Teri Reisser, of the California Pro-Life Council, says of California Governor Gray Davis (who in one day signed into law two bills that were heavily promoted by the abortion industry): "Gray Davis is not 'pro-choice,' he is pro-abortion ... There is no human abortion he is willing to oppose" ... Peter Sana, a Hawaiian man who slipped into a coma in 1995, has regained consciousness. The Associated Press reported, "The nursing home staff says regular visits from his family over the years played a large role in his recovery. Sana's father visited every day" ... Time reports Secretary of State Colin Powell is planning to leave President George Bush's cabinet in 2005. Powell, who is pro-abortion, has clashed with Bush over U.S. funding for international population control programs ... The Drudge Report says former U.S. vice-president Al Gore, who is pro-abortion, has told top aides he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004.

The National Post reports that friends are urging Sheila Copps, the Heritage Minister and an abortion advocate, to abandon her quest to become the next Liberal leader. In a recent Ekos poll, she finished tied for third with two per cent support among Canadians. Paul Martin was the choice of 63 per cent of respondents ... Joe Clark's daughter Catherine Clark in the Toronto Sun on her future in politics within the Progressive Conservative Party: "If it's not a party that is progressive in its social values ... I would have to re-evaluate my own active involvement."

The Associated Press lets everyone know what side of the abortion debate it is on. Its abortion stories are filed under "Abortion rights debate" on the news provider's internet site for health news ... Remarking on the fact that a Fayette, Ga. man was charged with feticide after two unborn babies died due to his assaulting his girlfriend, The Citizen, a publication of Focus on the Family, asked, "If a man can be charged with the murder of an unborn child, then why should an abortionist not be charged. Punching kills. So does saline and so does vacuum."

Circulation, the journal of the American Heart Association, reports that Depo-Provera, a contraceptive drug that is injected into women once every 12 weeks and is used mostly in developing countries, may increase the risk of heart disease in women taking it for more than a year. Lead author, professor Dudley Pennell of the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, says that long-term users with risk factors for heart disease "would be wise to review" their use of the contraceptive ... In Cheshire, England, a 15-year-old has died in the arms of her father from a massive blood clot caused by a contraceptive pill.

The Women's New Life Centre, Europe's first fertility clinics solely for lesbians and single women, opened in London on Sept. 16. It offers itself as a service for women who want a "do-it-yourself" baby ... According to a survey conducted by France's audiovisual watchdog CSA, 64 per cent of the population want pornography banned from TV ... Wired reports a study by the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Boston has discovered that one in every 25 genes in the placentas of cloned mice are abnormal, indicating that attempts to clone animals or humans will almost always be doomed to failure.

Colleen Carroll reports in her new book, The New Faithful: Why Young Adults are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy, that "across the nation, a small but committed core of young Christians is intentionally embracing organized religion and traditional morality" ... Denis Lamoureux, professor at the University of Alberta's St. Joseph's College, quoted in the Edmonton Journal: "Science is a wonderful method, but a suspect world view. As a scientist, I see God reflected in nature - in the beauty and complexity of nature - and in people who are capable of such glorious things" ... The Cobb County, Ga. school board, which includes Atlanta, voted unanimously to examine allowing creationism to be taught alongside evolutionary theory. The proposal says the district "believes that discussion of disputed views of academic subjects is a necessary element of providing a balanced education, including the study of the origin of the species."

The Ryersonian, the administration-sanctioned newspaper at Ryerson University, says now that it's back to school time and, "Beyond the books, classes, and assignments, there are other pursuits that occupy the thoughts and minds of students everywhere - booze-soaked nights, coital misadventures, and eventually, where to score a bag of weed" ... A study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health finds that girls 14-15 years of age who have close relationships with their mothers are less likely to have sex. Researchers say, "Parents need to be clear about their values and then clearly articulate them to their children."