Women's choice: An ethical perspective
"Women seriously considering abortion don’t really ‘want’ one but feel like they ‘need’ one. They are so overwhelmed with the multiple extenuating circumstances associated with the pregnancy that they feel an extreme sense of urgency to solve the dilemma (flight or fight). Supporting a woman’s autonomy through meaningful and customized solutions that address the issues driving her sense of entrapment reflects true empathy and responsible community service. Without tangible information and support, good will and high ideals degenerate into a tool for propagating a political agenda and the further exploitation of vulnerable women." Agree? Disagree? Read more at The Effective PRC
Eliminate 90% of Board Dysfunction: 5 Simple Steps
Have you ever experienced difficulties interacting with your Board of Directors? Tension between the board and the executive occurs for lots of reasons. But that tension reflects a dysfunction and thankfully paves the way for a solution. It reveals the need for your board to establish a process for how to interact with you the Executive in a healthy way. The Effective PRC
Former Pro-Choice Atheist Reflects on Sex, Abortion and Anger
In every society, there are two critical lists: acceptable conditions for having a baby, and acceptable conditions for having sex. From time immemorial, the one thing that almost every society had in common is that their two lists matched up. It was only with the widespread acceptance of contraception in the middle of the 20th century, creating an upheaval in the public psyche in which sex and babies no longer went hand-in-hand, that the two lists began to diverge. And now, in 21st-century America, they look something like this:
Conditions under which it is acceptable to have sex:
• If you're in a stable relationship
• If you feel emotionally ready
• If you're free of sexually transmitted diseases
• If you have access to contraception
Conditions under which it is acceptable to have a baby:
• If you can afford it
• If you've finished your education
• If you feel emotionally ready to parent a child
• If your partner would make a good parent
• If you're ready for all the lifestyle changes that would be involved with parenthood
As long as those two lists do not match, we will live in a culture where abortion is common and where women are at war with their own bodies. LifeSiteNews
Conditions under which it is acceptable to have sex:
• If you're in a stable relationship
• If you feel emotionally ready
• If you're free of sexually transmitted diseases
• If you have access to contraception
Conditions under which it is acceptable to have a baby:
• If you can afford it
• If you've finished your education
• If you feel emotionally ready to parent a child
• If your partner would make a good parent
• If you're ready for all the lifestyle changes that would be involved with parenthood
As long as those two lists do not match, we will live in a culture where abortion is common and where women are at war with their own bodies. LifeSiteNews
“Pro-Choice Cover-up” Must End
Congressman Chris Smith took his colleagues and the Obama Administration to task on the floor of the U.S. House on the eve of the 37th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, chastising them for promoting the abortion agenda when there is so much evidence for the harmful effects of abortion on women and their unborn children. Smith described the pro-life movement as “the greatest human rights struggle on earth” and asked members of Congress, “How long will we permit the pro-choice cover-up and bogus safety claims to misinform, especially in light of the reams of evidence documenting serious injury to women who abort?” He dismissed the notion of “safe” abortion as “nonsense. Women deserve better. They, at the very least, deserve the truth." LifeSiteNews
THE COMFORTER’S CENTER REPORT ON ABSTINENCE EDUCATION OUTREACHES TO COMMUNITIES
As part our mission of promoting sexual abstinence among the teenagers in Uganda, the comforter’s center is planning to carry out many out reaches to make sure that the message of sexual abstinence is taught among all the youth in Uganda in 2010. Read this report from Veronica in Uganda.
IPPF Document Pushes Adolescent "Sexual Rights"
In its new report "Stand and Deliver," the International Planned Parenthood Federation is demanding that governments, religious institutions and society at large provide "comprehensive sexuality education" for children as young as ten years old. C-Fam
Azeri Alarm at Abortion of Female Foetuses
Activists in Azerbaijan say women pregnant with girls are being forced to undergo abortions or even being abandoned by their husbands because their families are determined to have male children. The situation has got so serious that parliament is discussing banning abortions after the sex of the child is known to prevent the gender proportions in the population becoming dangerously unbalanced. RES
Forced abortions are preventable: Working to protect the rights of women
It would only take a few minutes for abortion counselors to inquire of a pregnant woman: "Is someone else encouraging you to have this abortion? Do you want this abortion or are you doing it at the request of someone else? Are you feeling pressured to have this abortion by any other person? Are you feeling forced to abort because of violence, fear, threats or pressure? Do you feel any attachment to this pregnancy or any desire to keep it?"
These questions could prevent countless unwanted abortions. These questions can lead to referrals for family and intervention counseling, or shelters from abuse, which could help thousands of women avoid unwanted abortions. These questions can help save lives. But today, abortion providers are free to ignore these questions. And sadly, to save time during patient intake, most do. The UnChoice
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These questions could prevent countless unwanted abortions. These questions can lead to referrals for family and intervention counseling, or shelters from abuse, which could help thousands of women avoid unwanted abortions. These questions can help save lives. But today, abortion providers are free to ignore these questions. And sadly, to save time during patient intake, most do. The UnChoice
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Virginia Legislature Defeats Bill Attacking Pregnancy Centers
The Virginia state legislature wasted little time rejecting bills sponsored by abortion advocates attacking pregnancy centers that provide pregnant women with help and support. The bills (SB 188 and HB 452) would have required the centers to post signs saying they don't do abortions and that would have given women the impression the centers are not legitimate, professional or that they give inaccurate medical advice. However, both the House and Senate versions of this legislation were killed in subcommittee late Tuesday. LifeNews
Question: Is It Offensive to Compare Abortion to the Holocaust?
Last fall, the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform (CBR) traveled to the Upper Midwest as part of their campus outreach and training program. On each campus, they conducted an open microphone session which permits students to ask questions of staff.
How Do You Know If Your Organization Is Getting Better?
Jim Harden of CompassCare raises more excellent questions on his LinkedIn discussion group: "Do you as leaders have a way that you consistently improve your Pregnancy Center's ability to reach more women seriously considering abortion--the really tough cases? What about a way to know that you are improving they way you serve those women such that more of those women go on to have their babies. Do you have weekly staff meetings? Do you have annual strategic planning days? Are your staff and volunteers involved in the process?
"If you have a technique that seems to have been working in terms of helping your organizations continuously improve would you be willing to share it with the group? Also, if you have questions about how to do this type of thing better would you be willing to ask those questions?"
Read his recent blog post for more: The Effective PRC
"If you have a technique that seems to have been working in terms of helping your organizations continuously improve would you be willing to share it with the group? Also, if you have questions about how to do this type of thing better would you be willing to ask those questions?"
Read his recent blog post for more: The Effective PRC
US babies mysteriously shrinking
Birthweights in the US are falling but no one knows why, according to a study of 36.8 million infants born between 1990 and 2005. It can't be accounted for by an increase in caesarean sections or induced labours, which shorten gestation. What's more, women in the US now smoke less and gain more weight during pregnancy, which should make babies heavier. Unmeasured factors, such as diet or exercise, could explain why babies are being born lighter. NewScientist
New angle on abortion and slavery
When Chinese officials created the country's one-child-per-couple policy in 1978, they intended to contain the country's burgeoning population for the sake of economic growth, national security and environmental preservation. But Chinese boys now outnumber Chinese girls by the millions, and the impact of the lopsided sex imbalance is starting to spill beyond China's borders. This phenomenon of "missing girls" has turned China into "a giant magnet" for human traffickers, who lure or kidnap women and sell them — even multiple times — into forced marriages or the commercial sex trade. Washington Times, C-Fam
Woman Dies After Abortion at NY Clinic
A New York woman has apparently died as a result of a failed abortion done at the A-1 Women's Care abortion center located in Queens. WPIX-TV reported a woman in her 30s undergoing heavy bleeding was rushed to a hospital where she was later pronounced dead. An investigation into the failed abortion is ongoing; one question officials are examining is whether the center was licensed to do abortions. WINS indicated the abortion practitioner severed an artery during the abortion procedure.
The NY state department of health lists A1 Medicine as a facility for plastic surgery. Other media reports indicate the second-floor office specializes in plastic surgery, laser wrinkle surgery, skin depigmentation, and liposuction, but does abortions as well. The clinic is reportedly still taking appointments for abortions. LifeNews; Additional information; NY Daily News
The NY state department of health lists A1 Medicine as a facility for plastic surgery. Other media reports indicate the second-floor office specializes in plastic surgery, laser wrinkle surgery, skin depigmentation, and liposuction, but does abortions as well. The clinic is reportedly still taking appointments for abortions. LifeNews; Additional information; NY Daily News
Abortion Groups Want Pro-Life Organizations Probed
Abortion advocates are asking the Obama administration to investigate pro-life groups because they claim pro-life organizations are fostering a climate of violence that led Scott Roeder to kill late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller last summer, even though Roeder had no ties with any pro-life group and acted on his own. LifeNews
Democrats Defecting From Pro-Abortion Health Care
Senate Democrats are beginning to defect from the reconciliation idea Speaker Nancy Pelosi and pro-abortion party leaders are pushing to get the pro-abortion health care bill through Congress. Three Democrats have said they oppose the idea or would lean against it. But, the question is will there be enough Democrats willing to oppose the idea, which allows railroading the health care bill through the Senate with a majority instead of 60 votes? LifeNews
Teen pregnancy, abortion rates rise
The teen pregnancy rate in the USA rose 3% in 2006, the first increase in more than a decade, according to data out today. The data also show higher rates of births and abortions among girls 15-19. The numbers, calculated by the Guttmacher Institute, show a clear reversal from the downward trend that began in the 1990s. About 7% of teen girls got pregnant in 2006, a rate of 71.5 pregnancies per 1,000 teens. That's up slightly from 69.5 in 2005, Guttmacher says. In 1990, when rates peaked, about 12% got pregnant. USA Today
Hundreds of Thousands Join 37th March for Life
Weather reports warned of rain and snow, however spirits were high and the weather good on the day of the event, with no snow or rain falling and temperatures remaining bearable. A sea of youth dominated the massive crowd, one of the largest – if not the largest - in the history of the 37 years of the annual March for Life. Organizer Nellie Gray told the press that the numbers of marchers this year far exceeded last year, which was estimated at well over 300,000. That sentiment was echoed by many long-time March for Life participants. LifeSiteNews
Washington State Abortion Advocates Attack Pregnancy Centers
A Washington legislative committee will hold a hearing Wednesday on a bill attacking pregnancy centers. The legislation would apply the Consumer Protection Act to religious non-profit organization and violate PCC's rights of freedom of faith and conscience. The idea is to define information pregnancy centers produce as not "medically and scientifically accurate" because women are told about physical, medical and mental health risks of abortion -- risks abortion advocates deny.
Centers that violate the act would large penalties and fines that don't apply to abortion centers. Paula Cullen, the former director of Life Services of Spokane, plans to testify at Wednesday's hearing. She told will point out that the bill could eliminate approximately $15 million worth of free services for women facing unplanned pregnancies. LifeNews
Michigan Lawmakers To Debate Embryonic Stem Cell Bill
The issue of human cloning is center stage in Lansing this week. State lawmakers could be taking a vote soon on embryonic stem cell research. And there are some who want to make sure that full-fledged human cloning doesn't inadvertently get the green light. WWJ
Brain Scan Offers First Biological Test in Diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
An event such as sexual assault or a battlefield injury is physically agonizing at the time, but it also can eventually sentence a person to a host of mental symptoms—often vivid flashbacks, anxiety and emotional detachment—known as post-traumatic stress disorder. Psychological evaluations for PTSD cannot always easily distinguish it from other mental illnesses, such as depression, or determine if a patient is over- or underreporting the symptoms. Now, a brain- scanning technique called magnetoencephelography (MEG) could offer the first biological test to help specifically diagnose and treat those with PTSD. In a study published January 20 in Journal of Neural Engineering, MEG correctly identified 97 percent of patients that psychologists previously determined were suffering from PTSD. Scientific American
Free book!
The stellar book “Why Pro-Life?” (by Randy Alcorn) is being offered as a free download. This simple book will help give you the rational arguments to defend human life from anti-life forces who would attempt to deny preborn children human rights. The book also gives instruction on how to help unborn children and their mothers.
Health Consequences of Abortion
Chart from Concerned Parents Report. See also Negative reactions to abortion can lead to a subsequent increase in mental health disorders
PP Teaches Children Inject Each Other with Contraceptives
An article in Global Health magazine by Planned Parenthood vice president of international programs, Veena Siddharth, states that the world's biggest abortion promoter is now training children as young as 11 to inject their fellows with the abortifacient injectable birth-control drug Depo-Provera. LifeSiteNews
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28 Days on The Pill
WaPo columnist: Young activists adding fuel to antiabortion side
I went to the March for Life rally Friday on the Mall expecting to write about its irrelevance. . . . How wrong I was. The antiabortion movement feels it's gaining strength, even if it's not yet ready to predict ultimate triumph, and Roe supporters (including me) are justifiably nervous. . . . I was especially struck by the large number of young people among the tens of thousands at the march. It suggests that the battle over abortion will endure for a long time to come. Washington Post
Carhart Committing Late-Term Abortions That The NE Legislature Wants To Ban
A bill that would ban abortions in Nebraska after 20 weeks gestation was filed yesterday by Speaker of the Legislature Sen. Mike Flood. It was introduced in response to late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart’s announced intensions of introducing late-term abortions to Nebraska such as those that he did in Kansas while in the employment of the late George Tiller.
The Associated Press reported that Carhart denies doing abortion past 22 weeks gestation. However, Operation Rescue has obtained an undercover tape of an interview with LeRoy Carhart made on December 3, 2009, that reveals that Carhart is now doing late-term abortions perhaps as late as 30 weeks, many for vague “mental health” reasons.
The Associated Press reported that Carhart denies doing abortion past 22 weeks gestation. However, Operation Rescue has obtained an undercover tape of an interview with LeRoy Carhart made on December 3, 2009, that reveals that Carhart is now doing late-term abortions perhaps as late as 30 weeks, many for vague “mental health” reasons.
Marriage does matter
Only three per cent of couples that stay together until their child is 15 are unmarried and most cohabiting couples either get married or split up, a new report reveals. The findings dispel the myth of stable long-term cohabitation and suggest that the “trend away from marriage is responsible for the rise in family breakdown.” Christian Institute
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The goal of At The Center E-zine is to help meet your needs for information and advice as you effectively operate your pregnancy care center. Every few years, readers are asked to tell what they like, what they don't care for, and what they'd like to see in upcoming quarterly editions. So, please follow take the brief survey ATC has posted. Your comments are helpful!
Getting the numbers right
Read any commentary on the contentious abortion debate and you'll likely find a wide variety of numbers attempting to estimate the number of abortions that have taken place since the Supreme Court's infamous Roe v. Wade abortion decision since 1973. Now, a new analysis from the National Right to Life Committee based on hard data and estimates for the most recent years finds 52 million unborn children have been killed in abortion since the Roe decision. LifeNews
The latest from World magazine
- Learning to wait Denied federal funds, abstinence educators plan next moves
- 'Look after orphans' Twenty ways to become an adoption-friendly church
- Chemical reaction The drug RU486 gives women the option of abortion in privacy
- Eyewitnesses Ultrasound technology is one reason more Americans are becoming pro-life
- Finding searchers Pregnancy centers buy Google real estate to reach abortion-minded women Emily Belz
- Life changes Anti-CPC forces alter their tactics and auditors eye Planned Parenthood
- 'It all clicked together' How one Christian volunteer found herself in the right place at the right time at a crisis pregnancy center in Texas
Town Flies Planned Parenthood Flag
The Santa Barbara Downtown administration is proudly flying the flag of death on their streets this week. The main street of the California town has been lined with Planned Parenthood's flag to honor the organization and drum up donations.
Pro-life Activists to Display 1,000,000 Pennies in Front of the White House
The display will remind President Obama that abortion is not health care and that 71% of Americans oppose tax dollars being used to pay for and subsidize abortion. "Not one penny of public money should be spent to destroy and diminish human life through abortion and that human rights begin in the womb." The pennies were purchased with money donated by people of good will from all across America who believe that health care should be about compassion and healing not violence and suffering. Christian Newswire
Strengthening PCC and Church Relationships
In addition to meeting with pastors, there are many ways you can improve partnerships with churches.
- Maintain communication through regular updates, newsletters, prayer calendars, etc. - through mailed or emailed materials.
- Have one or two pastors on your board, or create a pastors advisory committee to which you'll be accountable and from whom you can receive input on issues or projects that come up. (Too many pastors on a board can be a drawback, but it's good to have some representation there.)
- Offer your brochures or other ministry tools for the church's use.
- Provide Sanctity of Human Life Sunday bulletin inserts free of charge to your supporting churches.
- When emailing pastors, provide an online link to BFL's Pro-Life Pastors' Corner blog: http://blfpastorscorner.blogspot.com/
If you have helpful experiences to share or other suggestions for improving PCC and Church relationships, please comment!
Virginia Pro-Abortion Group Attacks Pregnancy Centers
The Virginia affiliate of NARAL held a press conference Wednesday to announce new legislation designed to intimidate women who go to pregnancy centers for help and options counseling. The bills (SB 188 and HB 452) seek to remove the funding stream available to pregnancy centers via the purchase of Choose Life license plates and to require a new state regulation of all pregnancy centers. That could include requiring the placement of signs outside PCCs stating, “that it does not perform or refer women for abortions.” It would also require state officials to collect a sample of all materials distributed at the center for analysis and potential criticism and a member of the centers' board to sign a document certifying that it "provides only factually and medically accurate information about pregnancy, contraception, and abortion to a person seeking counseling, information, or assistance from the center.” LifeSiteNews
Teens who Get Intoxicated Regularly are More Likely to be Sexually Active
A new study released yesterday by the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada has revealed that teens who become intoxicated regularly and smoke marijuana are more likely to become sexually active. Teen girls and teen boys who smoke marijuana are 60 percent and 49 percent respectively more likely to be sexually active. As well, a direct relationship was found between the number of times teens become intoxicated and their likelihood of being sexually active. The study also revealed that strong associations exist between attempted suicide and sexual activity among teen girls. LifeSiteNews
Former Abortionist Cites Over-Population as Reason to Deny Haitians Refuge
In an article published January 16, former abortionist Joyce Tarnow advocates denying refuge in Florida to devastated Haitians over fears that this would lead to overpopulation in the state. During Tarnow’s tenure as an abortionist her facility provided between 800 and 900 abortions a year. However, in 2004, Tarnow closed her abortion facility. Afterwards, she became head of the organization Floridians for Sustainable Population. LifeSiteNews
License Revoked, but Clinic Continues to Operate
The Gentilly Medical Clinic for Women in New Orleans, Louisiana, is still taking appointments for abortions and seeing abortion patients even though it has had its operating license revoked by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals this week, reports Operation Rescue. Abortionist Ifeanyi Charles Anthony Okpalobi (pronounced ok-PAH-luh-bee), a Nigerian national, was warned repeatedly that his clinic was not in compliance with the law. He has 30 days in which to appeal the decision during which time he can remain open for business under Louisiana law. The appellate process could take up to six months. LifeSiteNews
Southers withdraws nomination
Erroll Southers, the President's pick to head the Transportation Security Administration, has withdrawn his name from consideration after a series of scandals that involved misuse of government resources and recent comments that compared pro-lifers to terrorists. Washington Post
Check out a center's newly renovated site
Alternatives PCC in Kalamazoo, MI, recently updated their client web site. Check it out!
False claim: Abortion is a small part of PP's business
Planned Parenthood claims abortion accounts for only 5 to 7 percent of its business. It arrives at these figures by dividing the number of abortions by the number of “services” provided, or alternatively, by the number of unduplicated clients. Research shows, however, that if PP’s abortion income ($132,809,850) is divided by the total clinic income ($374,700,000), their abortion business is actually a whopping 35 percent per of its clinic income. STOPP report for 1/20/10
Scott Brown on Abortion
Here's what newly elected MA Senator Scott Brown (GOP) supports:
- Conscience-based opt out of post-rape contraception
- Provide info about emergency contraception to rape victims
- Support legalized abortion, but not partial-birth abortion
- Supported by right-to-life groups for stem cell stance
- Authored bill for 24-hour waiting period for abortion
- Abortions should always be legally available
Medvedev Steps Up Efforts to Boost Population
President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday promised to step up the fight against the country's dramatic demographic decline, boosted by the news of the first annual population increase since 1995. But Health and Social Development Minister Tatyana Golikova warned that a host of negative factors need to be tackled, including a looming drop in women in their fertile years and sky-high abortion rates. Moscow Times
Abortion provider's license suspended
Louisiana has revoked the license of a Gentilly clinic that performs abortions, citing several violations of the health codes that govern abortion providers. According to the Department of Health and Hospitals, the Gentilly Medical Clinic for Women had been operating without a registered nurse on staff, without a controlled dangerous substance license and without registering with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. All are required by state law or regulations. NOLA.com
'Right to abortion' enslaves women
Iñigo Urien Azpitarte, an expert on violence against women warned this week that the “right to abortion” championed by feminists and abortion supporters ends up enslaving women because they are turned into instruments of sexual gratification. Access to “abortion on demand” has affected relations between men and women. “If a man thinks that abortion is an easily accessible option for a woman, he will easily feel disconnected from her and leave her with an unwanted pregnancy - since she can easily obtain an abortion. While it is true that some women can resist pressure and refuse to abort, the legalization of abortion creates a vicious circle from which many others cannot escape,” he said. CNA
Spanish drug agency confirms grave effects of morning-after pill
The Spanish Agency for Drugs and Health Care Products, which is under the Ministry of Health, recently stated in a report that serious physical side effects result from the use of the morning-after pill, such as ectopic pregnancies and deep vein thrombosis. The new report comes almost four months after the government approved the distribution of the morning-after pill without a prescription, which made it possible for young women to obtain the drug from pharmacies. No regulations are in place to prevent excessive use. CNA
The abortionist's eye is on us
Abortion and racism are evil twins, born of the same lie. Where racism now hides its face in public, abortion is accomplishing the goals of which racism only once dreamed. Together, abortionists are destroying humanity at large and the black community in particular. . . . Racism oppresses its victims, but also binds the oppressors, who sear their consciences with more and more lies until they become prisoners of those lies. They cannot face the truth of human equality because it reveals the horror of the injustices they commit. While victims die physically, practitioners die spiritually. So it is with abortion. Washington Times
Pro-Lifers Urged to Create Massive March for Life Presence in Lead-up to Health Vote
In what may be the final days before the abortion-expanding health care bill is pushed through U.S. Congress, pro-life leaders are issuing a clarion call to all pro-life citizens of America to join the 2010 March for Life in order to deliver to Democrat leaders an unmistakably clear message against the heatlh care bill's abortion mandate. LifeSiteNews
Related: International Pro-Life Leaders Traveling to US Capitol to Protest U.S. Anti-Life Policies
Russian Health Minister Suggests Cutting Abortions to Combat Underpopulation
A top health minister in Russia suggests the nation should consider cutting abortions to combat its problems of underpopulation. The nation's population shrank by 12 million people in the last 16 years alone. While some government-sponsored efforts have helped, the troubled economy and continued abortions are crippling the country. Health Minister Tatyana Golikova said the Russian government is meeting to determine how to reduce abortions. LifeNews
Thousands Rally at Massive Planned Parenthood Abortion Facility
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, national spiritual and political leaders joined a sign-waving crowd of what is being reported as "thousands" of pro-lifers in Houston today to rally against what they called a "prenatal racial genocide" perpetrated by Planned Parenthood through abortion. LifeSiteNews, Washington Times, Houston Chronicle
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'Grey zone' of fetal viability
According to World Health Organisation statistics, one in every 10 children born is premature, born before 38 weeks of pregnancy. Only a fraction are born in the debatable period of 22 to 24 weeks. “This is the grey zone of medicine,’’ said Dr Chetan Shetty, a neonatologist at Holy Family Hospital, Bandra. Not surprisingly then, the American Association of Pediatrics has always maintained that babies born after spending less than 23 weeks in the womb are not considered “viable.’’
In other words, they could have high mortality (death rate) and morbidity (handicap). International statistics say that an infant born in the 23rd or 24th week of gestation has a 16% chance of surviving with intensive neonatal care and a 64% risk of serious disability, including brain damage and blindness. Incidentally, these cut-off dates seem to coincide with the abortion cut-off dates legally followed in the country concerned. In India, doctors are categorical that a viable child is one who is born after 20 weeks and weighs over 500 grams. Times of India
In other words, they could have high mortality (death rate) and morbidity (handicap). International statistics say that an infant born in the 23rd or 24th week of gestation has a 16% chance of surviving with intensive neonatal care and a 64% risk of serious disability, including brain damage and blindness. Incidentally, these cut-off dates seem to coincide with the abortion cut-off dates legally followed in the country concerned. In India, doctors are categorical that a viable child is one who is born after 20 weeks and weighs over 500 grams. Times of India
Abortionist Eugene Glick dies
From the obituary: "Dad would do illegal abortions because he was seeing too many botched abortions in his practice. . . . Reproductive rights for women and sex education became our parents’ passion, which led naturally to our father . . . opening a women’s health clinic in Reno, Nevada. For nearly two decades he worked at the front lines of the abortion wars. . . . Even after retiring, he continued to lobby . . . on behalf of reproductive choice . . . and author[ed] a book on surgical abortion that is still being used to train medical students today. . . . [A]s his health began to fail, [h]e focused his medical energy on end-of-life issues, becoming a vocal member of Compassion & Choices and consulting to help California write new legislation to allow physicians to help their patients with more humane deaths. Neptune Society
Pregnant woman facing charges in attempted self-abortion
Authorities are pursuing possible assault charges against a pregnant 20-year-old who swallowed half a bottle of aspirin Thursday in an apparent attempt to kill her unborn child. The police report noted that the fetus survived the incident. “A fetus counts,” Ben Elder, an assistant prosecuting attorney for Richland County, said Friday in a brief interview. Because he did not know the details of the case, Elder said he could not comment more specifically, but added that under Ohio law, intentionally causing harm to one’s own unborn baby is a punishable offense. Mansfield News Journal
Mother loses baby after being given 'abortion' drug to induce labour
A leading teaching hospital is giving pregnant women an unlicensed abortion drug, Misoprostol, to induce labour despite being sued over the death of a baby. Misoprostol is only licensed in the UK for the treatment of stomach ulcers. Under official guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, it should not be used to induce labour unless as part of a clinical trial. Telegraph
Abortion clinic closes
The Mahoning (OH) Women’s Center, the target of numerous anti-abortion demonstrations, vigils and physical confrontations over its 33-year history, has closed. The abortion clinic shut down operations at the end of business Tuesday. It is closing because of the retirement of the owner and the decline in business. The center performed its first abortions in June 1976. The Vindicator
Setup of abortion clinic taking longer than expected
E-mails between staff at the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation and the UW School of Medicine and Public Health suggest high-ranking officials initially thought abortion procedures could be added relatively quickly at the Madison Surgery Center. The correspondence also suggests public opposition is taking a toll, with references to patients canceling appointments at the surgery center and some of the doctors who perform surgeries there threatening to leave. The e-mails were obtained through an open records request by the Alliance Defense Fund, a nonprofit, Christian legal organization in Scottsdale, Ariz., that is representing several surgery center workers who don't want to take part in abortions. WI State Journal
Daughter of Pro-Life Blogger Advances to Next American Idol Round
Maddy Curtis of Bluemont, Virginia, the 16-year-old daughter of an award-winning pro-life blogger, impressed American Idol judges on the show this week, who unanimously advanced her to the next round. The opening segment featured a powerful testimony about her family of 12 children, and her brothers with Down syndrome - one biological (Jonny) and three adopted (Jesse, Daniel, and Justin). LifeSiteNews
Focus on the Family Will Air Tebow Ad During Super Bowl
Focus on the Family has confirmed that it as moved ahead with a planned Super Bowl television commercial featuring pro-life Heisman trophy-winning football player Tim Tebow. Although the pro-life group won't confirm the content, it could feature the story of how Tebow's mom refused an abortion. Tebow is the University of Florida star quarterback whose mother decided not to abort him in a crisis pregnancy. LifeNews
Planned Parenthood at it again in Haiti
Following the earthquake in Haiti, millions of people are dealing with death, a lack of food and water, shelter, and basic medical care. Planned Parenthood, sending a good time for a fundraising opportunity, is asking for donations for its local affiliate to promote birth control and condoms. LifeNews
Martha Coakley: "Don't Work in an Emergency Room" if You're Pro-Life
Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley is coming under fire today for comments showing her attacking the conscience rights of pro-life Catholics. In a Thursday interview, Coakley is asked whether doctors and nurses working in a hospital emergency room have religious freedom. Because they oppose dispensing the morning after pill because it can sometimes cause an abortion she says Catholics should not be allowed to work in hospital emergency rooms. LifeNews
What scientists don't tell you about abortion
For more than a decade there have been several reputable scientists convinced of a small abortion-breast cancer risk. But they have been unable to get heard over the din of name-calling and character assassination that the pro-choice side has thrown up to prevent any claw-back of abortion rights. . . . Second-hand smoke increases non-smokers’ risk of lung cancer by less then 20%, even with prolonged, heavy exposure. That’s about half the apparent increased risk of developing breast cancer from having an abortion. Yet governments have passed all sorts of laws shielding the public from secondhand smoke at work, the arena, the mall, and the stadium.
This is pure bias. National Post
This is pure bias. National Post
U of M "FemDems" attack ArborVitae Women's Center
Suzanne Abdalla, ArborVitae Executive Director, writes: "Pro-abortion students at the University of Michigan are at it again. Last year, the Students for Choice staged a five-person picket of ArborVitae, falsely claiming that we lie to women. Now, the College Democrats have stepped up to attack our charitable work.
"In a 1/7/10 Michigan Daily article, the University of Michigan 'FemDems' - the College Democrats' Women's Issues Committee - announced their hope to work with the Ann Arbor City Council to pass a bill regulating pregnancy centers. The incipient bill would force life-affirming centers in the city of Ann Arbor to post signs saying that they do not perform abortions. ArborVitae Women's Center is the only life-affirming pregnancy center located in the city of Ann Arbor." Facebook
"In a 1/7/10 Michigan Daily article, the University of Michigan 'FemDems' - the College Democrats' Women's Issues Committee - announced their hope to work with the Ann Arbor City Council to pass a bill regulating pregnancy centers. The incipient bill would force life-affirming centers in the city of Ann Arbor to post signs saying that they do not perform abortions. ArborVitae Women's Center is the only life-affirming pregnancy center located in the city of Ann Arbor." Facebook
The March for Life, Online and In Person
For over 35 years, on the anniversary of Roe V. Wade, hundreds of thousands of pro-life Americans participate in the March for Life. In 1974 the first March was held on the West Steps of the Capitol and the numbers have gradually risen through the years. These growing numbers give testimony to the increasing ranks of pro-life Americans and to the importance of the March's work. Widely considered the most attended annual march in Washington, DC, the March for Life has become the pro-life movement's signature event. Now, for the first time ever, pro-life America is also "marching" online.
Join The Virtual March
Can't make it to Washington, DC this year? No problem. Here's your chance to defend life and say "no" to the health care reform bill by signing up for the Virtual March for Life. It's easy. Create your own "avatar" and invite your friends and family to participate in the Virtual March for Life.
Join The Virtual March
Can't make it to Washington, DC this year? No problem. Here's your chance to defend life and say "no" to the health care reform bill by signing up for the Virtual March for Life. It's easy. Create your own "avatar" and invite your friends and family to participate in the Virtual March for Life.
Paris March for Life: next Sunday 17 January
The sixth annual March for Life in will take place in Paris on Sunday next January 17th. The event, since it was first commenced has grown in size from year to year. The 2009March was a huge success with an attendance of between 15 and 20,000 peaceful participants, among whom were many young people under the age of 25, and delegations from many European countries were also in attendance. The organisers once again expect that there will be a significant attendance from many European countries. European Life Network
Ultrasound not enough to reach and serve the high risk abortion-minded?
What are your thoughts? Check out a new blog post at Effective PRC that discusses the difference between the traditional, 'global' (client-focused) services model of pregnancy center ministry in light of a new, 'linear' (problem-focused) approach as it relates to staying on the cutting edge of reaching and effectively serving the abortion-minded. Audio of medical PRC Executive training is also attached to that post discussing the issue.
Secretary Clinton Pushes Abortion
In Washington last week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that the United States would engage in a massive funding push over the next five years to promote “reproductive health care and family planning” as a “basic right” around the word. Clinton has previously stated for the record that this includes abortion. The plan includes potentially siphoning off funds currently directed towards fighting HIV/AIDs, tuberculosis and malaria. C-Fam
Girls Less Likely Than Boys to Recommend Abortion to Friends
A new survey conducted by the Girl Scouts finds girls are less likely than boys to recommend abortion to their friends. And, overall, less than 10 percent of young people say they would ever suggest an abortion. A comparison of the two shows a marked shift toward more ethical and responsible beliefs and values and civic involvement among teens and tweens, the organization noted.
The study also finds that one third of teenagers say they intend to wait until they are married to have sex compared to less than a quarter (24 percent) in 1989. Among teenagers, girls are less likely than boys to say they would have sex (18 percent vs. 38 percent). In addition, 71 percent say their religious beliefs are important to them. LifeNews
The study also finds that one third of teenagers say they intend to wait until they are married to have sex compared to less than a quarter (24 percent) in 1989. Among teenagers, girls are less likely than boys to say they would have sex (18 percent vs. 38 percent). In addition, 71 percent say their religious beliefs are important to them. LifeNews
Abortionist to Haiti: "Stew in Your Own Juices"
Joyce Tarnow, owner of a Florida abortion clinic, where many Haitian-Americans reside, made some shocking comments to a newspaper two years ago. In July 2004, she told the New Times newspaper, "I try to get as many people sterilized as are in my way." The article focusing on how she was closing her abortion business that did as many as 800-900 abortions a year. She told the paper she supports population control because America "can't take all the people in the world. We need to help nations that can subsist and let others wither on the vine." Her advice for the country? "Stew in your own juices." LifeNews
National Cancer Institute Researcher Admits Abortion Breast Cancer Link
U.S. National Cancer Institute researcher Dr. Louise Brinton, who was the chief organizer of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) workshop in 2003 that persuaded women that it was "well established" that "abortion is not associated with increased breast cancer risk," has reversed her position and now admits that abortion and oral contraceptives raise breast cancer risks.
An April 2009 study by Jessica Dolle et al. of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center examining the relationship between oral contraceptives and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), an aggressive form of breast cancer associated with high mortality, in women under age 45, contained an admission from Dr. Brinton and her colleagues that abortion raises breast cancer risk by 40%.
The study found that "a statistically significant 40% increased risk for women who have abortions" exists, and that a " 270% increased risk of triple negative breast cancer (an aggressive form of breast cancer associated with high mortality) among those who used oral contraceptives while under age 18 and a 320% increased risk of triple negative breast cancer among recent users (within 1-5 years) of oral contraceptives," also exists. LifeSiteNews
Planned Parenthood Director Bemoans Lack of Info about Natural Family Planning
In one of a pair of recent articles by major Canadian media exploring how women are increasingly turning away from hormonal contraception, the executive director for Sexual Health Access Alberta (formerly known as Planned Parenthood Alberta), bemoans the lack of information about natural family planning.
In the most recent of the two articles, published yesterday in Canwest papers across the country, the SHAA director criticized the medical establishment for its pill-focused approach to contraception. "What I see in our communities is an absolute failure to move beyond the idea that hormonal birth control is the be-all and end-all," said Laura Wershler. What's happening is we're not developing support, programs and advocacy for women looking for non-hormonal methods. There's this lack of knowledge and understanding within my own field," Wershler continued, referring to natural methods of birth regulation that involve awareness about the woman’s reproductive cycle. "Women are going to sexual-health clinics and being laughed off by the doctors and clinics for looking for alternatives." LifeSiteNews
New Health Care Bill and the Meaning of Birth Intervals?
Jim Harden of CompassCare was interviewed recently for a Washington Times article regarding our perspective on the language in the proposed Health Care reform bill regarding the 'Birth Intervals' language used.
Query: Does anyone have any thoughts as to how the new health care reform could impact the PRC movement positively or negatively? Post a comment here.
Query: Does anyone have any thoughts as to how the new health care reform could impact the PRC movement positively or negatively? Post a comment here.
Importance of Pre-Abortion Counseling
Abortion is seen by some women having them as a way to salvage a relationship with a husband or boyfriend, but a new study finds women and men who are not properly counseled before the abortion ultimately find themselves suffering from relationship problems and post-traumatic stress disorder. Many women have abortions under the false assumption it will preserve or help their relationships. The study indicates that better pre-abortion counseling would prevent some abortions by helping women understand abortion is not a solution to relationship problems -- but actually causes more. LifeNews
IPPF annual report
International Planned Parenthood Federation’s current Annual Performance Report documents the ever-expanding abortion business of Planned Parenthood and specifically states its desire to increase the number of abortions it does around the world.
Skewed China birth rate to leave 24 million men single
More than 24 million Chinese men of marrying age could find themselves without spouses in 2020, state media reported on Monday, citing a study that blamed sex-specific abortions as a major factor. The Global Times said abductions and trafficking of women were "rampant" in areas with excess numbers of men. Illegal marriages and forced prostitution were also problems in those areas, it said.
The report said the study urged the government to relax the so-called "one-child" policy and study the possibility of encouraging "cross-country marriages." It has said the policy has averted 400 million births. AFP
Editor: Interesting use of the word "averted." Makes it sound as though the babies just got shifted over to another time or place instead of having been irrevocably destroyed.
The report said the study urged the government to relax the so-called "one-child" policy and study the possibility of encouraging "cross-country marriages." It has said the policy has averted 400 million births. AFP
Editor: Interesting use of the word "averted." Makes it sound as though the babies just got shifted over to another time or place instead of having been irrevocably destroyed.
ObamaCare: Why Private Insurers Like Paying for Abortion
Abortion has emerged again as a key sticking point in negotiations over healthcare reform. The fuss has exposed what's been a fairly quiet practice: most health plans now pay for abortions, no questions asked. Why? It saves lots of money. According to the Health Care Blue Book, an abortion performed in an physician's office typically costs $397. A vaginal delivery costs $5,992, while a c-section is $8,558. (These are estimates based on the site's database of in-network charges negotiated by insurers.) Forbes
The latest issue of At the Center magazine is here!
- Centerboard: Wanted — Servant Leaders
- Changing Who We Are: A Marketing Plan or a Marriage Proposal?
- Tech Advice: Polls Show Users Want Privacy
- Tough Questions Do our convictions on the sanctity of human life hold up when the baby is born with a disability?
- Consumer Product Safety: Its Application to PRCs
- God Uses Ordinary People
- At the College Town Center: Realities of the Pregnant or Parenting Student
- Marketing 101: Spiral Wishing Wells
How much do you make?
Planned Parenthood affiliates in California pay their top executives well and provide many of them with generous benefit packages, even though Planned Parenthood has pleaded with the state legislature in recent years that it was turning away as many as 10,000 patients a month for lack of sufficient funding. Here is a list of the compensation paid to the five top Planned Parenthood executives at each California affiliate, from highest paid to lowest paid. CalCatholic
6 major problems with Senate health bill
NRLC believes that enactment of the abortion-related provisions of the Senate-passed health care bill would ultimately result in substantial expansions of abortion, driven by federal administrative decrees and federal subsidies, and a vote to advance such legislation would be described in those terms in the NRLC congressional scorecard for the 111th Congress
In contrast, inclusion of the substance of the House-passed Stupak-Pitts abortion language would preserve long-established federal policies on abortion, and would fully address our concerns regarding the abortion policy issues.
In contrast, inclusion of the substance of the House-passed Stupak-Pitts abortion language would preserve long-established federal policies on abortion, and would fully address our concerns regarding the abortion policy issues.
Rally Protests Planned Parenthood’s Racial Genocide on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Pro-life leaders are gathering on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to protest Planned Parenthood’s creation of the largest abortion clinic in America and the racist roots of the nation’s largest abortion provider. The event will begin January 18, 9:30 a.m., at 1949 Cullen Boulevard in Houston. The abortion clinic is a six-story high, 78,000-square-foot monstrosity set in the midst of four communities, of which 80% are minorities. Formerly a bank, the abortion clinic will be dedicated for late-term abortions and is scheduled to open in April. Liberty Counsel
Doc lost license once, accused of another death
An Anaheim doctor who lost his medical license in 2002 after the death of a newborn, only to have it reinstated, is facing state allegations of negligence in the case of a woman who died during an abortion.
Dr. Andrew Rutland, an obstetrician-gynecologist, could be temporarily suspended from practicing after a California Medical Board hearing Thursday in San Diego. According to state legal documents, a 30-year-old patient died last year after Rutland is alleged to have given her anesthesia without knowing the safe dosage. He is also accused of practicing in an unlicensed office and performing surgery outside a hospital without malpractice insurance, the board documents say. OC Register
Dr. Andrew Rutland, an obstetrician-gynecologist, could be temporarily suspended from practicing after a California Medical Board hearing Thursday in San Diego. According to state legal documents, a 30-year-old patient died last year after Rutland is alleged to have given her anesthesia without knowing the safe dosage. He is also accused of practicing in an unlicensed office and performing surgery outside a hospital without malpractice insurance, the board documents say. OC Register
Man Accused of Giving Girlfriend Drug to Force Abortion
A Utah man stands accused of giving his pregnant girlfriend the second part of the two-part abortion drug in an attempt to force her to have an abortion. Jared Merril Ahlstrom faces a felony charge of unlawful termination of pregnancy. He allegedly obtained the drug in Mexico. LifeNews
NARAL Honors Carhart
Top pro-abortion group NARAL is honoring the Nebraska-based late-term abortion practitioner Leroy Carhart who has put women's health at risk with its 2009 Hero award. They also named the pro-life advocate they despised most. The 2009 Hall of Shame award went to Bart Stupak and Ben Nelson deserved for trying to stop taxpayer funding of abortions. LifeNews
Get to Know: Chase Advancement
Chase Advancement and their network of corporate development specialists provide innovative answers, confidential coaching, practical tools, expert referrals, and advanced-learning trainings for nonprofit life-affirming organizations. "We are here for our customers 24/7 and guarantee satisfaction." Check out their webinars on demand, board training, medical center and fundraising consultation.
Free downloads include sample minutes, job descriptions, best practices . . . a treasure trove!
Beth Chase has over 25 years experience serving in leaderships roles within the pregnancy help organization work. "I have walked your path. As a former President/CEO of two pregnancy medical clinic centers. I know your world."
Birth control pill and abortion
Everything you wanted to know about birth control -- does it cause abortion? -- right at your fingertips in this handy index from Eternal Perspectives Ministries.
2nd Breast Cancer Scandal
Less than two months since the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force issued new guidelines recommending against routine mammograms for women in their forties, a second breast cancer scandal involving a U.S. government panel of experts has come to light which has implications for healthcare reform. An April 2009 study by Jessica Dolle et al. of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center examining the relationship between oral contraceptives and triple-negative breast cancer in women under age 45 contained an admission from U.S. National Cancer Institute researcher Louise Brinton and her colleagues (including Janet Daling) that abortion raises breast cancer risk by 40%. The study is 9 months old, but still there have been no warnings from cancer establishment. Abortion/Breast Cancer Coalition; Joel Brind analysis
Pro-Abort Wish List
Forward-looking pro-abortion advocates hope soon to see abortion fueled nationwide with taxpayer money, explicit sex education implemented in every public school, and young medical students recruited to replenish an aging generation of abortionists, according to one columnist outlining a wish list for "the struggle for reproductive rights and justice" in the next ten years. RH Reality Check contributor Amanda Marcotte reflected that, "after all, the past decade was a pretty bleak one. The pro-choice movement didn't advance the ball down the field, and even our defensive maneuvers didn't work so well at times." LifeSiteNews
Editor: Note how the pro-death side is dependent on government force to advance their cause, while pro-life goals and intiatives reflect voluntary sacrifice.
Editor: Note how the pro-death side is dependent on government force to advance their cause, while pro-life goals and intiatives reflect voluntary sacrifice.
South Korean Doctors Organize to Discourage Abortion
A group of South Korean doctors are hoping to motivate the people of their country to reexamine the catastrophic pro-abortion culture in which they live. Dr. Choi Anna and colleagues formed the group Gynob which calls on other doctors to declare whether they have performed illegal abortions. "We see a tendency to have one perfect child and abort the rest. We had women demanding an abortion simply because they had taken cold medicine or drunk too much while pregnant. We sold our soul for money. Abortion was an easy way to make money." LifeSiteNews
Viability: What the Pro-Life Movement Must Do to Survive & Thrive
A new book by Mike Fichter, president of Indian Right to Life, says it's time for the entire life movement to start building for its long term viability through thoughtful, strategic development that will enable us to do more than just survive - but to thrive. "This isn’t a sprint, and we’re not playing games. We cannot afford to be distracted by chasing every new program that comes along, and we can’t pretend that just doing more of the same will get us where we need to go. We are in the most significant time in the history of the life movement. We can do more than we dared to dream when we shake loose from the norm and start thinking big. This is our time – let’s shake things up!"
The worst way to build a board
Mike Fichter confesses he used to end Right to Life meetings like this: “We are always looking for more board members. If you would like to be on board, we sure would like to have you.” Then he'd give the details of the next board meeting. "Looking back on those days, it’s a wonder that I didn’t cause more organizational damage than I did." Why would anyone want to extend such an invitation to complete strangers? It’s the worst way in the world to build a board of directors. Well meaning, but flirting with disaster nonetheless.
Service on your board of directors is a privilege and an honor not to be extended lightly. In fact, the opportunity should never be extended unless a candidate has been thoroughly vetted, meets a leadership need, is approved by the current board in advance, and agrees to meet the established expectations for board members. Mike Fichter's blog
Service on your board of directors is a privilege and an honor not to be extended lightly. In fact, the opportunity should never be extended unless a candidate has been thoroughly vetted, meets a leadership need, is approved by the current board in advance, and agrees to meet the established expectations for board members. Mike Fichter's blog
Keep the Dream of Life Growing . . .
Every day, more than 450 women who visit a pregnancy center choose life. Let that sink in for a moment. That number is the equivalent of children attending an entire elementary school. And it’s a testament to the power of your partnership with Care Net. However, 3,300 pregnancies still end with abortion every day. Sadly, too many women do not learn the truth in time: that there are positive, realistic, life-affirming alternatives to abortion. Caring Together Online
Underserved outreach
Eighty-eight percent of abortions occur in major metropolitan areas. While Care Net has 125 pregnancy centers operating in metro areas across the country, we must keep growing — rapidly. One goal is to establish a flagship inner-city center in Washington, D.C., to serve as a model for additional inner-city centers. By partnering with local church and community leaders, we pray for better relationships with local women. The center will emphasize abstinence until marriage for healthier lifestyles that strengthen families and provide children the best nurturing environment. Caring Together Online
Care Net's 2009 progress report
According to Caring Together Online:
- Last year, Option Line contacts increased 17%. A total of 236,501 contacts — more than 4,500 women per week — received positive, life-affirming answers to pregnancy-related questions. Many were connected to local pregnancy centers.
- Care Net pregnancy centers ministered to 372,267 women. More than 31,600 volunteers provided peer counseling, ultrasounds, maternity necessities, and more. By God’s grace, 95% of the pregnant women served chose life!
- 15,270 made decisions to follow or rededicate their lives to Christ.
- The national abortion rate tumbled 25% to a post-Roe low — a trend even TIME magazine credits in part to pregnancy centers.
- Care Net’s network of pregnancy centers grew to 1,180, outnumbering Planned Parenthood abortion clinics.
See also Care Net's strategic goals for 2010.
Make The Call: Lapsed donors responding to personal touch
Nonprofits are leaking donors these days. Finding new folks with willing checkbooks is expensive. Re-engaging donors who have lapsed is getting very fashionable, especially by using the telephone. Non-Profit Times
Editor: BFL does not use telemarketers, but we do make a point of periodically phoning donors -- including churches -- just to say "thank you" and "how can we pray for you?" We do not use the occasion to solicite funds, but it is an effective way to reconnect.
Editor: BFL does not use telemarketers, but we do make a point of periodically phoning donors -- including churches -- just to say "thank you" and "how can we pray for you?" We do not use the occasion to solicite funds, but it is an effective way to reconnect.
Fundraising in the Age of Cynicism
Too many fundraising offers are vague. They do little more than wave a brand in people's faces and hope that motivates them to give. That old, snake-oil marketing assumption plays right into cynicism. Instead, treat donors as partners. Or investors. Tell them about specific dollar amounts that will accomplish specific goals. That shows donors you need their dollars to accomplish specific things. Fundraising Success
Brand Innovations
A bad economy is a golden opportunity to do the things you know you need to do but have avoided. But all too often, organizations get caught up in thinking they have accomplished something and stop being creative and innovative regarding how their brand communicates to people. . . . Thirty to forty years ago, when these ministries began, they inspired action. Their voice was adopted by their generation as its own. Many may still be well known among the 50- to 75-year-old age group, but for those under 30, they are relics of a bygone era. The next generation sees their brands in the past tense. Christian Leadership Alliance
Guy Richards is chief branding officer for Abiah (abiah.com), a brand consulting and design firm. Abiah focuses on helping Christian ministries to grow and advance the saving message of Jesus Christ.
Guy Richards is chief branding officer for Abiah (abiah.com), a brand consulting and design firm. Abiah focuses on helping Christian ministries to grow and advance the saving message of Jesus Christ.
Client testimony video
The Crisis Pregnancy Centers brings this tender testimony of a client who chose life.
Author, speaker was helped by PCC
Years ago, Tyra Wilson was a PCC client -- pregnant and homeless. Her volunteer advisor counseled her and drove her nine hours to a maternity home. Now she is president of Mothers Raising Children Alone and tells her story in a book -- A Wounded Daughters Diary (Exploring God’s Grace From The Strip Clubs To The Classroom) -- and in speaking engagements. Contact her by email or phone: (832) 292-5864, (281) 724-0068.
Spainish Parliament Approves Abortions Up to 14 Weeks, 22 in Some Cases
The Spanish Parliament today approved legislation to legalize abortions through 14 weeks for any reason and 22 weeks in some additional cases. The cabinet of the Spain government, headed by President Rodriguez Zapatero, has proposed a bill that would expand abortions and legalize them up to the fourteenth week of pregnancy. The vote in the 350-seat Congress of Deputies was 184-158 with one abstention, according to an AP report. The measure now goes to the Senate, which is expected to approve the pro-abortion bill early next year. LifeNews
Pelosi: "Thank God" Senate Bill Funds Abortions
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claims she has enough votes to pass a pro-abortion health care bill in the House, though that is disputed. In a press conference, Pelosi talked about the differences between the House and Senate bills, some of which she liked and some disliked. But she appealed to a higher power in complementing one aspect of the Senate measure. The Senate bill "doesn't have a public option, doesn't expand Medicare for the (age) 55 to 64 group, and has abortion language that is completely different from the House -- thank God." LifeNews
Good news from Metro Women's Center in Crystal, MN
Colleen Tronson writes: "Thankful for a lady who came in today to let us know she chose life for her baby. She had been in last year and we never knew what happend to her, she had been planning abortion, but changed after her visit! A splash of JOY in the cesspool of life, as Barbara Johnson would say! Praise the LORD!!!!!!!!!"
Women on "Birth Control Shot" Suffer Bone Problems
Nearly half of women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), commonly known as the birth control shot [Depo Provera?], will experience high bone mineral density loss in the hip or lower spine within two years of beginning the contraceptive, according to researchers. The study, reported in the January 2010 issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology, was the first to show that women on the birth control shot who smoke, have low levels of calcium intake and never gave birth are at the highest risk for BMD loss. The researchers also found that high risk women continued to experience significant losses in BMD during the third year of the use of the contraceptive injection, especially in the hip - the most common facture site in elderly women. LifeSiteNews
Cervical cancer link to early sex
Having sex at an early age can double the risk of developing cervical cancer, a study of 20,000 women suggests. The investigation into why poorer women have a higher risk of the disease found they tended to have sex about four years earlier than more affluent women. Previously, it had been thought the disparity was the result of low screening uptake in poorer areas. BBC, Christian Institute
"I feel messed up"
A UK advice columnist was told: "I’ve been feeling really messed up recently. I can’t put my finger on any one cause but I had an abortion earlier this year, on the same day that my sister gave birth to her second child. This was my second abortion, but unlike the first one, I had wanted to keep this child." Times Online
Seattle Man Kills Girlfriend, Daughter After Refused Abortion
A Seattle-area man is in police custody after allegedly killing his girlfriend and their infant daughter after the woman refused his request to get an abortion. Daniel Thomas Hicks was charged on Thursday after he was apprehended following the discovery of the bodies by Morgan's mother and cooperation with other relatives who aided them in locating Hicks. Hicks was diagnosed as depressed and suicidal for some time after having lost his job and that the condition worsened when he learned Morgan was pregnant. LifeNews
Hope House burns!
In what may turn out to be arson-related, a fire at the Living Hope Women's Center Whiteriver Clinic (AZ) has closed the facility until further notice. Initial evidence indicates the fire probably started in the back of the building after an unknown person or persons first vandalised the Fatherhood Store destroying televisions, VCRs and other valuable equipment and items. President of the Living Hope Women's Center governing board and former executive director Dinah Monahan said the fire did not burn the building to the ground, but it did cause enough fire and smoke damage to gut it and make it at least temporarily useless as a clinic. WMICentral
Planned Parenthood Doubles Abortions From 2007 to 2008
International Planned Parenthood Federation recently released its annual performance report for 2008-2009. IPPF’s overall income for 2008 was $119.7 million, down from over $120 million the previous year. Meanwhile, its abortion business boomed. The organization provided almost 428,000 “abortion services” to young people alone, with a staggering 1,134,549 total number of such services – almost double the number from 2007 – across the globe. LifeSiteNews
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