issues have led to ferocious public smears and legal threats not only of Catholics, but also against Mormons, evangelicals, and other […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/abp-chaput-new-york-times-cnn-msnbc-cant-be-trusted-on-abortion-faith/feed/ 3 https://www.aoiusa.org/the-lefts-sloppy-thinking-concerning-the-defense-of-human-life/ https://www.aoiusa.org/the-lefts-sloppy-thinking-concerning-the-defense-of-human-life/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:59:46 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9623 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source: Wintery Knight Secular leftists (as well as many religious leftists) hold the views they do not because the views are internally coherent, but because they they fear being ostracized by their peers for holding conservative opinions. Moral posturing — holding politically correct viewpoints — is more important than clear thinking in the secularist canon. […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/the-lefts-sloppy-thinking-concerning-the-defense-of-human-life/feed/ 20 https://www.aoiusa.org/homily-at-the-funeral-of-bernard-n-nathanson/ https://www.aoiusa.org/homily-at-the-funeral-of-bernard-n-nathanson/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 22:10:17 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9339 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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I first heard Dr. Bernard Nathanson speak over 25 years ago. I was very young and had just read his book “Aborting America.” There were probably not more than twenty people crowded into a room to hear this man who was one of the three founding members of the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/homily-at-the-funeral-of-bernard-n-nathanson/feed/ 7 https://www.aoiusa.org/to-men-confused-about-abortion-please-consider-becoming-a-man-video/ https://www.aoiusa.org/to-men-confused-about-abortion-please-consider-becoming-a-man-video/#respond Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:59:31 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=9064 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Recently Planned Parenthood was exposed (again!) of the coverup of abuse of young girls. Two investigators posing as a pimp and his aid wanted abortions for underage illegals who got pregnant in human trafficking. Watch the video below. In correspondence on the blog of the organization exposing Planned Parenthood’s crime, Orthodox priest Fr. Jim Rosselli […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/to-men-confused-about-abortion-please-consider-becoming-a-man-video/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/jacobse-philadelphia-the-cost-of-equivocation/ https://www.aoiusa.org/jacobse-philadelphia-the-cost-of-equivocation/#comments Sat, 22 Jan 2011 14:08:10 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=8881 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Why such outrage over the Philadelphia abortionist? What moral difference is there between severing the spinal cord of a newborn with a pair of scissors and dismembering a baby with a scalpel a few moments before its birth? There isn’t any. Yet the outcry over the brutality indicates that the fiction of viability may be […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/jacobse-philadelphia-the-cost-of-equivocation/feed/ 9 https://www.aoiusa.org/michelle-malkin-the-philadelphia-horror/ https://www.aoiusa.org/michelle-malkin-the-philadelphia-horror/#respond Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:09:52 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=8851 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Source National Review Online By Michelle Malkin Let’s give the “climate of hate” rhetoric a rest for a moment. It’s time to talk about the climate of death, in which the abortion industry thrives unchecked. Dehumanizing rhetoric, rationalizing language, and a callous disregard for life have numbed America to its monstrous consequences. Consider the Philadelphia […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/michelle-malkin-the-philadelphia-horror/feed/ 0 https://www.aoiusa.org/invitation-to-the-sanctity-of-life-prayer-vigil-in-washington-dc-video/ https://www.aoiusa.org/invitation-to-the-sanctity-of-life-prayer-vigil-in-washington-dc-video/#respond Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:15:32 +0000 https://www.aoiusa.org/?p=8823 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/aoiusa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sexybookmarks/public.php on line 388

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Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman watches in vain. Sanctity of Life Prayer Vigil: Please join us for an evening of prayer on Sunday, January, 23, 2011. St. Nicholas Cathedral, Washington, will be open for the vigil from 8 pm to 11 pm for prayer. Come and go as you please and […]]]> https://www.aoiusa.org/invitation-to-the-sanctity-of-life-prayer-vigil-in-washington-dc-video/feed/ 0