Pro-life Statement Enters UN Youth Fray
Pro-life Statement Enters UN Youth Fray » Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute: The draft resolution on youth and the pro-life statement are an indication of divided opinions that will manifest in the July conference to celebrate the end of the UN International Year of Youth. The UN youth document presents a negative state of youth in the world, focusing on young people as impoverished, unengaged, and intolerant. In contrast, the pro-life statement contains an optimistic appraisal of the potential that young people have to participate in development.
'New normal' on questions of life
Wire - Lifestyle: The sight of Planned Parenthood's top official turning on the charm in Austin, Texas, says everything about one of the year's most extraordinary developments. Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood and daughter of the late Gov. Ann Richards, was in town to lobby Texas legislators to preserve the group's access to state money. When you're defending your home turf and facing a shutout, your team is in trouble.
But Planned Parenthood, subject of so many recent news stories about federal spending cuts, isn't the real focus of this struggle. It's the entire social and legal regime erected 38 years ago by the U.S. Supreme Court when it legalized abortion on request. While official Washington occupies itself with soaring deficits, health-care costs and the status of the war on terror, state lawmakers have been busy passing law after law challenging one or more core holdings of the high court's landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade.
But Planned Parenthood, subject of so many recent news stories about federal spending cuts, isn't the real focus of this struggle. It's the entire social and legal regime erected 38 years ago by the U.S. Supreme Court when it legalized abortion on request. While official Washington occupies itself with soaring deficits, health-care costs and the status of the war on terror, state lawmakers have been busy passing law after law challenging one or more core holdings of the high court's landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade.
Pro-Life Advocates Counter Study on Cost of Unintended Pregnancies
Pro-Life Advocates Counter Study on Cost of Unintended Pregnancies, Christian News: Wendy Wright questioned the study’s argument that the government should increase funds for contraceptive services such as those Planned Parenthood provides. “Government funding of Planned Parenthood-type pregnancy-prevention programs has not decreased the number of pregnancies that they call ‘unintended,’” Wright said, a fact corroborated by a 2006 Guttmacher Institute study that showed a stable rate of 49 percent of pregnancies were unintended in 1994 and 2001. In fact, between 1994 and 2001, the rate of unintended pregnancies among low-income women increased slightly.
“One obvious reason why Planned Parenthood’s programs do not work is that they encourage irresponsible sex,” Wright said. “Clearly, Planned Parenthood and their allies have no incentive for reducing so-called unintended pregnancies or abortions because then they would be out of business.”
“One obvious reason why Planned Parenthood’s programs do not work is that they encourage irresponsible sex,” Wright said. “Clearly, Planned Parenthood and their allies have no incentive for reducing so-called unintended pregnancies or abortions because then they would be out of business.”
Pro-lifers given seat on Govt sexual health advice group
Pro-lifers given seat on Govt sexual health advice group | News | The Christian Institute: Pro-life group LIFE will sit on a Government advice forum on sexual health, providing more balance and a wider range of views. LIFE has been invited to join the group, which also includes pro-abortion organisations Marie Stopes International and FPA, formerly the Family Planning Association. However BPAS, which used to be called the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, will not be on the panel after the Government decided it was “not feasible” to invite both MSI and BPAS.
New Jersey abortion clinic cited
Abortion clinic cited - NorthJersey.com: State inspectors found a series of health violations at Pilgrim Medical Center on Bloomfield Avenue (in Montclair?), including some that posed immediate risks to patients.
Some South Florida ob-gyns turn away overweight women
Some ob-gyns in South Florida turn away overweight women: Fifteen obstetrics-gynecology practices out of 105 polled by the Sun Sentinel said they have set weight cut-offs for new patients starting at 200 pounds or based on measures of obesity — and turn down women who are heavier.
Some of the doctors said the main reason was their exam tables or other equipment can't handle people over a certain weight. But at least six said they were trying to avoid obese patients because they have a higher risk of complications.
Some of the doctors said the main reason was their exam tables or other equipment can't handle people over a certain weight. But at least six said they were trying to avoid obese patients because they have a higher risk of complications.
Abortion clinic anesthetist charged with infecting 54 patients with Hep C
Abortion clinic anesthetist charged with infecting 54 patients with Hep C | LifeSiteNews.com: James Latham Peters, an abortion centre anesthetist who has been under investigation since early 2010, was charged Friday with endangering the lives of his patients. The charges follow an investigation into a rash of Hepatitis C infections which surfaced in women who had been under his care while aborting their children at Melbourne’s Croydon Day Surgery.
Louisiana Shuts Down New Orleans Abortion Clinic for 2nd Time
Louisiana Shuts Down New Orleans Abortion Clinic for Second Time :Operation Rescue: The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) has revoked the license of the Gentilly Medical Clinic for Women and ordered it to shut down after a new inspection discovered “repeat violations that posed significant health and safety risks to clients.”
Baby Saved from Coerced Abortion by Texting
Meet Manuel, a Baby Saved from Coerced Abortion by Texting :Operation Rescue: Tara Shaver was sidewalk counseling outside Planned Parenthood in Albuquerque, New Mexico, when she received a call from a woman who told her that her grandson’s girlfriend was being forced to get an abortion that she did not want. The woman told Tara her grandson, the baby’s father, also wanted to keep the baby. They were desperate, because the girl was only 17 and her mother was insisting on the abortion against the girl’s will. The grandmother gave Tara the teen’s cell phone number. Tara began a text-message conversation with the teen while she was inside the clinic.
Charitable Organizations and their Positions on the Life Issues
| ALL.org: American Life League researched organizations to learn their current positions on the following:
- Fetal tissue, cell or organ use when that tissue is acquired from direct abortion done at any time during nine months of pregnancy
- Human embryo research and/or experimentation
- Human embryonic stem cell research and/or experimentation
- Human cloning
Critics: Military should cover abortion after rape
The Associated Press: Critics: Military should cover abortion after rape: Though rape is a problem of deep concern to the U.S. military, its health plan doesn't cover abortions for victims who become pregnant — a policy that indignant critics are now pushing to change. The campaigners include members of Congress, the American Civil Liberties Union, and veterans such as Jessica Kenyon, who says her Army career derailed after she was raped and impregnated by a fellow soldier while serving in South Korea in 2006. Kenyon said the incident led to her discharge, and she miscarried after flying back to the U.S.
Sample signs to post on NARAL’s flickr page
Sample signs to post on NARAL’s flickr page - Jill Stanek: Jill has been watching NARAL’s flickr page and been "blown away by the thought-provoking signs and pictures pro-lifers are posting. What a collection."
Twister report from IMPACT Association Blog
IMPACT Association Blog: Kim Conroy writes -- "Among the devastation all around in a city no longer recognizable, we know that the Lord is present and active and serving through both friends’ and strangers’ hands. Help has poured in and lives are being saved. Yet there are so many lives lost and many people are still missing."
Abortions Aimed at Girls Rise in India
Abortions Aimed at Girls Rise in India, Study Says - NYTimes.com: The study found the problem of sex-selective abortions of girls has spread steadily across India after once being confined largely to a handful of conservative northern states. Researchers also found that women from higher-income, better-educated families were far more likely than poorer women to abort a girl, especially during a second pregnancy if the firstborn was a girl.
Police: Man hit girlfriend in belly to abort his baby
Police: Man hit girlfriend in belly to abort his baby | recordonline.com: Police say Travis Mervine, 20, dragged his 17-year-old girlfriend into his father's house Saturday afternoon after they got into an argument over the pregnancy. Mervine forced her to strip naked to prevent her from leaving the house, then choked and punched her for several hours.
'He said to her if she didn't get rid of the baby, he would, and punched her in the stomach,' Sgt. Mark Hess said. 'It seems it all started because she is pregnant and he is not pleased about that.'
The girl is early in the pregnancy. 'The baby did survive,' Hess said.
'He said to her if she didn't get rid of the baby, he would, and punched her in the stomach,' Sgt. Mark Hess said. 'It seems it all started because she is pregnant and he is not pleased about that.'
The girl is early in the pregnancy. 'The baby did survive,' Hess said.
Woman Gets Three Years For Leaving Newborn Baby To Die
Marisol Molina Gets Three Years For Leaving Newborn Baby To Die: Marisol Molina pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter on Monday, for taking a handful of abortion pills before having her baby, then leaving the infant girl tied in a plastic bag in a closet to die. Molina ordered Misoprostol on the internet, a drug commonly used in abortions to induce contractions and expel an embryo. But Molina took the pill when she was apparently between seven and nine months pregnant. She was originally charged with murder, but pled to the lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter.
Editor: If she'd gone to a Chicago-area hospital for a late term abortion and it had failed to produce a dead baby no one would have been the wiser.
Youth train to become warriors
Youth train to become warriors (OneNewsNow.com): Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust will be conducting pro-life training camps again this summer, which are designed to teach people to become pro-life warriors. The 14th annual boot camp will be held July 6-16. Spokesperson Timmerie Millington says the camps will incorporate training and activism into the program, which is for ages 13 to 25.
The Only Way to Get Important Things Done
The Only Way to Get Important Things Done - Tony Schwartz - Harvard Business Review: Most everyone feels pulled in more directions than ever, expected to work longer hours, and asked to get more done, often with fewer resources. But there are other people who are getting things done, including the important stuff, and somehow still managing to have a life. What have they figured out that the rest of their colleagues have not?
The answer, surprisingly, is not that they have more will or discipline than you do. The counterintuitive secret to getting things done is to make them more automatic, so they require less energy.
The answer, surprisingly, is not that they have more will or discipline than you do. The counterintuitive secret to getting things done is to make them more automatic, so they require less energy.
Students for Life groups urged to build relationships with PCCs
It is critical that Students for Life groups reach out and build a relationship with local pregnancy help centers because you will be better able to assist women on campus by directing them to the closest PHC for options counseling.
House: Obamacare Can't Fund Abortion Training for Med Students
House: Obamacare Can't Fund Abortion Training for Med Students | LifeNews.com: The House of Representatives voted today to ensure that taxpayer funds can’t be used under the Obamacare health care law to pay for abortion training for medical students at federally-funded health centers. The House voted 234-182 for the Foxx Amendment to stop the abortion funding with Republicans voting 221-10 for the amendment and Democrats voting 172-13 against.
UK annual abortion statistics for 2010
Pat Buckley - European Life Network: UK annual abortion statistics for 2010: The UK Department of Health annual abortion statistics released yesterday show another increase in the number of abortions and in addition it shows that the number of repeat abortions is also very high. According to a SPUC news release the latest annual abortion figures represent 190,000 unborn babies whose deaths were entirely avoidable. The figures for England and Wales show a slight increase in registered abortions over the previous year. Abortions were 8% higher than 10 years before in 2000.
13,000 more women helped
MCCL Blog: 13,000 more women helped by Positive Alternatives program: The Minnesota Department of Health recently released its evaluation of the Positive Alternatives program. Over 13,000 more women in Minnesota have been helped.
Planned Parenthood of Heartland, which covers Neb. and Iowa, to merge with group in SE Iowa
Planned Parenthood of Heartland, which covers Neb. and Iowa, to merge with group in SE Iowa: The Lincoln Journal Star says Monday that Planned Parenthood of the Heartland has signed a letter of intent of merge with Planned Parenthood of Southeast Iowa. Jill June, president and CEO of the Heartland organization, says after the merger it will operate 25 health centers in Iowa, four in Nebraska and three Education Resource Centers in Des Moines, Lincoln and Omaha.
PCCs spared, help out after tornado
Both centers for LifeChoices Medical Clinic in Joplin, MO, survived the tornado, but some of their staff and volunteers have lost their homes. Through it all, LifeChoices has become a center of help for the neighborhood… handing out baby supplies: clothes, diapers, food, wipes, etc.
Officials with the pregnancy center say they are gratified by the outpouring of support they have already received. LifeChoices is continuing to collect baby items (diapers, formula, clothing, bottles, sippy cups, blankets, baby wash, toys, etc.) and gift cards (Wal-Mart, Target, local restaurants) to distribute to local families. "If anyone has a need for baby care items, please send them to our office or call (417) 623-0131.”
Send your donation to: LifeChoices Medical Clinic, 531 E. 7th Street, Joplin, Missouri 64801. Donate online at http://www.lifevoices.org/
Send your donation to: LifeChoices Medical Clinic, 531 E. 7th Street, Joplin, Missouri 64801. Donate online at http://www.lifevoices.org/
Phoenix woman gives birth to baby she carried outside of womb
Phoenix woman gives birth to baby she carried outside of womb: In a pregnancy that defied the odds, a Phoenix woman gave birth Monday to a baby she had carried just outside her uterus, a feat so rare that doctors couldn't say for sure whether such a birth had ever occurred before. Azelan Cruz Perfecto began the day in a precarious position, surrounded by a thin wall of membrane and muscle just outside the safety of his mother's womb. Doctors knew they needed to operate to get him out, fearing that if they waited too long, his protective bubble would burst. He was born at 32 weeks, weighing just under 3 pounds.
Doctors originally thought that Soto was carrying the baby in her abdomen, completely outside her uterus. They feared that even if the baby were delivered successfully, there would be grave risk for the mother. The placenta might have attached itself to a vital organ, they feared, making its removal tricky, if they could detach it at all. But after delivering the baby, doctors found that Soto didn't appear to have an abdominal pregnancy, as they thought. Instead, the embryo had attached itself to the area where the fallopian tube meets the uterus, or what is known as a cornual pregnancy.
Doctors originally thought that Soto was carrying the baby in her abdomen, completely outside her uterus. They feared that even if the baby were delivered successfully, there would be grave risk for the mother. The placenta might have attached itself to a vital organ, they feared, making its removal tricky, if they could detach it at all. But after delivering the baby, doctors found that Soto didn't appear to have an abdominal pregnancy, as they thought. Instead, the embryo had attached itself to the area where the fallopian tube meets the uterus, or what is known as a cornual pregnancy.
Where are India's millions of missing girls?
BBC News - Where are India's millions of missing girls?: India's 2011 census shows a serious decline in the number of girls under the age of seven - activists fear eight million female foetuses may have been aborted in the past decade.
LifeSiteNews says the total of missing girls lost to abortions could be as high as 12 million.
Abortion Rate Down Overall, Up Among Poor Women
Abortion Rate Down Overall, Up Among Poor Women - ABC News: The abortion rate in the United States dropped 8 percent between 2000 and 2008, while rising nearly 18 percent among the country's poorest women -- a trend that researchers believe might reflect tough economic times. Of the more than 1.2 million legal abortions reported in 2008, women whose family income fell below the national poverty level accounted for 42 percent of them.
Planned Parenthood puts the cost of an abortion during the first trimester at between $300 and $950.
Gallup: ‘pro-choice’ Americans edge out ‘pro-life’
Gallup: ‘pro-choice’ Americans edge out ‘pro-life’ | LifeSiteNews.com: In a survey released Monday, Gallup found 49 percent of respondents said they were “pro-choice” on the abortion issue, and 45 percent considered themselves “pro-life.” 51% say abortion is "morally wrong," while only 39% say it is "morally acceptable.
Riley Banned From Doing Abortions In Utah
Abortionist Riley Banned From Doing Abortions In Utah :Operation Rescue: Nicola Riley, an abortionist who was caught last year operating an illegal bi-state late-term abortion racket with the notorious abortionist Steven Chase Brigham, has entered into a stipulation agreement with the Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing banning her from doing abortions in Utah until a final order has been issued in the State of Maryland concerning disciplinary action filed against her there.
Woman breaks 3-decade silence on ‘traumatic’ abortion
EXCLUSIVE: Steven Tyler’s ex-fiancee breaks 3-decade silence on ‘traumatic’ abortion, relationship | LifeSiteNews.com: “My baby had one defender in life; me, and I caved in to pressure because of fear of rejection and the unknown future. I wish I could go back and be given that chance again, to say no to the abortion one last time. I wish with all my heart I could have watched that baby live his life and grow to be a man.”
Wanted: Portable ultrasound equipment
John McCastle writes that Ultrasounds For Life is in need of portable ultrasound machines to send to South Africa and other international pregnancy centers. If your center has a portable machine and is not using it, please consider donating it to UFL.
To date UFL has sent four machines to pregnancy centers in South Africa and one to South America. John says, "The requests are many and the machines are few. Portable machines are the very best option due to shipping costs and being light weight, able to move them around. Brand name is not a concern, most every manufacture will do for what we need."
Ultrasounds For Life is a 501(c)3 ministry for the purpose of blessing smaller pregnancy centers and international pregnancy centers with the tool of ultrasound. Even unused full size ultrasound machines can be donated as we will sell or trade them for portable units. Contact John McCastle, (252) 241-3090.
Would Obama Cut Off Poor People Health Care to Help Planned Parenthood?
Would Obama Cut Off Poor People Health Care to Help Planned Parenthood? » Secondhand Smoke | A First Things Blog: The Obama Administration is, unsurprisingly, not happy that Indiana has cut off its special pet Planned Parenthood from Medicaid payments. And it threatens to do something about it. But apparently, that “something” is cutting off the federal share of Medicaid funding to the state, which would really hurt poor people. See the NYT story
British X Factor beauty recalls agonizing pressure to abort son
British X Factor beauty recalls agonizing pressure to abort son | LifeSiteNews.com: Stacey Solomon, a 21-year-old singer and rising star of British television, is the mother of a wide-eyed three-year-old little boy that she says she was “in love with” before he was even born. But as she revealed to the UK’s Mirror in an interview published Thursday, the prevailing message for pregnant teens in Britain nearly convinced her that aborting Zach was the responsible choice.
A Blood Test to Predict Premature Birth Could Hit the Market Next Year
A Blood Test to Predict Premature Birth Could Hit the Market Next Year – TIME Healthland: Researchers at Brigham Young University and the University of Utah identified three new peptide biomarkers that can forecast the likelihood of preterm birth when analyzed with other proteins. Peptides are short proteins that are composed of amino acids, as are ordinary proteins.
Home births up, driven by natural birth trend
Home births up, driven by natural birth trend - Health - Kids and parenting - msnbc.com: Fewer than 1 percent of U.S. births occur at home. But the proportion is clearly going up, study by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found.
Unintended Pregnancies Cost Government $11 Billion a Year
Unintended Pregnancies Cost Government $11 Billion a Year - WSJ.com: Unintended pregnancies likely cost the federal and state governments more than $11 billion a year, estimated a study published Thursday from the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public-policy organization.
'You're not going to balance the budget by implementing pregnancy-prevention policies--it's a small slice of the pie,' said Adam Thomas, research director at the institution's Center on Children and Families and co-author of the paper, which was published Thursday in [the pro-abortion] Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. But he said that reducing the costs that the government pays for the medical care of women who didn't intend to get pregnant and their young children could narrow the federal deficit.
Editor: Not surprisingly, Planned Parenthood embraced the study's findings.
'You're not going to balance the budget by implementing pregnancy-prevention policies--it's a small slice of the pie,' said Adam Thomas, research director at the institution's Center on Children and Families and co-author of the paper, which was published Thursday in [the pro-abortion] Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. But he said that reducing the costs that the government pays for the medical care of women who didn't intend to get pregnant and their young children could narrow the federal deficit.
Editor: Not surprisingly, Planned Parenthood embraced the study's findings.
Heartbeat International Conference Marks 40th Anniversary
Heartbeat International Conference Marks 40th Anniversary | LifeNews.com: Bringing together over 1000 attendees from all over the world, the Heartbeat International 40th Annual Conference kicked off in Columbus, Ohio. Pregnancy Help Centers, Maternity Homes and Adoption Agencies from many locations across the United States, and from countries such as Uganda, Africa, Ghana, and Australia are receiving training and education on topics ranging from Medical Matters, Center Defense, and Sexual Integrity, to Social Media and Spiritual Refreshment.
The Onion: “Planned Parenthood opens $8 billion Abortionplex”
The Onion: “Planned Parenthood opens $8 billion Abortionplex” - Jill Stanek: An equal opportunity lampooner, The Onion took jabs at both pro-lifers and the abortion industry in a piece, “Planned Parenthood opens $8 billion Abortionplex.”
Editor: Warning -- the site uses offensive language.
Mom who nearly aborted baby watches daughter graduate
Trenton mom who nearly aborted baby watches that child graduate from Rutgers - trentonian.com: Tyese Nichols was on the table and being prepped for anesthesiology when she changed her mind. "I couldn’t go through with it, even though I knew keeping my baby would change my life, end a lot of my dreams. I always wanted to be a dancer. I was smart and intelligent, had good grades. And my parents wanted so much for me." She will remember always May 15 when the girl she saved, MicCheah Nichols, received her diploma as a member of the Rutgers University Class of 2011.
Sign causes stir
Sign causes stir - Alamogordo Daily News: Right to Life of New Mexico pulls its endorsement of anti-abortion billboard that identifies a woman who either had an abortion or a miscarriage.
Editor: There's a lesson to be learned here about endorsement decisions.
Vote now to defund the UN Population Control Fund
Vote now to defund the UN Population Control Fund - Jill Stanek: House Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor launched the 2nd phase of the YouCut program. YouCut allows the public to submit ideas for government programs they believe should be eliminated.
Each week, 3 of those ideas are posted online and people vote for the one they most want the House to consider. Whichever program gets the most votes will be sponsored by the YouCut program, and the public will be able to track it’s progress on the website as it moves through the legislative process.
Terminate U.S. Contributions to the United Nations Population Fund” has been included as one of the first 3 YouCut options! It will be considered by the House if it gets enough votes. Vote now!
Girl Killed by Planned Parenthood Abortion Drug Protocol
Girl Killed by Abortion Drug Followed Old Planned Parenthood Policy | LifeNews.com: The drug protocol involved in the death of a Portuguese teenage girl was the same as that implicated in the deaths of US women and developed by Planned Parenthood. She died after an abortion with the RU486 abortion drug caused Clostridium sordellii septic shock, the same infection that caused the death of Holly Patterson and other women in the U.S.
The information about the abortion death came in the abstract of a study accepted for publication and submitted to the recent 21st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases conference held this month in Milan, Italy. The publication revealed the 16-year-old received 200 mg of oral mifepristone followed by 800 of vaginal misoprostol. In June of 2008, a study from University of Michigan scientists suggested the off-label use of a drug given in association with the abortion pill may be responsible for the women's deaths.
The information about the abortion death came in the abstract of a study accepted for publication and submitted to the recent 21st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases conference held this month in Milan, Italy. The publication revealed the 16-year-old received 200 mg of oral mifepristone followed by 800 of vaginal misoprostol. In June of 2008, a study from University of Michigan scientists suggested the off-label use of a drug given in association with the abortion pill may be responsible for the women's deaths.
Senate Parental Notification Bill Would Stop Teen Abortions
Senate Parental Notification Bill Would Stop Teen Abortions | LifeNews.com: Senator John Boozman, an Arkansas Republican, introduced the Parental Notification and Intervention Act, legislation that he says would arm parents in every state with the right to stop teen abortions. The bill, co-sponsored by five other Republican senators, requires that parents be notified by certified mail at least four days in advance of any abortion to be performed on their minor daughter and gives them power to stop an abortion from being performed.
The four-day waiting period in the bill, S. 1005, is designed to give parents the power to use legal action to block the abortion in court and the legislation makes it so a district court would be required to issue an injunction preventing an abortion on a young girl’s baby “until the issue has been adjudicated and the judgment is final.”
The four-day waiting period in the bill, S. 1005, is designed to give parents the power to use legal action to block the abortion in court and the legislation makes it so a district court would be required to issue an injunction preventing an abortion on a young girl’s baby “until the issue has been adjudicated and the judgment is final.”
Taiwan to punish doctors for sex-selective abortions
AFP: Taiwan to punish doctors for sex-selective abortions: The stern warning came as Chiu Shu-ti, director-general of the Bureau of the Health Promotion said last week that up to 3,000 female babies were presumed 'missing' from Taiwan's population last year due to abortions. 'Such abortions have seriously violated medical ethics and human rights.'
Wisconsin Cmte Cuts $1M to Planned Parenthood
Wisconsin Cmte Cuts $1M to Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz | LifeNews.com: The Joint Finance Committee voted today 12-4 to keep state family planning programs funded with state and federal taxpayer dollars from going to any agency that does abortions or makes referrals for them, thereby eliminating the taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood. The total family planning funds were also cut 10%, or just under $200,000, to a total of $1.7 million and the funds will now be directed fully to legitimate medical centers.
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Minnesota Senate easily approves limits on abortions
Minnesota Senate easily approves limits on abortions | StarTribune.com: A pair of bills that would dramatically limit abortion rights passed their final legislative hurdle on Monday and will soon be headed to the governor's desk. The GOP-led Minnesota Senate voted 40-26 to eliminate state funding of abortions for poor women and voted 42-24 to prohibit all abortions 20 weeks after conception. The votes split largely along party lines, though several DFLers [Democrats for Life?] joined Republicans in support of the restrictions.
Iowa Senate OKs Weak Abortion Bill
Iowa Senate OKs Weak Abortion Bill Targeting Leroy Carhart | LifeNews.com: Although the bill would make it so Carhart can’t open up shop in the Omaha suburb of Council Bluffs, he could still open an abortion business elsewhere in the state that meets the conditions of the legislation.
Hoosiers Act to Defund ALL Abortion Mills
Hoosiers Act to Defund ALL Abortion Mills | Americans United for Life | AUL.org: On May 10th, Governor Mitch Daniels of Indiana signed a bill containing numerous pro-life provisions. A survey of the headlines for most news stories about the bill, however, would lead one to conclude that the legislation’s sole purpose is to bankrupt Planned Parenthood. In reality, the first section of the bill ensures that tax dollars in the Hoosier state do not bankroll any participant in the abortion industry—not just the nation’s largest abortion provider.
Free Texting Program Keeps Expectant Moms Informed
Free Texting Program Keeps Expectant Moms Informed: Most of the patients Dr. Michele Wylen sees are low-income women, many of whom are on Medicaid or have no health insurance. As an ob/gyn, she is aware of the statistics: Preterm birth rates are higher among women who have less access to health care services. So Dr. Wylen and the county health department embraced the text4baby program when it launched early last year. The free text messaging service (www.text4baby.org) keeps patients informed about their pregnancy and the first year of motherhood through simple text messages sent out regularly, tailored to the mother's due date or the age of the infant.
Ten myths and one truth about generalised HIV epidemics
Ten myths and one truth about generalised HIV epidemics : The Lancet: "Truthfully, our priority must be on the key driver of generalised epidemics—concurrent partnerships. Although many people sense that multiple partners are risky, they do not realise the particular risk of concurrent partnerships. Indeed, technical appreciation of their role is recent. But partner limitation has also been neglected because of the culture wars between advocates of condoms and advocates of abstinence, because it smacks of moralising, because mass behavioural change is alien to most medical professionals, and because of the competing priorities of HIV programmes."
See also: The Ultimate HIV Prevention
NARAL Video Reveals National Strategy to Shut Down Pregnancy Centers in Urban Areas
NARAL Video Reveals National Strategy to Shut Down Pregnancy Centers in Urban Areas - Christian Newswire: In NARAL's video, a representative from the National Institute of Reproductive Health highlights the 'Urban Initiative,' an effort to network local legislators across the country in order to pass legislation, such as anti-pregnancy center bills. 'Our goal is to create a movement, to have each of these bills, not just an isolated victory, but really to address these crisis pregnancy centers, one urban area at a time,' says Angela Hooton, the group’s Interim Executive Director.
Komen Still Referring Women to Planned Parenthood
Komen Still Referring Women to Planned Parenthood « Pro-Life Hotline: On March 30, an investigation by Live Action revealed that contrary to claims made by Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards, the nation’s largest abortion chain does not, in fact, perform mammograms. And yet, several weeks later, Susan G. Komen for the Cure — the King Kong of breast cancer awareness organizations — is still referring mammogram-seeking women to PP. Read about how PP is serving as a middle-man for mammograms.
Complaints Filed Over Botched Abortion Raise Questions About Illegal Reporting
Complaints Filed Over Botched Abortion Raise Questions About Illegal Reporting :Operation Rescue: The embattled Delta Abortion Clinic of Baton Rouge faces more problems after Operation Rescue filed a complaint with the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners against one of their abortionists, Mary Frances Gardner, on behalf of a former patient who suffered such serious injuries there that she required a hysterectomy. However, as horrific as her complications were, they were never reported to the Department of Health and Hospitals, as required by law.
Kansas tightens abortion clinic regulations
Kansas tightens abortion clinic regulations - TODAY Health - TODAY.com: Kansas will require annual, unannounced inspections of abortion clinics, impose new health and safety rules specifically for them and prevent them from using telemedicine systems to dispense pregnancy-terminating drugs under legislation signed Monday by Gov. Sam Brownback. The new law takes effect July 1. Abortion opponents said the changes will protect patients, but abortion rights supporters fear they will drive one or more of Kansas' three abortion clinics out of business.
Former ‘Cats’ actor describes heartbreak of abortion
‘Nowhere to go’: Former ‘Cats’ Broadway actor describes heartbreak after abortion | LifeSiteNews.com: Canadian performer David MacDonald, 50, gave his testimony at a gathering of Silent No More Awareness following Canada’s March for Life, where several other men and women also described their abortion trauma. Once a powerful singer, MacDonald’s voice at the podium sometimes barely rose above a squeak - his vocal cords destroyed, he says, because of the stress he suffered following the abortion of his girlfriend’s baby when MacDonald was 21.
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Popular hCG diet results in false positives on pregnancy tests
It's not commonly known, but one effect of the popular yet controversial hCG diet is it can cause false positives on pregnancy tests because of the ingestion of the hCG hormone (derived from pregnant women). Human chorionic gonadotropin is, of course, the hormone secreted by the implanted embryo and detected in the pregnant woman's urine by pregnancy tests. HCG from the diet stays in a woman's body up to 30 days. Should a woman who is on the hCG diet doubt the results of a pregnancy test, she should seek blood serum or ultrasound verification of pregnancy.
The hCG diet compounds the situation for women who think they might be pregnant due to the severity of its calorie restrictions. At only 500 per day, a woman may undergo changes in her reproductive system. She may not ovulate or even have a period. So, it's not known whether she even can get pregnant on the diet, or whether the diet would further mask a pregnancy.
The Food and Drug Administration warns pregnant women not to use the hCG diet because it can cause severe birth defects. Presumably women should also be warned not to become pregnant while on the hCG diet. It is listed as a "category X" teratogen.
What does this mean for pregnancy care centers? What should volunteer advisors say to a woman who may be pregnant while on the hCG diet? How should they counsel a woman who has a positive pregnancy test and is on the hCH diet? Should PCCs ask women whether they are on the hCG diet when a test is positive? What's the protocol if she is?
The hCG diet compounds the situation for women who think they might be pregnant due to the severity of its calorie restrictions. At only 500 per day, a woman may undergo changes in her reproductive system. She may not ovulate or even have a period. So, it's not known whether she even can get pregnant on the diet, or whether the diet would further mask a pregnancy.
The Food and Drug Administration warns pregnant women not to use the hCG diet because it can cause severe birth defects. Presumably women should also be warned not to become pregnant while on the hCG diet. It is listed as a "category X" teratogen.
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What does this mean for pregnancy care centers? What should volunteer advisors say to a woman who may be pregnant while on the hCG diet? How should they counsel a woman who has a positive pregnancy test and is on the hCH diet? Should PCCs ask women whether they are on the hCG diet when a test is positive? What's the protocol if she is?
Postscript: After posting this question on the discussion page for the Pregnancy Center Leadership group on LinkedIn, I received helpful responses from Karen at a Houston-area center. Interestingly, this is the region from whence the original query came, so Texas must be a hot-bed for the hCG diet. Karen said:
We added the hCG question to the medical history on the intake. We have already had a client on the diet who said she had not tested positive for pregnancy while on it. She had been off the diet for 3 weeks, had a positive urine test with us so we performed an ultrasound for confirmation. (She was pregnant.) Our medical director has requested we ask any client who is on the hCG diet to go off of it for one week and then return for a retest. Then we will handle as usual if her urine test shows positive. I've been told by other volunteers that the hCG diet is very popular in our area.
This seems to be a wise protocol. I then asked Karen if she recommended that all centers adopt it, or only those in regions where the diet is popular. She said she thought "all pregnancy centers should talk with their medical directors ASAP and find out how he or she wants this handled. Other pregnancy centers [non-medical] should consult a supporting ob/gyn for direction."
Your Family Live! Abortion recovery webcast
Focus on the Family Community: Community: Your Family Live! Webcasts: Join them for a special edition of Your Family Live, as Melissa Ohden (abortion survivor) and Lenna Fox Neill (abortion recovery specialist) candidly address the effects of abortion on both men and women and the unique ways they handle post-abortion grief. Call, Tweet, or send questions in advance through the comment line (1-888-465-6595).
Australia Abortionist Infects 50 Women With Hepatitis C
Australia Abortionist Infects 50 Women With Hepatitis C Virus | LifeNews.com: The heath chief of the Australian state of Victoria released the accusations against the abortion practitioner in April of last year concerning the infections at the Croydon Day Surgery abortion business. The health department investigation into the abortion operation where James Latham Peters was the anesthesiologist involved asking as many as 3,600 women who had abortions at his center since 2006 about their experience at the abortion facility.
The Victorian Police and the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria revealed last year that the patients’ infections are an identical genetic match to his own hepatitis C strain in 22 of the confirmed 44 cases.
The Victorian Police and the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria revealed last year that the patients’ infections are an identical genetic match to his own hepatitis C strain in 22 of the confirmed 44 cases.
New Gary B. Clark design
Chicken or human? Can you tell the difference?
Hmmm. Seems kind of obvious, but some people apparently can't see it. Find out whom, at Jill Stanek's blog.
Deed restriction for Auburn Hills Planned Parenthood forbids use as medical facility
Deed restriction for Auburn Hills Planned Parenthood forbids use as medical facility - theoaklandpress.com: Planned Parenthood is renovating a building in Auburn Hills for its services, but the deed restriction for the property states it “can only be used for restaurant, retail or office usage.” If Planned Parenthood performs abortions, this is a medical use and is prohibited by the deed restriction.
Planned Parenthood is meeting with opposition from the neighboring hotel, which owns the property. The owners of the hotel agreed not to take the case to court if Planned Parenthood agrees not to perform abortions.
Planned Parenthood is meeting with opposition from the neighboring hotel, which owns the property. The owners of the hotel agreed not to take the case to court if Planned Parenthood agrees not to perform abortions.
Parents Outraged Over New Zealand Schools Planning 'Secret' Abortions
Parents Outraged Over New Zealand Schools Planning 'Secret' Abortions - FoxNews.com: One mom is angry that her 16-year-old daughter had a secret abortion allegedly arranged by a school counselor. 'I was horrified. Horrified that she'd had to go through that on her own, and horrified her friends and counselors had felt that she shouldn't talk to us.' The mother learned that the school counselor had taken the girl for a scan and to doctors. “I didn’t know they could do that.”
Multiple birth linked to longevity, study claims
BioNews - Multiple birth linked to longevity, study claims: US researchers claim women who give birth to twins live longer than those who give birth to single babies. They speculate that the ability to successfully birth twins reflects a general biological robustness in the health of these women. A twin pregnancy is known to be more taxing on the mother's body and therefore was not thought to be biologically advantageous.
Care Net affiliate teaches sex education despite policy change
Care Net affiliate teaches sex education in Manatee County despite policy change; Planned Parenthood still excluded | Florida Independent: According to new guidelines, outside speakers such as the Care Net Manasota Pregnancy Center and Planned Parenthood “will be carefully screened.” They also “must document professional experience, background and/or education with credentials.” Outside speakers cannot “advocate controversial issues such as homosexuality, right-to-life, or abortion and their presentations cannot contain self-promotion, marketing, or advertising.”
Young Female Leaders Speaking Out About Girl Scouts of America and Planned Parenthood
FRC Blog » Young Female Leaders Speaking Out About Girl Scouts of America and Planned Parenthood: Two former girl scouts, Tess and Sydney Volanski, are using some of the very skills acquired in scouting formation (Discover, Connect and take Action) to educate their friends and girls around the country about the relationship between PPFA and GSA; to “speak the truth about the girl scouts” via their new blog.
Abortion Drug Kills Girl in Portugal
Abortion Drug Kills Girl in Portugal, Caused Deadly Infection | LifeNews.com: RU486 (mifepristone) has caused another death in Europe. The Portuguese 16-year-old went into clostridium sordellii septic shock, the same infection that took the lives of several women in the US who used the abortion pill.
In July 2009, the European maker of the abortion drug told Italian officials that it has killed dozens of women in Europe alone and that the total number of known worldwide deaths from the abortion drug — thought to be about 15 — is much higher. At the time, European abortion drug maker Exelgy told the Italian Pharmaceuticals Agency that 29 women have died from it.
See also: Abortion pill less safe than surgery
Woman recounts horror of abortion pill, clinic
Woman recounts horror of abortion pill, clinic: Read the affidavit of Jane Doe, who underwent a complete hysterectomy in May 2010 due to an abortion procured at Delta Clinic in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Two Iowa Democrats Steal Away the Voice of the People With Phony Abortion Bill
Two Iowa Democrats Steal Away the Voice of the People With Phony Abortion Bill :Operation Rescue: Democrat Joe Bolkcom of Iowa City introduced the new bill in a spurious effort to appease those who want to prevent LeRoy Carhart from establishing a late-term abortion business in Council Bluffs. However Bolkcom’s bill would allow late-term abortions in four Iowa cities, including his home town, where hospitals are located that provide Level II or Level III perinatal care. Council Bluffs has no such facility. Bolkcom is the husband of Karen Kubby, the former director of the Emma Goldman abortion clinic in Iowa City.
Abortion lobby powers the Democratic money machine
Abortion lobby powers the Democratic money machine | Timothy P. Carney | Politics | Washington Examiner: The abortion lobby spends about $40 million each election to help Democrats. . . . More important, however, may be the social dynamics among wealthy liberals who make up the Democrats' fundraising network. Everywhere you see Obama and his party raising money, you see an abortion activist playing a lead role. . . . The Democrats typically fill their top fundraising posts with the most vociferous defenders of legal abortion and Planned Parenthood subsidies.
Abortion debate rages in NW Indiana
When the doors opened this morning at a Planned Parenthood office in Gary, patients who showed up were in for shock because a common payment option is no longer available. But, patients did receive the customary medical documents.
RECEPTIONIST: Go ahead and filled those out for me. Top part there the next one is front and back. And when you’re done please bring those back to me and thank you.
But when this patient returned to the counter, the receptionist provided some new information.
RECEPTIONIST: We may not be able to bill Medicaid but we are going to take care of you. . . . We may not be able to bill Medicaid.
WOMAN: Why is that?
RECEPTIONIST: Governor Mitch Daniels passed a bill. It’s basically saying we can’t get federal funding because Medicaid is federal funding, we can’t accept your Medicaid here today.
WOMAN: What am I supposed to do now? Find somewhere else to go? I don’t understand it. It took me a whole month to get Medicaid in the first place and I can’t use it.
Planned Parenthood office manager Maritza Torres assured the woman that she would be seen today and Planned Parenthood would pay for the service through a special backup fund for low-income people. But those funds aren’t going to last forever. In fact, they may run out this weekend. WBEZ
RECEPTIONIST: Go ahead and filled those out for me. Top part there the next one is front and back. And when you’re done please bring those back to me and thank you.
But when this patient returned to the counter, the receptionist provided some new information.
RECEPTIONIST: We may not be able to bill Medicaid but we are going to take care of you. . . . We may not be able to bill Medicaid.
WOMAN: Why is that?
RECEPTIONIST: Governor Mitch Daniels passed a bill. It’s basically saying we can’t get federal funding because Medicaid is federal funding, we can’t accept your Medicaid here today.
WOMAN: What am I supposed to do now? Find somewhere else to go? I don’t understand it. It took me a whole month to get Medicaid in the first place and I can’t use it.
Planned Parenthood office manager Maritza Torres assured the woman that she would be seen today and Planned Parenthood would pay for the service through a special backup fund for low-income people. But those funds aren’t going to last forever. In fact, they may run out this weekend. WBEZ
Nebraska legislators ban ‘telemed’ abortions, abortion funding
Nebraska legislators vote to ban ‘telemed’ abortions, abortion funding | LifeSiteNews.com: With the passage of Legislative Bill 22 on Thursday, Nebraska joined numerous other states to use the “opt-out” clause of the new national health care reform law, which allows states to choose not to allow abortion funding abortion in the health care exchanges. LB 22 was approved in a 37-7 vote yesterday and will now go to Governor Dave Heineman.
Oklahoma tightens abortion pill safety regulations
Oklahoma tightens safety regulations on RU-486 abortions | LifeSiteNews.com: Gov. Mary Fallin has approved a new law that stops abortionists from dismissing Food and Drug Administration guidelines in giving the dangerous abortion drug RU-486 to women.
Canada’s March for Life makes a splash in national media
Canada’s March for Life makes a splash in national media | LifeSiteNews.com: Over 15,000 pro-lifers gathered on Parliament Hill in Ottawa for Canada’s 14th annual National March for Life, which marked the 42nd anniversary of Trudeau’s infamous Omnibus Bill that paved the way for abortion-on-demand.
For the second straight year, the march won coverage in all the major media outlets, including the CBC, CTV, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, National Post, Metro, and Global. In particular, the overwhelmingly positive coverage from the Sun News Network revealed how the new station will likely be a game-changer for national media coverage of pro-life issues.
For the second straight year, the march won coverage in all the major media outlets, including the CBC, CTV, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, National Post, Metro, and Global. In particular, the overwhelmingly positive coverage from the Sun News Network revealed how the new station will likely be a game-changer for national media coverage of pro-life issues.
Get to Know: ICU Mobile
Our Mission | ICU Mobile: Image Clear Ultrasound Mobile is a non-profit ministry of love and grace deploying and supporting a fleet of mobile ultrasound vehicles so that every woman experiencing an unplanned pregnancy may have a free opportunity to see her unborn child and hear the Gospel in a non-judgmental, non-political and non-coercive environment.
Get to Know: Life Report
About Us « Life Report: Life Report: Pro-Life Talk. Real World Answers is a youth-oriented weekly netcast, dedicated to the rational discussion of abortion, stem cell research, human cloning, euthanasia, and bioethics. Each episode, featuring a different life issue or current events story, should appeal to BOTH sides of these issues. "We are brutally honest about the strengths and weaknesses of both sides of these issues, making us the show other pro-lifers may have warned you about."
AIDS Study Marks Prevention Breakthrough With Antiretroviral Drugs
AIDS Study Marks Prevention Breakthrough With Antiretroviral Drugs - WSJ.com: In a landmark finding that scientists say could help stem the global AIDS pandemic, researchers announced Thursday that treating HIV patients with AIDS drugs makes them strikingly less infectious.
Editor: That's comforting.
The Tricky Chemistry of Attraction
The Tricky Chemistry of Attraction - WSJ.com: Much of the attraction between the sexes is chemistry. New studies suggest that when women use hormonal contraceptives, such as birth-control pills, it disrupts some of these chemical signals, affecting their attractiveness to men and women's own preferences for romantic partners.
Indiana - Planned Parenthood Funds Are Cut
Indiana - Planned Parenthood Funds Are Cut - NYTimes.com: Gov. Mitch Daniels signed a measure imposing some of the nation’s tightest restrictions on abortions and making Indiana the first state to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood of Indiana immediately went to court seeking an injunction and temporary restraining order. Judge Tanya Walton Pratt of Federal District Court was expected to rule on the request on Wednesday.
How to Spot an Idol
Lies Young Women Believe | How to Spot an Idol: We need to be careful not to offer our extreme devotion to anything but Jesus. But doing so isn't always automatic. Here are ten questions to help you spot the idols in your life.
Planned Parenthood expansion bid draws opposition
Planned Parenthood expansion bid draws opposition | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com: Most of the people who spoke at a public hearing Monday opposed Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Virginia's proposal to add two operating rooms to its Newtown Road clinic.
Legislation to block a Nebraska abortion doctor likely
Gronstal: Legislation to block a Nebraska abortion doctor likely | Des Moines Register Staff Blogs: Legislative efforts to block Nebraska abortionist Leroy Carhart from expanding into Council Bluffs, IA, are likely to be approved this year, key senators said today. However, a more comprehensive bill that would block almost all abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy is unlikely to advance because of constitutional concerns, leading Democrats said.
World’s top commercial weed killer linked to infertility
World’s top commercial weed killer linked to infertility: scientist | LifeSiteNews.com: "Glyphosate is the weed-killing ingredient introduced over 30 years ago by the multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation Monsanto under the brand name Roundup. But a scientist has recently written both American and European officials to express his concern over a newly-discovered, extremely small organism that has appeared in higher concentrations in conjunction with Roundup and Roundup Ready crops. The “electron microscopic pathogen" appears to significantly impact the health of plants, animals, and probably human beings. He noted that preliminary experiments have been able to reproduce the pathogen’s effect of causing miscarriages.
UK teen dies from complications related to oral contraceptive
UK teenager dies from complications related to oral contraceptive | LifeSiteNews.com: Charlotte Porter died of a blood clot apparently caused by an oral contraceptive prescribed as an acne treatment, a common use for the pill. Two weeks after receiving the prescription, the seventeen-year-old succumbed to a pulmonary embolism caused by the formation of a blood clot in a deep vein, a condition known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
European Law Doesn't Force Czech Republic to Offer Abortions
European Law Doesn't Force Czech Republic to Offer Abortions | LifeNews.com: The Czech Parliament is considering whether to adopt legislation that would offer such abortions at inexpensive prices under the mistaken belief that binding interstate service provisions between European countries apply to abortion. The Alliance Defense Fund explains that the European Parliament and Council of Europe have made clear that abortion is outside of their jurisdiction and is therefore not subject to the interstate service directives.
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin attacks pregnancy centers
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin attacks pregnancy centers | LifeSiteNews.com: In response to the legislature's consideration of a bill to defund Planned Parenthood, the abortion behemoth sent legislators a letter saying that pregnancy centers “do not provide women’s health services” – evidently because they don’t offer abortion. The two page memo attacks Wisconsin’s pregnancy centers and hold themselves up as “the state’s oldest, largest, and most trusted reproductive health care provider.”
It Takes a Village to Lobby: The Hypocrisy of Planned Parenthood
It Takes a Village to Lobby: The Hypocrisy of Planned Parenthood | The Foundry: Before the teens could be ferried to the state capital to fight against a bill that has the physical and mental well-being of women in mind, they, naturally enough, had to obtain the permission of their parents. It is ironic how Planned Parenthood sends out a permission slip for kids to go on a lobbying trip, but provides abortions to minors, without informing their parents, in more than a dozen states.
Free download: Try Before You Buy sexual purity brochure
Is saving sex for marriage just an unattainable and unrealistic biblical ideal? Or is it true wisdom from God? Stand to Reason is making this helpful brochure by Greg Koukl available for free download.
Seals & Crofts song from 1974 pleads for a baby's life
(Lyrics by Lana Bogan; music by James Seals, 1974)
Oh little baby, you'll never cry, nor will you hear a sweet lullabye.
Oh unborn child, if you only knew just what your momma was plannin' to do.
You're still a-clingin' to the tree of life, but soon you'll be cut off before you get ripe.
Oh unborn child, beginning to grow inside your momma, but you'll never know.
Oh tiny bud, that grows in the womb, only to be crushed before you can bloom.
Mama stop! Turn around, go back, think it over.
Now stop, turn around, go back, think it over.
Stop, turn around, go back think it over.
Oh no momma, just let it be. You'll never regret it, just wait and see.
Think of all the great ones who gave everything
That we might have life here, so please bear the pain.
Mama stop! Turn around, go back, think it over.
Now stop, turn around, go back, think it over.
Stop, turn around, go back think it over.
Signs could be posted in Louisiana abortion clinics
Signs could be posted in abortion clinics | Shreveporttimes | shreveporttimes.com: Signs advising women of alternatives to abortion and their rights could soon be posted in abortion clinics across the state. They would inform women that they cannot be legally coerced into having an abortion, that the father of their child is legally required to pay for its care, that adoptive parents will pay all medical costs related to the pregnancy and delivery of a child and how they can get services from state agencies to assist in raising the child.
The Louisiana House Health and Welfare Committee on Wednesday approved an alternative version of HB586 by Rep. Frank Hoffmann, R-West Monroe, and sent it to the House floor for debate. The amended version of the legislation primarily requires that signs measuring no smaller than 16 inches by 20 inches be posted in patient admission areas, waiting rooms and patient consultation rooms at the seven facilities in Louisiana where abortions are performed.
The Louisiana House Health and Welfare Committee on Wednesday approved an alternative version of HB586 by Rep. Frank Hoffmann, R-West Monroe, and sent it to the House floor for debate. The amended version of the legislation primarily requires that signs measuring no smaller than 16 inches by 20 inches be posted in patient admission areas, waiting rooms and patient consultation rooms at the seven facilities in Louisiana where abortions are performed.
Editor: Brilliant!
Abortion Groups Use Mother's Day to Raise Funds
Pro-Abortion Groups Use Mother's Day to Raise Funds | LifeNews.com: Although they promote dangerous abortions to women and are responsible for allowing the deaths of almost 27 million unborn girls from abortion, pro-abortion groups such as Emily's List and the Center for Reproductive Rights are using Mother’s Day as a fundraising tool.
Editor: 27 million? The number is far higher than that, especially when you consider the CRR works in other countries to promote abortion "rights."
International conference in Israel, 2013
Sandy Shoshani, the Director of Be'ad Chaim in Israel, announces that their next International L'Chaim Conference will be held in the Spring of 2013. "We hope to see you then. We will be sending more details in the coming year but wanted to let you know now that the conference will not be in 2012, rather 2013."
Get your politics off my grief: After my abortion, neither pro-life nor pro-choice forces helped
Get your politics off my grief: After my abortion, neither pro-life nor pro-choice forces helped: Three years after my abortion, I started having nightmares about babies. Awake, I missed my potential child. It was bewildering that I could feel so mournful about a decision that was supposed to buttress the architecture of my identity.
Texas Passes Pre-Abortion Sonogram Bill
Texas Passes Pre-Abortion Sonogram Bill - NYTimes.com: In a victory for anti-abortion advocates, Texas will join the ranks of states that require doctors to perform a sonogram before conducting an abortion. Gov. Rick Perry, a conservative Republican, made the bill, which the Legislature passed on Thursday.
Abortion pill 'less safe than surgery'
Abortion pill 'less safe than surgery' | The Australian: The 'audit' of nearly 7000 abortions performed in South Australia in 2009 and last year found that 3.3 per cent of women who used mifepristone in the first trimester of pregnancy - when most elective terminations occur - later turned up at hospital emergency departments, against 2.2 per cent who had undergone surgery. And the rate of hospital admission jumped to 5.7 per cent for recipients of early 'medical' abortions - using drugs - compared with 0.4 per cent for surgical patients re-admitted for post-operative treatment. The findings will undermine a selling point of medical abortion - that the risk of complication is less than or equivalent to an operation - and play into the hands of opponents of the rollout of mifepristone, or RU486.
FBI Charges Abortion Advocate With Threatening Pro-Lifers
FBI Charges Abortion Advocate With Threatening Pro-Lifers | LifeNews.com: Federal officials have indicted abortion advocate Theodore Shulman on charges of terrorist threats against pro-life leaders. The FBI has charged the 49-year-old self-proclaimed “pro-choice terrorist” with six counts of communicating interstate threats against pro-life advocates.
UN wants billions for STD vaccination scheme
UN wants billions for STD vaccination scheme | LifeSiteNews.com: The UN is about to ask governments to fund the vaccination of every girl in the world against the sexually transmitted disease, the human papillomavirus (HPV). The controversial campaign could cost as much as $300 per person, totaling billions.
New contraceptive in the pipeline
New contraceptive in the pipeline | Herald Sun: Australian scientists are working on a new gel-based contraceptive that will protect against sexually transmitted infections as well as preventing pregnancy. It's still at least a decade off, but Professor John Aitken, says the gel could be applied to a small, pliable sponge and inserted in the vagina up to 48 hours before sexual intercourse. As soon as semen makes contact with the gel, the sperm are paralyzed and any STI-causing organisms are killed.
Florida on brink of nation’s strictest parental notification abortion bill
Florida on brink of nation’s strictest parental notification abortion bill | Post on Politics: Florida lawmakers are poised to make the state’s parental notification of abortion laws stricter, making it more difficult for a minor to get a judges’ approval for the procedure. By a 20-19 vote today, the Florida Senate rejected an amendment that would have kept the current law allowing minors to get a waiver from a judge anywhere in the appellate circuit in which she lives. The bill (SB 1770, HB 1247) instead would limit girls seeking the waiver to the circuit court.
Owner of abortion clinics reaches deal with medical board
Panzy Myrie, the owner of the now-closed Atlantic Women’s Medical Services abortion clinics in Delaware, has signed a consent agreement promising to never again claim to be a doctor. Delaware Online
Family Planning as a Cost-Saving Preventive Health Service
Family Planning as a Cost-Saving Preventive Health Service | Health Policy and Reform: Nearly half the pregnancies that occur each year in the United States are unintended, according to the Guttmacher Institute. In 2001, an estimated 3.1 million pregnancies were reportedly unwanted or mistimed, and by 45 years of age, nearly half of American women will have had an unintended pregnancy. Such pregnancies have far-reaching consequences for women, children, and families — ramifications that Brown and Eisenberg have enumerated: “With an unwanted pregnancy especially, the mother is more likely to seek prenatal care after the first trimester or not to obtain care. She is more likely to expose the fetus to harmful substances by smoking tobacco and drinking alcohol. The child of an unwanted conception is at greater risk of weighing less than 2,500 grams at birth, of dying in its first year of life, of being abused, and of not receiving sufficient resources for healthy development. The mother may be at greater risk of physical abuse herself, and her relationship with her partner is at greater risk of dissolution. Both mother and father may suffer economic hardship and fail to achieve their educational and career goals. The health and social risks associated with a mistimed conception are similar to those associated with an unwanted conception, although they are not as great."
Abortionist Riley Caught Lying About Criminal Conviction, Surrenders Wyoming License
Abortionist Riley Caught Lying About Criminal Conviction, Surrenders Wyoming License :Operation Rescue: Abortionist Nicola Irene Riley voluntarily surrendered her Wyoming medical license last month after investigators from the Wyoming Board of Medicine caught her lying about her criminal background on her license application. The surrender became effective on April 15, 2011. Riley admitted under questioning that she did not tell the truth about her actual involvement in a credit card/identity theft ring while serving in the U.S. Army in Ft. Carson, Colorado, in 1991.
Article links vaccines to autism
A spike of incidence of autism accompanied the addition of the second dose of MMR II. Also, in 1988, MMR II was used in the United Kingdom, which reported a dramatic increase in prevalence of autism to 1/64 (noted above). Canada, Denmark, and Japan also reported dramatic increases in prevalence of autism. It is important to note that unlike the former MMR, the rubella component of MMR II was propagated in a human cell line derived from embryonic lung tissue (Merck and Co., Inc., 2010). The MMR II vaccine is contaminated with human DNA from the cell line. This human DNA could be the cause of the spikes in incidence. An additional increased spike in incidence of autism occurred in 1995 when the chicken pox vaccine was grown in human fetal tissue (Merck and Co., Inc., 2001; Breuer, 2003). COG
Women have better choices
Feminists for Life of America - Covetable Stuff(SM)
In celebration of Mother's Day, Feminists for Life announces our newly updated You Have Better ChoicesTM brochure. FFL illuminates a variety of nonviolent options pregnant women may choose from--and helps them find essential support.
You Have Better Choices means telling women who are facing the decision of a lifetime that there are people who care.
House passes historic ban on taxpayer funding for abortion
BREAKING: House passes historic ban on taxpayer funding for abortion | LifeSiteNews.com: The House on Wednesday afternoon voted 251-175 to pass H.R. 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, which makes permanent and universal the annually-approved Hyde amendment. In its current form, the Hyde amendment, which bans federal funding for abortion in cases of rape and incest, requires annual approval.
The Lies Continue
The Government Shutdown Averted, Now Planned Parenthood Speaks - DC Spotlight Newspaper: PP of Metro Washingon, DC, director Laura Meyers asserts: “When you’re talking about defunding Planned Parenthood from receiving federal dollars, you are not ever talking about abortion, because no federal dollars can ever go for abortion.” She explains: “This is a settled principle. It’s been settled for thirty years with the Hyde Amendment. Extremist in congress are really targeting women’s health, basic preventive healthcare. This is not about abortion, and it has nothing to do with saving the American taxpayer money. When we talk about cutting funding for family planning and preventative healthcare, which is cost-effective care, we are not saving a dime. If you do not detect cancer at its earliest moment, that subsequent healthcare that someone needs, in terms of treating later stages of cancer, is much more expensive than preventing or detecting cancer at its earliest possible moment.”"
Rock star Steve Tyler’s traumatic encounter with abortion
Rock star Steve Tyler’s traumatic encounter with abortion | LifeSiteNews.com: In the Aerosmith "autobiography" Walk This Way, Steven Tyler reflects on his abortion experience. “It was a big crisis. It’s a major thing when you’re growing something with a woman, but they convinced us that it would never work out and would ruin our lives. ... You go to the doctor and they put the needle in her belly and they squeeze the stuff in and you watch. And it comes out dead. I was pretty devastated." The book also depicts the ruin caused by the abortion in his life and the life of his then-girlfriend.
Democrats Harass Black Woman Legislator for Voting Pro-Life
Democrats Harass Black Woman Legislator for Voting Pro-Life | LifeNews.com: After debating in favor of a bill that would require ultrasounds before abortions, Florida Democratic leaders openly harassed, threatened and belittled Democratic Rep. Daphnee Campbell. Freshman State House of Representatives member, Daphne Campbell from Miami was in her first legislative session last week when her own party viciously turned on her after she debated for and voted in favor of the pro-life bill allowing ultrasounds before abortions. Campbell is a wife and mother of five children who works as a nurse. As she rose in passionate support for the pro-life bill, Rep. Scott Randolph a Democrat from Orlando, whose assigned seat is right next to Campbell, started tossing papers on her desk and threw her pen in the trash apparently incensed that a fellow Democrat would support the bill.
Hormone Gel Is Said to Reduce Risk of Premature Birth
Hormone Gel Is Said to Reduce Risk of Premature Birth - NYTimes.com: Premature birth is the leading cause of death and illness among newborns. An estimated 12.9 million babies worldwide, 500,000 of them in the United States, are born prematurely every year. In the United States, about a third of early births result from decisions by doctors that the health of either the mother or child is threatened enough to end the pregnancy early, usually with a Caesarean section. But two-thirds of those early births are spontaneous, and any intervention that could reduce them could have significant public health consequences. The hormone treatment, a progesterone gel inserted vaginally every day during the second half of a pregnancy, reduced the risk of premature birth in women with a short cervix, which can soften too early.
Pro-choice op-ed: I choose ‘the right to wail myself to sleep’
Pro-choice op-ed: I choose ‘the right to wail myself to sleep’ | LifeSiteNews.com: Kassi Underwood’s life after abortion is one that no one would envy. But in an op-ed for the New York Daily News on Monday, Underwood, a writer based in New York, explained how she still refuses to judge abortion despite enduring immense grief after having ended the life of her baby. In the piece, entitled “Get your politics off my grief after abortion,” Underwood notes that groups such as the American Psychological Association have claimed that post-abortion syndrome does not exist - but this has not stopped her from feeling acutely the loss of her missing baby.
Ad highlights Planned Parenthood's taxpayer price tag, rising abortions
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ad highlights Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin’s $18 million taxpayer price tag, rising abortions « Pro-Life Wisconsin: Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin collected more than $18 million in 2010 in federal and state taxpayer dollars, yet chemical and surgical abortions in the state continue to rise. PPWI performed 5,439 abortions in 2009, a 56% increase from 2008, when PPWI was responsible for 3,053 abortions.
Pro-life window cutouts
A new way to say, "I'm pro-life!" Heritage House '76's weekly special features highly visible vinyl cutouts that look great on the back window of your vehicle and convey a positive message for all to see. Choose from 10 different designs.
STI TESTING PROVES TO BE A POWERFUL WITNESS
STI TESTING PROVES TO BE A POWERFUL WITNESS: Cathy Stoner at Alternatives PCC in Kalamazoo, MI, writes: "Often the fear of the moment causes people to say things like, 'I'm never having sex again.' We understand this fear, but we also know that all too often, when the fear subsides and time passes, so does our resolve. A new love may come into our lives down the road, and those commitments fly out the door."
Review of Unplanned - DVD about Abby Johnson
There's the book, and now the DVD of Abby Johnson's conversion from Planned Parenthood advocate to pro-life trophy. Unplanned (DVD, 60 minutes) actually goes back in time to document how she went from being a good little Southern Baptist girl to a promiscuous college student to pro-choice advocacy. It's compelling to consider how her two abortions contributed to a significant break from how she was raised. And how the birth of her daughter contributed to her eventual break with PP.
The documentary includes testimony from her parents of how she changed from their vivacious child to a secretive and hardened volunteer at Planned Parenthood, and ultimately the director of one of the nation's largest PP affiliates. It also reflects how a few small overtures from pro-life advocates to Abby opened the door when she decided to leave PP.
How to use this DVD: I suggest that a center could use Unplanned several ways.
1. One is as a training tool for volunteers. Either during a training seminar or in-service for ongoing education, this DVD opens the door on what a client is likely to find at an abortion clinic.
2. Another is to reinforce the pro-life message with clients, perhaps in an Earn While You Learn or other mentoring programs, with discussion of such matters as how abortion is made to seem attractive, how abortion clinics treat women, and how there is forgiveness after the sin of abortion.
3. A third use is in educating donors and others -- church groups, youth groups, women's groups, etc. There would be many tie-ins for your center with how the pro-life movement depicted in the DVD behaved toward Abby and toward women seeking abortions.
Learn more: On May 17 at 8:00 p.m. there will be a Unite for Life webcast (free) featuring Abby Johnson and benefiting PCCs. During this webcast, you’ll discover why Abby is now an advocate for the pro-life pregnancy centers and clinics around the nation that truly serve women and save lives. Sign up at www.uniteforlifewebcast.org. From the website, you can purchase both the book and DVD as a package deal; 33% of each purchase will go to organizations like CareNet, NIFLA, and Heartbeaat International.
Win a free copy of the Unplanned DVD! If you've read Abby's book Unplanned, be the first to comment on it here and receive an award certificate for your pregnancy care center redeemable at a local Christian bookstore from Tyndale House Publishers. To be eligible, you must work at, volunteer with, or serve on the board of a pregnancy care center. Include your name, center name, and center address. Winner to be announced immediately.
Parisian teens handed ‘contraception chequebooks’
Parisian teens handed ‘contraception chequebooks’ - FRANCE - FRANCE 24: As of Tuesday, some 160,000 Parisian adolescents can receive a “contraception chequebook” at school, which will entitle them to free contraception without having to involve their parents. The “contraception pass” will allow students aged between 15 and 18 to access free contraception anonymously, without having to visit a family planning centre or see their family doctor.
The pill for 12-year-olds in South Africa?
The pill for 12-year-olds: ANCYL - Times LIVE: The ANCYL has proposed that the government give contraception to girls as young as 12 to stop teenage pregnancies. The league supports the “mandatory initiation into contraception for all adolescent girls from the age of 12 to curb teenage pregnancy,” according to the organisation's education and health discussion paper for its 24th national congress in June.
Abby Johnson: I Regret Selling Abortions at Planned Parenthood
Abby Johnson: I Regret Selling Abortions at Planned Parenthood | LifeNews.com: Every day of my life I think about the women I took from. I took away their motherhood, I devalued them, I broke their confidence, I betrayed them. How I wish I could look into every one of their faces and tell them how sorry I am. If I could restore some of what I took from them, I would give my life to make it happen. I wish I could be there to wipe their tears when they mourn for their lost child. To know that you committed a terrible wrong that you can’t make right is one of the most desperate feelings in the world.
And as desperate as I feel, I can’t make those wishes come true. But I do my best everyday to make it up to those women and their children. I failed them once, but I won’t do it again. I know they haven’t forgotten their children, and I haven’t either.
I am only able to handle the pain of my past with the help of Christ. I couldn’t do any of this without His grace and His steady hand guiding me every day. He has never given me more than I can bear. I have never felt overwhelmed. I see His love and compassion for me every day. It is the most amazing feeling of peace and wholeness. I don’t have to wonder if He’s with me…I know He is…guiding my every step.
And as desperate as I feel, I can’t make those wishes come true. But I do my best everyday to make it up to those women and their children. I failed them once, but I won’t do it again. I know they haven’t forgotten their children, and I haven’t either.
I am only able to handle the pain of my past with the help of Christ. I couldn’t do any of this without His grace and His steady hand guiding me every day. He has never given me more than I can bear. I have never felt overwhelmed. I see His love and compassion for me every day. It is the most amazing feeling of peace and wholeness. I don’t have to wonder if He’s with me…I know He is…guiding my every step.
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Roe v. Wade Lawyer Laid Off as Texas Professor
Roe v. Wade Lawyer Sarah Weddington Laid Off as Texas Professor | LifeNews.com: According to the Daily Texan, Sarah Weddington knew the university was facing budget problems but did not expected to lose her job as an adjunct professor, that pays her an annual salary of $80,899 per year, according to UT figures.
She had served on the faculty of the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies for 23 years at the University of Texas, located in her home state. Weddington brought the original case for abortion in Dallas and Wade is the last name of Henry Wade, the district attorney in the area at the time. Weddington will forever be known as the lead attorney in the infamous Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case that has allowed 53 million abortions since 1973.
She had served on the faculty of the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies for 23 years at the University of Texas, located in her home state. Weddington brought the original case for abortion in Dallas and Wade is the last name of Henry Wade, the district attorney in the area at the time. Weddington will forever be known as the lead attorney in the infamous Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case that has allowed 53 million abortions since 1973.
Does God whisper?
The notion that each Christian can receive personal revelation from the Almighty was novel in times past. Nowadays, though, listening to Christians talk about it, the experience appears to be ubiquitous. Virtually everyone seems to be “hearing from God” in some fashion these days—pastors, writers, worship leaders, even the regular folks at our weekly Bible studies—so the basic idea must be right.
But is it? Must I “hear the voice of God” in order to know what He wants from me, as the author above suggested? Is this what Jesus meant by, “My sheep hear My voice,” or what Paul meant by being “led by the Spirit”? And what if I hear nothing but silence when I listen? Does this say something about my spiritual well-being? Am I living a substandard Christian life if I don’t have a hot-line to God? Addressing those concerns and more like them is so important that Greg Koukl is making them the focus of the next three issues of Solid Ground.
But is it? Must I “hear the voice of God” in order to know what He wants from me, as the author above suggested? Is this what Jesus meant by, “My sheep hear My voice,” or what Paul meant by being “led by the Spirit”? And what if I hear nothing but silence when I listen? Does this say something about my spiritual well-being? Am I living a substandard Christian life if I don’t have a hot-line to God? Addressing those concerns and more like them is so important that Greg Koukl is making them the focus of the next three issues of Solid Ground.
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