Selections from U.S. Newswire's current headlines

"Today, a report released by Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA), Federal Funded Pregnancy Resource Centers Mislead Teens About Abortion Risks, found that 87 percent of federally funded "pregnancy resource centers," commonly known as crisis pregnancy centers, provided false and misleading information about the physical and mental health effects of abortion and grossly exaggerated the medical risks of abortion. The report also found that virtually all of the funding is funneled through the federal abstinence-only-until- marriage program." [Read more]

"The American Institutes for Research and its partner Khulisa Management Services hosted a major child labor conference in Johannesburg, South Africa in July under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Labor-funded Reducing Exploitive Child Labor through Education in Southern Africa (RECLISA) project." [Read more]

"Today, the Family Research Council joins Sen. Bill Frist to endorse the S. 3504 Fetus Farming Prohibition Act, which regulates human fetal tissue research and prohibits the buying and selling of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes." [Read more]

"Despite her attempt to skew the truth in a recent Vogue magazine article, Planned Parenthood's new president, Cecile Richards, cannot hide the fact that she leads a multi-million dollar business that thrives from taking the lives of innocent children through abortion," said Judie Brown, president of American Life League. "No matter how they are twisted, the facts are the facts: Planned Parenthood provides abortions and abortions kill children - period." [Read more]

"Despite her attempt to skew the truth in a recent Vogue magazine article, Planned Parenthood's new president, Cecile Richards, cannot hide the fact that she leads a multi-million dollar business that thrives from taking the lives of innocent children through abortion," said Judie Brown, president of American Life League. "No matter how they are twisted, the facts are the facts: Planned Parenthood provides abortions and abortions kill children - period." [Read more]

"On July 13, three stem cell experts published a letter in the journal "Science", along with detailed supporting data, that has demolished the lynchpin argument and key talking point of the religious right and others who oppose the expansion of funding for embryonic stem cell research." [Read more]

"The United States Navy has initiated discharge proceedings against a 10-year veteran who attended a June 3 rally in support of same-sex marriage on New York's Brooklyn Bridge. Rhonda Davis, a petty officer first class journalist in the Navy, attended the rally and subsequently gave an interview to local radio station 1010WINS where she identified herself as a member of the Navy." [Read more]

"The 46-page report concludes: "We have come to the regrettable conclusion that the allegations are true. We believe that there has been and continues today to be large scale organ seizures from unwilling Falun Gong practitioners. Their vital organs, including hearts, kidneys, livers and corneas, were virtually simultaneously seized for sale at high prices, sometimes to foreigners, who normally face long waits for voluntary donations of such organs in their home countries." [Read more]

"New polls conducted in the United States, Europe and India document broad public support for giving full legal protections to terrorism suspects and the widespread belief abroad that the United States has been violating international law in its treatment of terrorism suspects." [Read more]

"The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria is one of the great success stories of the G8. It's gone from an idea around the summit negotiating table five years ago in Genoa to an effort that's now saving millions of lives around the world." [Read more]