Arizona joins eight other states in defunding Planned Parenthood
By MEGAN DRISCOLL For Word News PHOENIX, Ariz. (WordNews.org) May 23, 2012 – The state of Arizona took a stand for the unborn and officially defunded Planned Parenthood this month. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer was present at a Campaign for Life rally held in Phoenix the first week of May. While there, she surprised those […]
Read More →Controversy looms over choice of pro-abortion rights Tutu to speak at Gonzaga University commencement
By MEGAN DRISCOLL For Word News SPOKANE, Wash. (WordNews.org) April 14, 2012 – Officials at Gonzaga University have invited the controversial Archbishop Desmond Tutu to deliver the school’s 2012 commencement address in May. The school also will present the archbishop with an honorary doctorate. Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa, has a long history […]
Read More →A Word News conversation with October Baby co-director Jon Erwin: Confronting indifference and apathy (Part 5 in a series)
NASHVILLE (WordNews.org) April 11, 2012 – Jon Erwin recalls a conversation he had with NPR a few days before the March 23 release of “October Baby,” that he co-directed with his brother Andy Erwin. The question centered on the timing of the film in the midst of a heated presidential contest in which contraception and […]
Read More →A Word News conversation with October Baby co-director Jon Erwin: ‘This is serious stuff’ (Part 4 in a series)
NASHVILLE (WordNews.org) March 31, 2011 – Shari Rigby was so moved by the experience of playing the birth mother of a girl she tried to abort in movie October Baby that she recorder her own testimony. “It’s had such phenomenal responses,” said Jon Erwin, co-writer and director of October Baby. [Click here to watch “Shari’s […]
Read More →A Word News conversation with October Baby co-director Jon Erwin: A crazy God moment (Part 3 in a series)
NASHVILLE (WordNews.org) March 28, 2012 — Jon Erwin gets downright excited when you ask about “God stories” that surround the filming of October Baby. The film, directed by brothers Jon and Andy Erwin, deals with an abortion survivor searching for her birth mother. It opened March 23. October Baby had the third highest per-screen average […]
Read More →Supreme Court to hear final debate on health care overhaul
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) March 27, 2012 – The Supreme Court will once again hear arguments on both sides of the health care debate on Wednesday. It is the final day of hearings on the issue before the high court. Today the Supreme Court heard the second day of oral argument in the case of Florida […]
Read More →A Word News conversation with October Baby co-director Jon Erwin: ‘We knew it had to be in theaters’ (Part 1 in a series)
NASHVILLE (WordNews.org) March 23, 2012 – Months before October Baby was released nationally – it is in theaters beginning today – co-director Jon Erwin saw fruit. “The feedback has been diverse and amazing with this film,” he told WordNews.org. It was in 14 theaters last October and was also screened before 100 ministry leaders. [More […]
Read More →Religious groups still unhappy with Obama’s contraceptive plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) Feb. 10, 2012 — Religious groups remain unhappy with President Barack Obama about a so-called compromise regarding coverage of contraception. The Atlantic Journal-Constitution reported Obama
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