Planned Parenthood to Open New Abortion Business in Oregon | LifeNews.com: Fresh from starting a massive new abortion facility in Portland, the Planned Parenthood abortion business is preparing a new facility in Eugene, Oregon, that will promote abortions in the western part of the state.
Planned Parenthood of Southwest Oregon is preparing to break new ground on construction of the abortion facility in Lane County in August and hearings are reportedly underway locally on approving the new abortion center, which will be located on a highway connecting Eugene and Springfield.
Man got teenager pregnant and gave her abortion drugs
Man got teenager pregnant and gave her abortion drugs - The Irish Times - Tue, Jun 28, 2011: Belfast Crown Court Judge Tom Burgess, said he had looked for a “scintilla of concern for her but no matter how hard one looks, finds none.” He said that having groomed the 15-year-old girl through internet chat rooms and texting, Buckham lied to her about having fertility problems and then, when she became pregnant, he gave her abortion drugs and then left her to deal with the emotional and physical effects of the termination.
United Way in Wisconsin Refers Raped Teens to Planned Parenthood
United Way in Wisconsin Refers Raped Teens to Planned Parenthood | LifeNews.com: Pro-Life Wisconsin, which uncovered the United Way-Planned Parenthood link, says “United Way is tied very closely to Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin. In addition, United Way and PPWI are members of a Healthy Youth Alliance pushing comprehensive sex ed across Wisconsin. The point is this: United Way refers these young girls to PPWI for treatment or 'services.' PPWI has been shown willing to cover up purported statutory rape, sending these young girls right back to their abusers. It’s a vicious circle, rather than a deplorable societal injustice moving toward an end point.”
Pro-Lifers Want Cigarette-Style Warning Labels for Abortions
Pro-Lifers Want Cigarette-Style Warning Labels for Abortions | LifeNews.com: A coalition of pro-life groups is calling on the FDA to include warning labels telling women how abortion destroys the lives of their unborn children and informing them of the dangers and risks associated with abortion.
Editor: As good as this sounds, the Food and Drug Administration has no jurisdiction over abortion clinics.
Defund Planned Parenthood scorecard
After Washington failed to defund Planned Parenthood because of special protection from President Obama, states across the country are picking up the fight and working to defund Planned Parenthood themselves. SBA; check back for additions.
Another Planned Parenthood merger: What do they mean?
Another Planned Parenthood merger: What do they mean? | LifeSiteNews.com: On June 24 Planned Parenthood of the Heartland announced yet another merger, this one with Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma. A month ago PP Heartland announced it was merging with Planned Parenthood of Southeast Iowa. When these merges are complete, PP Heartland will have “approximately 30 health centers located throughout Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma,” according to its press release.
Combining affiliates also means paying fewer CEOs, CFOs, and fewer medical directors, the latter of which are becoming harder and harder to come by. PP initiated a concerted effort about 5 years ago to merge affiliates bringing in less than $2 million a year with other affiliates to get to a combined income of over $8 million, this to establish homogenous affiliates so that decisions would be more uniform across the organization.
Combining affiliates also means paying fewer CEOs, CFOs, and fewer medical directors, the latter of which are becoming harder and harder to come by. PP initiated a concerted effort about 5 years ago to merge affiliates bringing in less than $2 million a year with other affiliates to get to a combined income of over $8 million, this to establish homogenous affiliates so that decisions would be more uniform across the organization.
EXCLUSIVE: Poland to vote on historic bill banning all abortions
EXCLUSIVE: Poland to vote on historic bill banning all abortions after massive grassroots campaign | LifeSiteNews.com: Pro-life activists in Poland report that Parliamentarians in the country are preparing to vote this week on an historic bill that would enshrine total protection for children in the womb from the moment of conception.
Organizers explained they were worried that if the news broke in the English-speaking world, pro-abortion foreign powers would have poured money into the country to oppose their popular efforts. To bring the abortion ban before Parliament under Poland’s political system, the sponsors needed to collect 100,000 signatures within three months. They got 600,000 in two weeks.
Organizers explained they were worried that if the news broke in the English-speaking world, pro-abortion foreign powers would have poured money into the country to oppose their popular efforts. To bring the abortion ban before Parliament under Poland’s political system, the sponsors needed to collect 100,000 signatures within three months. They got 600,000 in two weeks.
Texas to defund Planned Parenthood
Texas to defund Planned Parenthood - Sarah Kliff - POLITICO.com: The Texas Legislature approved a bill Monday that would both compel the state to push the Obama administration to convert Texas’s Medicaid program into a block grant and defund abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.
Editor: The news just keeps getting better and better.
SD law brings crisis pregnancy centers
S.D. law brings crisis pregnancy centers - Boston.com: The small sign outside the Alpha Center in Sioux Falls lists a roster of available services: “Free pregnancy tests, abortion information, STD testing.’’ Inside women can get a free ultrasound and hear about birth programs. But if you’re a woman looking for help finding a legal abortion, you’ve come to the wrong place. Nowhere within this crisis pregnancy center will a visitor find help getting an abortion, in part because a new state law would make such referrals illegal.
The center, which says its goal is to counsel and educate pregnant women, is one of three statewide that have signed up so far to be a required stop for those seeking an abortion if South Dakota’s new abortion law survives legal challenges.
The center, which says its goal is to counsel and educate pregnant women, is one of three statewide that have signed up so far to be a required stop for those seeking an abortion if South Dakota’s new abortion law survives legal challenges.
FL Law Requires Ultrasound Before Abortion
Law Requires Ultrasound Before Abortion - Jacksonville News Story - WJXT Jacksonville: Starting this Friday, women in Florida will be required to have an ultrasound done by a doctor before having an abortion, a bill Gov. Rick Scott signed into law last Friday. It's a law the CEO of First Coast Women's Services, Judy Weber, thinks will make a positive difference.
NC gov vetoes abortion limits bill
Perdue vetoes abortion limits bill : News-Record.com : Greensboro & the Triad's most trusted source for local news and analysis: Gov. Bev Perdue vetoed a bill Monday that would have imposed a waiting period and other restrictions on women seeking abortions. “There should be no intervention ... of elected officials in conversations and treatment patterns between doctors and their patients,” said Perdue, a Democrat, after officially sending the bill back to lawmakers. “I find it repugnant to women and men and families; it's just wrong."
Editor: I'll bet unborn babies find her repugnant.
Court Affirms Human Life Begins at Conception in Indiana Case
Court Affirms Human Life Begins at Conception in Indiana Case | LifeNews.com: The state of Indiana may have lost the most recent battle in what will be a lengthy lawsuit concerning its ability to de-fund the Planned Parenthood abortion business, but two pro-life legal groups say there is a silver lining.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt granted Planned Parenthood’s request for a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed after Republican Governor Mitch Daniels signed the law in May. Judge Pratt also blocked a portion of the law requiring abortion practitioners to tell women considering an abortion that their unborn child will feel pain as early as 20 weeks into pregnancy. However, she rejected Planned Parenthood’s request that a part of the law be blocked that women be told before an abortion that “human physical life begins when a human ovum is fertilized by a human sperm.”
U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt granted Planned Parenthood’s request for a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed after Republican Governor Mitch Daniels signed the law in May. Judge Pratt also blocked a portion of the law requiring abortion practitioners to tell women considering an abortion that their unborn child will feel pain as early as 20 weeks into pregnancy. However, she rejected Planned Parenthood’s request that a part of the law be blocked that women be told before an abortion that “human physical life begins when a human ovum is fertilized by a human sperm.”
Trinidadian PCC giving hope to pregnant women in crisis
Rebekah Ali-Gouveia giving hope to pregnant women in crisis | The Trinidad Guardian: Rebekah Ali- Gouveia is nursing her seven week old baby girl while we engage in conversation about her other baby - The Elpis Centre which she founded about two years ago to support women and families during and after crisis pregnancies. Elpis is Greek for “Hope.”
New Hampshire Scraps $1.8M in Planned Parenthood Tax Funding
New Hampshire Scraps $1.8M in Planned Parenthood Tax Funding | LifeNews.com: In a move that generated little media attention or focus, New Hampshire became the latest state to scrap taxpayer funding of the Planned Parenthood abortion business when members of a panel voted to void a $1.8 million contract.
Last Wednesday, on a 3-2 vote, members of the Executive Council rejected a taxpayer funded contract with the abortion business and told a newspaper that it was because Planned Parenthood does abortions and spends large amounts of money paying its administrators huge salaries and lobbying the state government.
Last Wednesday, on a 3-2 vote, members of the Executive Council rejected a taxpayer funded contract with the abortion business and told a newspaper that it was because Planned Parenthood does abortions and spends large amounts of money paying its administrators huge salaries and lobbying the state government.
Planned Parenthood Sues to Keep Tax Funding While Facing Criminal Charges
Planned Parenthood Sues to Keep Tax Funding While Facing Criminal Charges :Operation Rescue: Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri has filed suit against the state of Kansas to restore $330,000 in funding that had been re-allocated to reputable health care centers. Planned Parenthood faces 107 criminal charges – including 23 felonies – related to illegal late-term abortions and the manufacturing of evidence to cover up the crimes.
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Friends of Efrat: There are close to 50,000 abortions in Israel every year. Many of these abortions could be prevented, if only the woman was provided some basic social and financial support. Last year alone, Efrat saved the lives of 3,027 Jewish children in Israel. "No Jewish child should be lost to the Jewish people due to the economic concerns of the parents."
Guttmacher’s Research on Unintended Pregnancies
Guttmacher’s Research on Unintended Pregnancies - By Michael J. New - The Corner - National Review Online: Last month the Guttmacher Institute promoted two studies that calculate the cost of unintended pregnancies. What makes this research agenda challenging is that it is difficult to obtain a precise figure for the percentage of pregnancies that are unintended.
Pregnancies can come with varying levels of “wantedness,” and it may be too simplistic to categorize pregnancies as either “intended” or “unintended.” That said, both studies seem fairly well done. Both conclude that unintended pregnancies cost taxpayers anywhere from $9 billion to $12 billion a year. However, when analyzing a Guttmacher study, their recommendations are usually more problematic than their methodology.
Ryder to abortionists: 'Not with our trucks!'
Ryder to abortionists: 'Not with our trucks!': Ryder System, Inc., one of the nation's leading truck leasing companies, has notified the Campaign to Stop Stericycle that the corporate giant no longer will allow medical waste disposal company Stericycle to use its trucks to service abortion clinics.
872 letters later, teen still writing daily letters to Obama defending the unborn
872 letters later, pro-life teen still writing daily letters to Obama defending the unborn | LifeSiteNews.com: Since President Obama took office, 17-year-old Tom Behan says he has penned a steady stream of daily correspondence to the White House defending the unborn. Although he says that he hasn’t received a response for about the last 500 letters, this hasn’t stopped the high school senior, who vowed to write one letter every day, by hand, until the day Barack Obama steps out of the Oval Office.
Pregnant woman attacked by partner for refusing abortion
Pregnant woman attacked by partner for refusing abortion | Rugby Observer: A UK university student from Rugby carried out a planned attack on his pregnant girlfriend in her own flat after she had refused to comply with his demand for her to have an abortion. But despite the callous nature of the attack, Vimal Mistry, who is in the first year of a quantity surveying degree course, has escaped being jailed. Mistry, 23, of Bath Street, had pleaded guilty to assaulting 19-year-old Stephanie Ferris in December last year causing her actual bodily harm.
Planned Parenthood director jailed for stealing wine
Roanoke Planned Parenthood director gets jail time for stealing wine | LifeSiteNews.com: David Nova, vice president of Planned Parenthood Health Systems, was ordered by a judge last week to serve three weekends in the Roanoke County Jail. Nova was caught stealing bottles of wine from a Kroger’s store on two separate dates in January and was arrested in May on three counts of petit larceny, a misdemeanor under Virginia law.
Travailing with our clients
Colleen Tronson of Metro Women's Center in Crystal, MN, reflects on how hard it is to wait to see God work in clients' lives:
I have found myself begging the Lord for His continuing wisdom as to how to help our clients, many of whom we have worked with for years. I have been asking Him to please lead our volunteers and myself to the Biblical principles that will cause that "AH-HA" moment for our clients. We strive to use the Word to bring about change in the lives of these dear ones, and the exciting part of this struggle is that as we study, we are changed and grow in our faith. Imagine that! We recognize that it is our job to bring the individual to the Word, and then it is their choice to respond or not; however, it is the waiting that makes us (me) crazy!
As I have been pondering this process lately, the word that keeps coming to my mind is "travail." Webster says travail is either a noun meaning "painful or laborious effort" or a verb meaning "to engage in painful or laborious effort." The Word speaks of travail in Galatians 4:19-20 where Paul says, "My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ is formed in you." Matthew Henry's commentary says in part that Paul is expressing affection and concern for the welfare of the Galatians. Not a passing concern but a "sincere concern for their truest advantage." They thought he was their enemy, but he tries to reassure them that "he had the bowels of a parent towards them." He expresses his earnest thoughts for them not only physically but spiritually using the travailing (birthing) woman idea. He was in pain for them that Christ might be formed in them, so they would become real Christians indeed, and grow in their faith.
There are many travailing moments in this ministry, whether it is the travail over making the decision to have the baby or abort; to parent or make an adoption plan; to marry or single parent; to choose abstinence or continue with sexual activity; to choose Christ or reject Him; to obey the Word or not. Through it all I know that GOD's WORD WILL NOT RETURN VOID, and that is where I can rest.
God continues to give us evidence of this truth, through little "splashes of joy." This week one of our volunteers was able to pray with a woman to receive the Lord; a client worked through trusting God during a time of grieving; and we even saw glimmers of change in the life of another woman. YIPEEEE! We even saw the Lord provide a great donation of maternity clothing this week -- we had been running low and the items were really cute!
We are even in travail as we move forward with plans for the Amazing Grace Home. Last Saturday, we made an offer on a home, but we were outbid. We worked hard (labored) through the process and grew as a team, but the Lord has another plan for us. So, we will keep looking and praying.
Planned Parenthood Sues Kansas Over Law Yanking Tax Funding
Planned Parenthood Sues Kansas Over Law Yanking Tax Funding | LifeNews.com: Abortion advocates are not happy with the law and Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri filed its lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kansas, that alleges the budget provision violates the pro-abortion group’s free speech and due process rights.
Indiana: Two Hospital Doctors Stop Doing Abortions After Law
Indiana: Two Hospital Doctors Stop Doing Abortions After Law | LifeNews.com: Doctors at Indiana University and Wishard Hospital have decided to stop doing as many as 70 abortions annually thanks to the state law Governor Mitch Daniels signed de-funding Planned Parenthood.
The law, which has been put on hold while a lawsuit against it moves ahead, revoked taxpayer funding for the abortion business, required abortions practitioners to tell women that life begins at conception, and stopped abortions after 20 weeks based on the notion that unborn child can feel excruciating pain during an abortion. While the bill exempted hospitals, some say it did not exempt the abortion practitioners at the hospitals.
The law, which has been put on hold while a lawsuit against it moves ahead, revoked taxpayer funding for the abortion business, required abortions practitioners to tell women that life begins at conception, and stopped abortions after 20 weeks based on the notion that unborn child can feel excruciating pain during an abortion. While the bill exempted hospitals, some say it did not exempt the abortion practitioners at the hospitals.
Last Tennessee County Won't De-Fund Planned Parenthood
Last Tennessee County Won't De-Fund Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz | LifeNews.com: The Commercial Appeal reported this week that Shelby County officials expect Planned Parenthood of Memphis to continue delivering “family planning” and “health services” on a month-by-month basis. In contrast, Nashville’s public health department agreed earlier this month to accept all available family planning funds and to provide the required services to targeted populations. As a result, no state funds will flow directly to Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee.
Obama's abortion extortion
MILLER: Obama's abortion extortion - Washington Times: President Obama is holding $4 billion in Medicaid funding hostage in an effort to force Indiana taxpayers to underwrite the biggest threat to unborn life: abortion.
Baltimore Moves to Distract, Detour Women Seeking Pregnancy Centers
Baltimore Moves to Distract, Detour Women Seeking Pregnancy Centers « TellADF Blog: In Baltimore, city officials continue to try and force a pregnancy resource center to post information specifically designed to deter women from making use of the facility – a policy that could cost hundreds of children their lives.
New Laws in Several States Restrict Later-Term Abortions
New Laws in Several States Restrict Later-Term Abortions - NYTimes.com: Dozens of new restrictions passed by states this year have chipped away at the right to abortion by requiring women to view ultrasounds, imposing waiting periods or cutting funds for clinics. But a new kind of law has gone beyond such restrictions, striking at the foundation of the abortion rules set out by the Supreme Court over the last four decades.
First Abortion Clinic Denied License Under New KS Law Is Expected to Close
First Abortion Clinic Denied License Under New KS Law Is Expected to Close :Operation Rescue: An attorney for the Aid For Women abortion clinic in Kansas City has told reporters that AFW has been denied a license to do abortions under a new state law. The license denial was based on information offered by AFW in a written application. An inspection that had been scheduled for next week was cancelled.
Updated: A second may be forced to close
Judge Blocks Indiana Law Stopping Planned Parenthood Funding
Judge Blocks Indiana Law Stopping Planned Parenthood Funding | LifeNews.com: A federal judge blocked an Indiana law on Friday that protects taxpayers from having to fund the Planned Parenthood abortion business with public funds via family planning programs through Medicaid.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt in Indianapolis granted Planned Parenthood’s request for a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed after Republican Governor Mitch Daniels signed the law in May. “While it remains to be seen who will ultimately prevail on the merits, the court is persuaded” that Planned Parenthood demonstrated a “reasonable likelihood of success” in challenging the law, Pratt wrote in her decision.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt in Indianapolis granted Planned Parenthood’s request for a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed after Republican Governor Mitch Daniels signed the law in May. “While it remains to be seen who will ultimately prevail on the merits, the court is persuaded” that Planned Parenthood demonstrated a “reasonable likelihood of success” in challenging the law, Pratt wrote in her decision.
New defunding tool: Salaries of Planned Parenthood affiliate CEOs
New defunding tool: Salaries of Planned Parenthood affiliate CEOs (and how to easily find them) - Jill Stanek: Jill was interested to read yesterday that one reason the New Hampshire Executive Council decided to defund Planned Parenthood of Northern New England was due to the exorbitant $250,000 salary made by this supposed-nonprofit’s CEO.
NH House overrides parental notification veto | New Hampshire NEWS06
House overrides parental notification veto | New Hampshire NEWS06: The New Hampshire House voted today by the necessary two-thirds majority to override Gov. John Lynch’s veto of a parental notification law that requires an abortion provider to notify a parent 48 hours before performing an abortion on a minor. The 266-102 vote sends the issue to the Senate, where the bill previously passed by a veto-proof 17-7.
Ex-NARAL NY chief admits phony expenses
Ex-NARAL NY chief admits phony expenses - WSJ.com: Former NARAL Pro-Choice New York leader Kelli Conlin pleaded guilty to falsifying business records, a felony. Her case will be closed without jail time or probation if she pays more than $75,000 in restitution.
Bizarre Admissions From Abortionist Reveal Lack of Ethics and Morality
Bizarre Admissions From Abortionist Means Reveal Lack of Ethics and Morality :Operation Rescue: An article meant to be a “puff piece” on abortionist Mila Means reveals shocking information about her checkered history. In a front page spread published June 23, 2011, in the Wichita Eagle, a paper known for its editorial support of unrestricted abortion, Means bares her bizarre relationships that earned her discipline with the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts, her history of financial mismanagement, and her disrespect for authority and the law.
The plain truth of the Gospel
The Daily Spurgeon: The plain truth of the Gospel: "Since Jesus died for me, God’s justice cannot put me to eternal death for whom Jesus my substitute has died; God’s truth cannot demand a second time the debt which has already been fully paid on my behalf."
Planned Parenthood of Memphis to continue nonabortion duties until changes can be initiated
Planned Parenthood of Memphis to continue nonabortion duties until changes can be initiated » The Commercial Appeal: Shelby County officials expect Planned Parenthood of Memphis to continue delivering nonabortion family planning and health services on a month-by-month basis until the county Health Department can take over the services or find new providers.
Senators introduce CIANA
Press Releases - Newsroom - U.S. Senator for Florida, Marco Rubio: Today, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA) with Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT). This legislation would help states enforce laws requiring that parents be notified before their child has an abortion.
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NARAL leader to plead guilty to felony
Report: NARAL leader to plead guilty to felony for fleecing New York affiliate | LifeSiteNews.com: A forensic audit conducted for NARAL Pro Choice New York that showed Kelli Conlin had appropriated hundreds of thousands of the organization’s dollars – since at least 2008 – to fund a lavish personal lifestyle.
The Israeli abortion committees' process of decision making
The Israeli abortion committees' process of decision making: an ethical analysis -- Rimon-Zarfaty and Jotkowitz -- Journal of Medical Ethics: The findings reveal a paradoxical picture: on the one hand, committee members hold liberal perceptions and in practice abortion requests are very seldom rejected. On the other hand, the Israeli abortion law and practice of abortion committees is still problematical from liberal and feminist rights perspectives. This paradox is discussed further by reflecting upon the relevant theory as well as the Israeli context. The paper concludes by suggesting that within the specific Israeli sociopolitical climate the requirement for committee approval of what should be a private decision might be necessary in order to placate religious or other opposition to abortion.
Planned Parenthood to close 8 clinics in face of new Indiana law
Planned Parenthood to close 8 clinics in face of new Indiana law -: 85,000 Hoosiers receive health services at the state's 28 Planned Parenthood centers. Eight of those will close, including two in Indianapolis and clinics in Terre Haute and Muncie.
Silver lining: Federal fight to defund Planned Parenthood has led to state defunding victories
Silver lining: Federal fight to defund Planned Parenthood has led to state defunding victories | LifeSiteNews.com: Elizabeth Nash, Public Policy Associate at Guttmacher Institute, gave an overview of pro-life legislative victories this year, answering her own question, “How bad is it this year?” with “It’s really bad” and “It sucks out there.” Of course, that’s good news for our side.
Nash reported that 76 abortion restrictions have passed in the states so far in 2011, more than double any in the past. The highest number of pro-life bills passed previous to 2011 was 34 in 2005.
Nash reported that 76 abortion restrictions have passed in the states so far in 2011, more than double any in the past. The highest number of pro-life bills passed previous to 2011 was 34 in 2005.
Nash reiterated, “This is the worst year ever,” reminding the audience that it isn’t over, because there are still states with open sessions and pro-life bills in play, namely Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The 2nd part of Nash’s report was on the uptick of family planning funding restrictions.
Kansas: First Abortion-Free State?
New Law Could Make Kansas The First Abortion-Free State; Inspections Begin :Operation Rescue: The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has notified the remaining three abortion clinics in the state that they will be told by July 1, 2011, whether they will be granted licenses under a new law that would allow them to continue abortion services. “We have doubts that any of the abortion clinics can meet the safety requirements of the new law,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “If they cannot comply, all three abortion clinics would be forced to cease abortion operations, making Kansas the first abortion-free state in the nation.”
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Planned Parenthood staff taking furlough to save money
Planned Parenthood staff taking furlough to save money » Evansville Courier & Press: "As Planned Parenthood of Indiana waits for a court ruling on a new Indiana anti-abortion law, its 28 clinics will stop seeing Medicaid patients. Betty Cockrum, the organization's president, said $1.4 million per year in government dollars continues to trickle away from Planned Parenthood of Indiana. Most of its clinics, including the one in Evansville, will close up shop Wednesday as workers take an unpaid day off. It's an alternative Cockrum announced to the original plan, which involved closing down seven clinics for good.
Bristol Palin’s memoir hits stores: Trail of bad choices
TRENDING: Bristol Palin’s memoir hits stores – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs: Bristol starts off her story with the night her virginity was 'stolen' by Levi Johnston, succumbing to the 'woozy charm' of wine coolers. The book describes Johnston as a disloyal boyfriend who had 'occasional romps with other girls.'
To make up for it, he showered Bristol with gifts. In return, she forgave Johnston and started sleeping with him again with the hope that he would stop cheating. 'It was part 'thank you,' part 'security deposit,' she writes.
Later, Bristol, who was 17 at the time, realized she was one month pregnant–a fact confirmed by the eight home pregnancy tests she bought with her friend. Bristol was shocked by the results, claiming she had been on birth control.
To make up for it, he showered Bristol with gifts. In return, she forgave Johnston and started sleeping with him again with the hope that he would stop cheating. 'It was part 'thank you,' part 'security deposit,' she writes.
Later, Bristol, who was 17 at the time, realized she was one month pregnant–a fact confirmed by the eight home pregnancy tests she bought with her friend. Bristol was shocked by the results, claiming she had been on birth control.
Editor: Where was her mother (and father) in all this?
Planned Parenthood pays for followers
The Planned Parenthood Action Fund is paying Twitter to promote its name in its “Who to follow” section. The cost? According to ClickZ.com, somewhere between $10-$70 per follower. Last week PP had about 17,500 followers. Tonight it has 18,172 followers. Say 500 of those followers came from the Twitter ad, then Planned Parenthood spent between $5,000-35,000 to get them. Jill Stanek
Budget cuts close 6 Planned Parenthood clinics in Minnesota
Budget cuts close 6 Planned Parenthood clinics in Minnesota | StarTribune.com: The state's largest provider of family planning and abortions announced the closures Monday, citing an 11 percent reduction in its budget because of cuts to the federal Title X program. Closing are clinics in Thief River Falls, Brainerd, Red Wing, Owatonna, Albert Lea and Fairmont.
Doubts over morning-after pill scheme in Wales
Doubts over morning-after pill scheme in Wales | News | The Christian Institute: Offering free morning-after pills in Wales has had little impact on teenage pregnancy, a BBC documentary has revealed. Research into a pilot scheme in Bridgend showed despite increased uptake “the trend in conceptions for Bridgend was not significantly different to the rest of Wales.”
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http://www.joniandfriends.org/radio/2011/6/21/we-will-have-trouble/ As believers standing on the front lines, we will encounter much more than the average couch potato Christian. But remember what Jesus said in John chapter 16. He said, “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." That’s good news to anyone fighting to make their way in this world. So don’t be surprised at the fiery trials. Such difficulty while serving Christ is not necessarily suffering. It's leadership.
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Metro - Board of Health wants birth control talk after abortions: The NY Department of Health approved adding a line to forms doctors must fill out after performing abortions, recording whether they offered women contraception or discussed it with them. Board members said they hope the move will prevent unintended pregnancies. According to Steven Schwartz at the Department’s Bureau of Vital Statistics, 56 percent of women seeking an abortion have had at least one in the past.
Former New York resident Irene Vilar had 14 abortions in 20 years here. She often lied about the number during procedures, she said, because of shame. She doesn't believe the mandatory counseling will help.
Former New York resident Irene Vilar had 14 abortions in 20 years here. She often lied about the number during procedures, she said, because of shame. She doesn't believe the mandatory counseling will help.
Related: Is more birth control the answer?
Study: Early Sex Leads to Higher Divorce Rate for Women
Study: Early Sex Leads to Higher Divorce Rate for Women | CitizenLink: A University of Iowa study has found that women who have sex as teenagers are more likely to divorce, especially if the experience was unwanted or if they had mixed feelings about it.
Published in the April issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family, the analysis found that 31 percent of women who had sex for the first time as teens divorced within five years of getting married, and 47 percent divorced within 10 years. The divorce rate for women who delayed sex until adulthood was far lower: 15 percent at five years, and 27 percent at 10 years.
Published in the April issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family, the analysis found that 31 percent of women who had sex for the first time as teens divorced within five years of getting married, and 47 percent divorced within 10 years. The divorce rate for women who delayed sex until adulthood was far lower: 15 percent at five years, and 27 percent at 10 years.
NAACP Denounces Pro-Life Billboards
NAACP Denounces Pro-Life Billboards Decrying Black Abortions | LifeNews.com: Hilary Shelton, director of the Washington bureau of the NAACP, condemned the 'Abortion Enslaves Us' billboards. “Comparing abortion to slavery certainly raises major concerns. Women are not forced to have abortions the way they were in servitude. Slavery was about not having the right to make any decisions. Women were actually bred to produce children for the purposes of profit. This is so far removed from that, that if it weren’t such a serious issue, it would almost be laughable.”
First College-Based Maternity Home Opens at Belmont Abbey College
First College-Based Maternity Opens at Belmont Abbey College | LifeNews.com: Pro-life leaders gathered today in North Carolina for the groundbreaking ceremony of what is being hailed as the first college-based maternity and after-care residential facility on a university campus. Construction is expected to begin in June on the 10,000-square-foot home that will provide single pregnant college women the option of continuing their education while having their babies in a caring and supportive environment before, during and after their pregnancy.
The latest from Guttmacher
The June 2011 issue of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health is available.
HPV Vaccination Programs Showing Early Results
HPV Vaccination Programs Showing Early Results - ScienceNOW: A new analysis of the first 3 years of an HPV vaccination program in Victoria, Australia, reveals a drop in the incidence of cervical lesions among young women. The study didn't find a similar effect in women over 18, but that's likely to come with time.
Get to Know: Women's Rights Without Frontiers
Learn the truth about “family planning” in China. Then share it with your friends and take action. The world must know! Women's Right Without Frontiers
Giving rose by 2.1% last year
Giving Rose by 2.1% Last Year, New Estimate Shows - ECFA.org: As many economic signs point to a slowing recovery, donors continued to hold tight to their wallets last year, increasing their contributions by slightly more than 2 percent after inflation, suggests “Giving USA,” the annual tally of charitable giving in America released today.
The small increase is hardly enough to help organizations out of the giant hole in donations created by the recession. “Giving USA” noted that the previous two years showed the steepest drop in giving ever recorded in the report’s five decades—a decline of 7 percent in 2008 and 6.2 percent in 2009.
The small increase is hardly enough to help organizations out of the giant hole in donations created by the recession. “Giving USA” noted that the previous two years showed the steepest drop in giving ever recorded in the report’s five decades—a decline of 7 percent in 2008 and 6.2 percent in 2009.
iPad App - Hello Baby
YouTube - Apple - iPad App - Hello Baby: "This has got to be one of the smartest iPad Apps out there. As a Dad I LOVE LOVE LOVE this new app from Pampers which I downloaded last night for free. It is awesome. I have been waiting for something that I can share with my wife and my parents. This is excellent. Well done Pampers. Very smart idea."
Planned Parenthood Indiana May Cut Staff After De-Funding
Planned Parenthood Indiana May Cut Staff After De-Funding | LifeNews.com: A rash of donations had been sufficient to replace the state and federal taxpayer funding the state had directed to the abortion business via Medicaid, but it was only enough to cover a few weeks. Now Planned Parenthood of Indiana says it will have to cut services or lay off staff in order to meet the budget shortfall it will experience if a federal court doesn’t issue an injunction against the law and restore the taxpayer revenue stream.
Planned Parenthood Loses Bid to Censor Expose' Videos on YouTube
Planned Parenthood Loses Bid to Censor Expose' Videos on YouTube | LifeNews.com: Planned Parenthood’s effort to suppress the truth has been finally repulsed, once and for all. YouTube has ceased censorship of all Live Action videos.
Pro-Lifer Arrested for Following "If You See Something, Say Something"
Pro-Lifer Arrested, Reported Odd Package at Planned Parenthood | LifeNews.com: A pro-life advocate in Delaware is fighting charges and false arrest after he reported to police a suspicious package at a Planned Parenthood abortion business that he worried could be a potential bomb or explosive.
Michele, New-Feminist Belle
Michele, New-Feminist Belle - Kathryn Jean Lopez - National Review Online: Michele Bachmann’s prominence makes it “harder for liberals to insist that women cannot advance without abortion,” Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women of America says.
UN's abortion fine print
WRIGHT: United Nations' abortion fine print - Washington Times: The International Women's Health Coalition tells women how to perform abortions on themselves. It trains activists to pressure governments - with admittedly misleading information - to overturn pro-life laws.
German Court Upholds Ban on Sidewalk Counseling
German Court Upholds Ban on Pro-Life Sidewalk Counseling | LifeNews.com: Attempting to offer a pregnant woman information and support to protect the life of her child carries a €250 fine according to a German court. A woman has the right “to be left in peace by strangers who might speak to her on the street” according to a decision of the Administrative Court of Baden-Württemberg.
Pro-abortion groups force removal of pro-life Latino billboards in L.A.
Breaking: Pro-abortion groups force removal of pro-life Latino billboards in L.A. - Jill Stanek: Up only a week, those billboards in L.A. spotlighting the decimation of the Latino community via abortion, are coming down.
Editor: So much for free speech.
Pro-Life Amendment Added to Agriculture Appropriations Bill
King's Pro-Life Amendment Added to Agriculture Appropriations Bill: The House of Representatives voted 240-176 to pass an amendment he introduced which prevents any funds within HR 2112, the Agriculture Appropriations bill, from being spent on the abortion drug RU-486 'for any purpose,' including use in 'telemed abortions.'
Judge hears fight for PCC notices
Courthouse News Service: Local Law 17, which takes effect on July 14, affects 20 such centers, which offer free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds. Lawyers representing five of these asked a federal judge to temporarily enjoin it before a trial to declare it unconstitutional.
Editor: Wow, the original headline read "Judge hears fight for abortion clinic notices." Sloppy work.
Another young warrior for life
Young, bright-eyed and articulate, 10-year-old Calise delivered this speech at her school, which “didn’t seem to be bothered by this topic,” says Calise’s mom, Yolanda Jontz, “although the Principal did request to hear her speech initially, I guess to make sure it was appropriate for elementary school aged children.” But all that changed when Calise went to the regional speech competition at a nearby host school, where Jontz says her daughter encountered what she called “intimidated censorship.” LifeSiteNews
Thinking God will run out of welcome home banners
Thinking God will run out of welcome home banners. | Stuff Christians Like – Jon Acuff: I don’t understand forgiveness, and it’s always depressing to me when I read a book that tells me that’s the first step of the Christian walk, believing that God forgives you. If I can’t get past that first step, then the rest of it, all the rest of it, remains completely closed to me.
It’s not that I think I don’t need forgiveness. I just don’t understand how it’s possible.
If I can’t earn it, then it’s out of my control and I’m powerless.
It’s not that I think I don’t need forgiveness. I just don’t understand how it’s possible.
If I can’t earn it, then it’s out of my control and I’m powerless.
Why the Internet Will Make the World More Pro-Life
Why the Internet Will Make the World More Pro-Life | Blogs | NCRegister.com: "Based on my own conversion to the pro-life position and what I’ve observed in society at large, I think that new media will play a key role in turning the tide against the culture of death, specifically on the issue of abortion." She gives 5 good reasons.
“Because of You …”
Concerned Women Blog » Blog Archive » “Because of You …”: “I was rescued from abortion and adopted because of you,” she said. Her birthmother had written her letters mentioning me. What a beautiful gift, to see the fruit of a seed that was sown years ago!
Wisconsin Senate OKs Budget De-Funding Planned Parenthood
Wisconsin Senate OKs Budget De-Funding Planned Parenthood | LifeNews.com: On Thursday night, the Wisconsin state Senate put the finishing touches on the state budget and it kept two important pro-life provisions in the legislation that is now headed to pro-life Gov. Scott Walker for his signature.
Ottawa Co. teen births cost millions
Ottawa Co. teen births cost millions | WOOD TV8: In Ottawa County, MI, births to teens cost taxpayers an estimated $6.4 million during 2008, health officials said. That same year statewide, teen childbearing cost taxpayers at least $308 million, according to an updated analysis from The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. For the nation overall, teen childbearing cost taxpayers $10.9 billion.
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Human rights agency will review abortion policy
Human rights agency will review abortion policy - Health - CBC News: The New Brunswick government only pays for an abortion performed in hospitals and a woman must have two doctors certify that it's medically necessary.
NYC Board of Health wants birth control talk after abortions
Metro - Board of Health wants birth control talk after abortions: After a startling statistic revealed by the city’s Health Department yesterday — more than half of New York women who receive an abortion have had at least one in the past — the city is now encouraging doctors to discuss contraception with women after they come in for induced termination.
Editor: I wonder how abortionists will like this infringement of their First Amendment rights?
New international women’s health group tackles ‘abortion first’ mentality
New international women’s health group tackles ‘abortion first’ mentality, ‘censorship’ | LifeSiteNews.com: An international group of physicians has said that the nearly universal acceptance of abortion in obstetric medicine has created a professional atmosphere of censorship, and ultimately inaccuracy, in the peer-review medical literature.
At their inaugural symposium held in Washington DC in January 2010, members of the International Working Group for Global Women’s Health said they want to challenge the “abortion first” assumption that drives most obstetric practice around the world. Physicians from Peru, Chile, the US and Britain presented papers on the harm done to the integrity of the medical world by the abortion ideologies.
At their inaugural symposium held in Washington DC in January 2010, members of the International Working Group for Global Women’s Health said they want to challenge the “abortion first” assumption that drives most obstetric practice around the world. Physicians from Peru, Chile, the US and Britain presented papers on the harm done to the integrity of the medical world by the abortion ideologies.
Rockford Abortion Mill Owner Is Filmed Killing A Child In The Womb
Rockford Abortion Mill Owner Is Filmed Killing A Child In The Womb | Pro-Life Corner: In the convoluted mind of abortionist Dennis Christensen, the owner of the Northern Illinois Women's Center in Rockford, IL, this video is meant to show how abortion helps women. The true horror of the culture of death can be seen in this video as scared women are offered death as an answer and the cold-hearted killing of a child by a doctor who should be protecting life.
Warning: Very graphic video
Report: Illinois Clinics Hid Six Abortion Deaths, 4,000 Injuries
Report: Illinois Clinics Hid Six Abortion Deaths, 4,000 Injuries | LifeNews.com: The Chicago Tribune has released the details of a new investigative report revealing the umber of abortions in the state has been massively underreported. Those numbers include six women who have died from botched abortions and 4,000 who were injured.
Although state law on abortion that Illinois adopted in 1975 requires abortion centers to report numbers and complications to the Illinois Department of Public Health , the Tribune found the state system for tracking abortions is so broken that officials are likely missing as many as 7,000 abortions annually.
Although state law on abortion that Illinois adopted in 1975 requires abortion centers to report numbers and complications to the Illinois Department of Public Health , the Tribune found the state system for tracking abortions is so broken that officials are likely missing as many as 7,000 abortions annually.
Report: Fewer Planned Parenthood clinics in U.S.
Report: Fewer Planned Parenthood clinics in U.S. (OneNewsNow.com): American Life League's annual report on the nation's largest abortion provider shows that even though Planned Parenthood is still making money, it is suffering some setbacks. Jim Sedlak, vice president of ALL, says the abortion provider suffered some setbacks, according to the pro-life group's 2010 report. 'They closed down several dozen clinics this year,' he notes. 'They are down to 785 clinics, which is the lowest number they've been at since 1986.'
Congressional Hearings Needed on Abortion
Congressional Hearings Needed on How Abortion Kills, Hurts Women | LifeNews.com: In the U.S., there are two sources of data on abortion deaths and complications, both equally unreliable: the Centers for Disease Control and the Alan Guttmacher Institute. Both rely on voluntary (not mandatory) reporting. Neither has any reliable mechanism for double-checking the accuracy of the submitted information. Given the currently available data, even the most basic questions about abortions cannot be reliably answered, including:
- How many abortions are done annually in the United States?
- What are the immediate and long-term risks from abortion?
- How many women die from surgical and Mifeprex abortions?
- How many women suffer damage to their reproductive organs after abortion?
- How many women are hospitalized after botched abortions?
- How many women commit suicide after abortion?
- How many women suffer major depression after abortion?
- How many women experience preterm birth in their next pregnancy because of damage done during the abortion of their last child?
Women need this kind of basic medical information before they make a decision to abort. And it is the responsibility of Congress to make sure that the agencies responsible for public health collect the information that women have a right to know.
Resources: IRS tax-exempt status revocation
One of the most difficult scenarios that occur at a nonprofit organization is to lose your tax-exempt status. Recently, the IRS published a list of over 275,000 organizations in the United States whose tax-exempt status was automatcially revoked because they did not file the IRS Form 990.
If you think your organization may have had their tax-exempt status automatically revoked, visit the IRS's Automatic Revocation of Exemption List.
For more information on automatic revocation for Nonprofits in the United States, including how to prevent revocation and what to do when your tax-exempt status is revoked see GuideStar's Resource Center on Automatic Revocation of Tax-Exempt Status and the National Council of Nonprofits' Tip Sheet on Revocation of Tax-Exempt Status.
If you think your organization may have had their tax-exempt status automatically revoked, visit the IRS's Automatic Revocation of Exemption List.
For more information on automatic revocation for Nonprofits in the United States, including how to prevent revocation and what to do when your tax-exempt status is revoked see GuideStar's Resource Center on Automatic Revocation of Tax-Exempt Status and the National Council of Nonprofits' Tip Sheet on Revocation of Tax-Exempt Status.
Can Software Really Help You Raise More Money?
Can Software Really Help You Raise More Money? Nonprofit | About Nonprofits | Article / Position Paper | IdeaEncore Network: Your database is a great donor relations tool, and once you begin to treat it that way, you will see drastic improvements in fundraising! Here are some examples to get you thinking about just how valuable it can be.
Using Social Media for Fundraising
Using Social Media for Fundraising Nonprofit | Internet - Fundraising / Fund Development | Workshop / Training material | IdeaEncore Network: Everyone seems to be jumping on the social media bandwagon. Fundraisers are no exception. However, raising money via social media is something that requires a time commitment, staff resources, and a plan. This presentation will give you a better handle on what is involved so that you will be more prepared when you are ready to dive in!
Consumers Guide to Volunteer Management Systems
Consumers Guide to Volunteer Management Systems Nonprofit | Vendor/Partner Selection Process | Analysis / research / study | IdeaEncore Network: Volunteer-based organizations have to keep track of a lot of data—for example, contact info, schedules, time sheets and job sites—and the right software can help, freeing time for managing volunteers. There are a number of products out there to help, but it’s surprisingly hard to find information about them. This report is geared to remedy that! Developed with TechSoup.
Decision on NYC PCCs expected mid-July
Chris Slattery reported on the hearing Wednesday: "The courtroom was packed with standing room only this afternoon, and our pro-life attorneys did a great job arguing for Preliminary Motions against NYC's new Local Law #17, previously Bill 371, which was passed into law in March. The judge may rule the law is unconstitutional by the date of its planned enactment, July 14th. Jim Henderson, Esq. arguing for EMC FrontLine, with the ACLJ, and lawyer Matt Bowman, of the ADF."
It's official. I have now seen everything.
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| Neural fold dress depicting the formation of the neural tube. PHOTOGRAPHY: JOHN ROSS. MODEL: CONNIE CHIU/ COURTESY OF HELEN STOREY |
Editor: It's really quite beautiful, and serves an educational purpose.
Six reasons why the deity of Christ matters
Six reasons why the deity of Christ matters – Ray Ortlund: The essential difference between orthodox, traditional, biblical, apostolic, historic, creedal Christianity and revisionist, modernist, liberal Christianity is right here.
Related: The Daily Spurgeon
Put it to yourself whether it shall be with the worm that never dieth and the fire that never shall be quenched, or with Christ who liveth in his glory, and who shall come a second time to give glory to his people and raise their bodies like his own.Oh, it will all hinge on this — “Dost thou believe in Jesus?”
Billboard Campaign Exposes Planned Parenthood
Billboard Campaign Exposes Planned Parenthood - Christian Newswire: The Issues4Life Foundation and The Radiance Foundation, launch a TooManyAborted.Com abortion awareness and pro-adoption themed campaign. This Black American led initiative exposes Planned Parenthood's racist and eugenics-based history and unaltered course. Sixty 'BLACK & BEAUTIFUL' billboards are placed throughout Oakland.
June serves as the grim anniversary of legalized abortion in California through the Therapeutic Abortion Act of 1967. That year, there were 518 legal abortions. Today, California is the nation's abortion capital with over 214,190 abortions performed each year among its 522 abortion 'providers.' The CDC reports that the Black abortion rate is over 3 times that of the majority population -- differences which cannot be explained by 'health care disparities.'
The Teen Girl Brain: Insights Into What Makes Us Women
Beginning two years before puberty and continuing until the late teen and early adult years, the female brain undergoes massive growth and changes in circuitry. This is true for boys too -- but in different brain circuits than girls. Dr. Louann Brizendine shares new findings in the teen girl brain and various strategies being developed to help navigate this special stage of a female's life. YouTube
Get to Know: LiSM Way, a linear client services model training for pregnancy medical clinics
Home Page: LiSM Way is a training program dedicated to transforming pregnancy medical clinics of today into the pregnancy medical clinics of tomorrow.
The abortion industry's war on choice
SMITH: The abortion industry's war on choice - Washington Times: There is a new war on choice in this country, and the leaders are none other than the captains of the abortion industry. Their target: pregnancy care centers. Their technique: Brand the centers with a 'scarlet letter' and force them to advertise abortion. Their goal: disparage the centers and drive women to abortion clinics.
It's no wonder. Pregnancy care centers - and the compassionate and nonjudgmental services they offer - undercut the abortion industry's bottom line. If women hear the truth about abortion and understand that they truly have a life-affirming choice, the abortion industry's profits will decrease.
It's no wonder. Pregnancy care centers - and the compassionate and nonjudgmental services they offer - undercut the abortion industry's bottom line. If women hear the truth about abortion and understand that they truly have a life-affirming choice, the abortion industry's profits will decrease.
North Carolina poised to defund Planned Parenthood
North Carolina poised to defund Planned Parenthood after House votes to override veto | LifeSiteNews.com: Just after midnight Monday night, House members of North Carolina’s General Assembly overrode a veto of a state budget that barred funding for Planned Parenthood, making the state poised to join several others that have cut off funding for America’s largest abortion provider.
New Ipas guide for misoprostol
New Ipas guide for misoprostol : Turtle Bay and Beyond – International Law, Policy, and Institutions: It didn’t take long for the international abortion provider, Ipas, to use WHO’s “approval” of misoprostol to lend legitimacy to its work. (WHO’s recent approval was for preventing post-partum hemmorhaging and not abortion.) This new “toolkit” proposes misoprostol as an alternative to manual vacuum aspirators (MVAs) for “post-abortion” care. Ipas boasts the fact that they use MVAs for abortion all over the world in countries where it is illegal. It is unreasonable to assume that the alternative of misoprostol is not also for use for abortion.
NIV Devotions for Men from Bible Gateway
New email devotional for men: NIV Devotions for Men | Bible Gateway Blog: NIV Devotions for Men will help you apply God’s Word to your life in a fresh way. And of course, while it’s written with men in mind, anyone will benefit from the Bible readings and devotional insights.
Massachusetts' Website Still Promotes Abortion
Massachusetts: Maria Talks Website Still Promotes Abortion | LifeNews.com: The Massachusetts state health department has responded to some of the concerns pro-life advocates presented regarding the pro-abortion Maria Talks web site that is funded with taxpayer funds. But the web site still suggests abortions to teenage girls.
The site tells teenage girls, “The reality of getting an abortion is much easier than it sounds here” while also telling them adoption “can be pretty tough for some people, especially emotionally.” Another page has “Maria,” the web site guide, telling girls that a friend who had an abortion found it to be a “difficult decision” but decided the abortion was the “best choice … for herself, her boyfriend, her family and her future.”
The site tells teenage girls, “The reality of getting an abortion is much easier than it sounds here” while also telling them adoption “can be pretty tough for some people, especially emotionally.” Another page has “Maria,” the web site guide, telling girls that a friend who had an abortion found it to be a “difficult decision” but decided the abortion was the “best choice … for herself, her boyfriend, her family and her future.”
Abortion-Rights Group Files Lawsuit Over Sonogram Bill
Abortion-Rights Group Files Lawsuit Over Sonogram Bill — Abortion Sonogram Bill | The Texas Tribune: The Center for Reproductive Rights, a national abortion-rights advocacy group, has filed suit over Texas' newly signed abortion sonogram law, alleging it violates the First Amendment rights of the doctor and the patient. The suit alleges that the sonogram requirement violates the constitutional rights of both the doctor and the patient by 'forcing physicians to deliver politically-motivated communications to women regardless of the woman's wishes.' It also charges that the law discriminates against women by 'subjecting them to paternalistic 'protections' not imposed on men.'
U.S. senators: Obama admin threat to Indiana an ‘alarming’ overreach
U.S. senators: Obama admin threat to Indiana over Planned Parenthood an ‘alarming’ overreach | LifeSiteNews.com: Twenty-eight U.S. Senators led by Orrin Hatch (R-UT) on Thursday sent a letter to Donald Berwick, Medicaid Administrator, defending Indiana’s ban on taxpayer funds going to abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood. The senators say Indiana’s law is consistent with the federal Medicaid statute, and defend the rights of states to manage their own Medicaid programs. The senators point to a Senate Report which stated that apparent restrictions in the Social Security Act are “not intended to preclude a State from establishing, under State law, any other bases for excluding individuals or entities from its Medicaid program.”
Abortion hindering CA budget agreement
Abortion hindering Calif. budget agreement (OneNewsNow.com): Because the state is essentially broke, pro-life organizations are calling for lawmakers in The Golden State to stop using tax dollars to fund abortions. According to the California Pro-Life Council, the state spends more than $23 million on abortions and funds over 80,000 abortions every year. Last year alone, Planned Parenthood raked in $1 billion in revenue.
Hearing tomorrow re: NYC PCCs
NYC Law Attacking Pregnancy Centers Faces Court Hearing | LifeNews.com: New York City officials face a hearing in federal court tomorrow over a lawsuit filed on behalf of pregnancy centers attacked in a new ordinance the city council passed and Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed.
IRS Trims its List of Nonprofits by 275,000
IRS Trims its List of Nonprofits by 275,000 - ECFA.org: The IRS has published a list of approximately 275,000 organizations that have automatically lost their tax-exempt status because of the failure to file required annual returns for three consecutive years. The list will be updated monthly, and publication on the list serves as notice to donors that contributions are not tax-deductible.
Giving to ECFA Members Exceeds National Trends
Giving to ECFA Members Exceeds National Trends: While the dominant headlines during the recession have focused on the decrease in giving to nonprofits, this is not the entire story. An analysis of giving to ECFA members released today reveals that for ECFA members renewing membership in the last six months there has been a net gain in giving to its members during the recession. Pre-recession giving compared to three years later was $6.18 billion in 2007 and $6.32 billion in 2010, or an increase of 2%.
Clinic Falsified Documents on Botched Abortions
Abortion Center Shown Falsifying Documents on Botched Abortions | LifeNews.com: Baton Rouge resident Richard Mahoney has uncovered evidence that Delta Women’s Clinic in Baton Rouge has, for decades, falsified medical records and under-reported the number of abortions resulting in the death of or injury to pregnant women. DHH officials have been aware of the practice and have allowed it to continue, he alleges.
Majority of high school students have remained sexually abstinent
More than one in two high-school students report they have remained abstinent, an increase of nearly 18 percent since the early 1990s. The trend was most striking among African-American students, with an 88-percent increase in those remaining abstinent. FamilyFacts.org
TN Planned Parenthood chapters stripped of federal funding
TN Planned Parenthood chapters stripped of federal funding | The Tennessean | tennessean.com: The Metro Public Health Department will take over a $335,000 federal grant for family planning services, after a campaign to strip the funding from Planned Parenthood.
How Ultrasound Changed the Human Sex Ratio
The technology that ultimately became the dominant method of sex selection around the world began as a tool for navigation. . . . To the 1960s public the technology looked positively futuristic. Around the time pregnancy became a choice rather than an inevitability and the business of having children became about more than generating labor for the farm, we began seeking ways to bond with our babies before birth. An image on which to pin parental hopes made that task a whole lot easier, and so it was a breakthrough to have a preview, however muddled, of the baby growing inside a mother’s uterus. . . .
But public fascination also provided a window for criticism, and ultrasound elicited substantial ethical deliberation. Some critics feared overly powerful scientists. Feminists pushing for abortion rights fretted, justifiably, that the machine humanized the fetus. Others worried the new reproductive technology would be exploited by governments intent on manipulating their populations; the Nazis, after all, had screened newlyweds for genetic diseases in their eugenics program. What if the power to create "superbabies" fell into the hands of an evil dictator? But none of these critiques came close to identifying what turned out to be ultrasound’s most pernicious threat. In hindsight, 1960s Americans worried about everything except the possibility that average parents, emboldened by the new knowledge technology brought them, might make small, seemingly innocuous choices—and that those choices, taken together, would add up to disaster.
Excerpt from Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys over Girls and the Consequences of a World Full of Men by Mara Hvistendahl. Scientific American
But public fascination also provided a window for criticism, and ultrasound elicited substantial ethical deliberation. Some critics feared overly powerful scientists. Feminists pushing for abortion rights fretted, justifiably, that the machine humanized the fetus. Others worried the new reproductive technology would be exploited by governments intent on manipulating their populations; the Nazis, after all, had screened newlyweds for genetic diseases in their eugenics program. What if the power to create "superbabies" fell into the hands of an evil dictator? But none of these critiques came close to identifying what turned out to be ultrasound’s most pernicious threat. In hindsight, 1960s Americans worried about everything except the possibility that average parents, emboldened by the new knowledge technology brought them, might make small, seemingly innocuous choices—and that those choices, taken together, would add up to disaster.
Excerpt from Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys over Girls and the Consequences of a World Full of Men by Mara Hvistendahl. Scientific American
Abortion pills reverse pro-life progress
Care Net | Abortion pills reverse pro-life progress: The abortion pill’s growing popularity has reversed a decade of pro-life progress and declining abortion rates. The consequence? The window for pro-life groups like Care Net to reach abortion-vulnerable women is shrinking.
Get to Know: Dare 2 Share
God created us to be with Him. (Genesis 1-2)
Our sins separate us from God. (Genesis 3)
Sins cannot be removed by good deeds. (Genesis 4 - Malachi 4)
Paying the price for sin, Jesus died and rose again. (Matthew - Luke)
Everyone who trusts in Him alone has eternal life. (John)
Life with Jesus starts now and lasts forever. (Acts - Revelation)
Sharing the gospel with someone else is like taking them on a journey with six stops along the way. The evangelist becomes a guide of sorts who brings their fellow sojourners to six stops along the way to pause and ponder the landscape of the story of the Bible, the gospel message. Dare2Share
Our sins separate us from God. (Genesis 3)
Sins cannot be removed by good deeds. (Genesis 4 - Malachi 4)
Paying the price for sin, Jesus died and rose again. (Matthew - Luke)
Everyone who trusts in Him alone has eternal life. (John)
Life with Jesus starts now and lasts forever. (Acts - Revelation)
Michigan income tax credits for donating to charities end next year
Michigan income tax credits for donating to charities end next year | MLive.com: In a couple of years, donating to some Michigan charities won’t feel quite so good — at least not where your pocketbook is concerned. As part of a massive tax reform bill signed into law last month, all state income tax credits for charitable donations were eliminated to help close Michigan’s $1.5 billion budget deficit.
Planned Parenthood will close its Doylestown clinic
Planned Parenthood will close its Doylestown clinic - phillyBurbs.com : Doylestown: doylestown, planned parenthood,: Planned Parenthood will close its Doylestown, PA, clinic on June 28. The decision to close the office, which does not provide abortions, came down to money.
A visit still could cost about $150 and Medicaid might only pay $20. Maggie Groff said, "We lose that much money with each person who walks through the door. With the economy, we can't make that up through fundraising." The Rainbow Room, a community center for homosexual teens, will remain available because it has donors that support it.
A visit still could cost about $150 and Medicaid might only pay $20. Maggie Groff said, "We lose that much money with each person who walks through the door. With the economy, we can't make that up through fundraising." The Rainbow Room, a community center for homosexual teens, will remain available because it has donors that support it.
When is a woman's choice free? It's not always clear
When is a woman's choice free? It's not always clear | Savitri Hensman | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: 'A woman's right to choose' and 'Every child a wanted child' are common, and often useful, concepts. But the situation in India, where the number of baby girls has dropped significantly because of selective abortion of female foetuses, illustrates how tricky the questions raised can be.
2nd TX Abortion Clinic Committed Illegal Dumping of Aborted Babies
Second Abortion Clinic Committed Illegal Dumping of Aborted Babies, Says Texas Authorities :Operation Rescue: The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, has determined that a second Whole Women’s Health abortion clinic was illegally dumping the remains of aborted babies, this time at their clinic in Austin.
Whole Women’s Health is being charged with “Failure to prevent the disposal of treated fetuses at a municipal solid waste landfill” and “Failure to ensure that the labels placed on each medical waste container show the weight of the container.” Due to the apparent seriousness of the alleged violations, a formal enforcement action has been initiated.
Whole Women’s Health is being charged with “Failure to prevent the disposal of treated fetuses at a municipal solid waste landfill” and “Failure to ensure that the labels placed on each medical waste container show the weight of the container.” Due to the apparent seriousness of the alleged violations, a formal enforcement action has been initiated.
Teen abortion advice site revamped
Teen abortion advice site revamped - BostonHerald.com: The controversial state-funded teen sex advice site Mariatalks.com, accused of sugarcoating abortion by telling kids it’s “much easier than it sounds,” has been toned down after a lawmaker protest sparked by a Boston Herald expose.
MTV Pregnancy Shows and Abortion Support
MTV Pregnancy Shows Up Abortion Support, Ultrasound Lowers It | LifeNews.com: Instead of fostering support for pregnant teens who decide to have their babies instead rather than aborting, MTV shows like 16 and Pregnant sparked more abortion support.
Writer: I’m grateful for ‘euphoric’ abortion experience
Writer: I’m grateful for ‘euphoric’ abortion experience | LifeSiteNews.com: "I speak openly about my abortion,” wrote Jessica DelBlazo about the abortion of her third child. “It’s the easiest way to reassure women who are contemplating a termination that the (sic) neither the procedure itself nor the emotional aftermath will necessarily be dramatic.”
OCs may significantly increase blood clot risk
First FDA, now Health Canada: contraceptive pills may significantly increase blood clot risk | LifeSiteNews.com: Health Canada has announced it will be reviewing the safety of the contraceptive pills Yaz and Yasmin over concerns users may have a two to three times greater risk of developing blood clots, compared to those who use other brands of contraceptive pills. The decision follows in the footsteps of an announcement in May that the United State’s Food and Drug Administration was also reviewing the safety of the contraceptive pills.
Abortion Has Caused 300K Breast Cancer Deaths Since Roe
Abortion Has Caused 300K Breast Cancer Deaths Since Roe | LifeNews.com: Professor Joel Brind, endocrinologist at Baruch College in New York, worked with several scientists on a 1996 paper published in the Journal of Epidemiol Community Health showing a “30% greater chance of developing breast cancer” for women who have induced abortions. Karen Malec, head of the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, says the number of studies showing the abortion-breast cancer link continues to grow in the years since Brind’s groundbreaking 1996 analysis.
Casual sex linked to depression
Concerned Parents Report, Abstract, Sexual Health & Disease: Females who reported the greatest number of partners had the highest symptoms of depressive pathology. The researchers noted that the association of casual sex and depressive symptoms in females is worthy of further investigation.
OCs linked to bowel disease
Concerned Parents Report, Abstract, Contraception Information: The results of analysis on 14 studies showed that there is evidence of an association between the use of oral contraceptive agents and the development of inflammatory bowel disease, particularly Crohn’s Disease. The risk of those who stop using OCs reverts to levels of women not exposed to them.
OCs affect mate choice?
Concerned Parents Report, Abstract, Contraception Information: A 2009 published review of past research reports that oral contraceptive use may affect how women and men choose mates and the resulting human reproductive outcomes. By altering hormonal cycles in women, women and men are affected in their biological responses to the opposite sex. This could mean they will choose less “desirable” partners biologically and that could hinder successful reproduction in the future and possibly affect long- term relationships.
Pro-Life Group Marks 43 Years of Saving Lives
Minnesota Pro-Life Group Marks 43 Years of Saving Lives | LifeNews.com: Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, the state’s oldest and largest pro-life organization, today celebrates 43 years of dedication to protecting and defending human life. Many hearts have been changed, protective laws passed and lives saved due to the tireless labor of MCCL volunteers and contributors throughout the decades.
"Pro-Life" Movie Promotes Violence
"Pro-Life" Movie "Gates of Hell" Promotes Violence, Not Helpful | LifeNews.com: A producer by the name of Molotov (can’t make this stuff up) has made a film about a Black terrorist group, called Zulu 9, that goes after abortionists for 40 years of Black genocide. The movie is called, The Gates of Hell. Once again, Black Americans are portrayed as gangster thugs whose only depth is how much their ammo clip can hold in their automatic weapons. Blacks are consistently portrayed as hopelessly prone to violence as the only solution to what ails them. This movie is vile and disgusting.
Editor: While I agree with the reviewer's premise, I find it interesting he falls into the same mistake he's accusing the movie-maker of making. While complaining the movie stereotypes black men as gangsters, he fears the movie will incite young black men to violence. Are they gangsters after all? And then he uses a very unfortunate metaphor in his last paragraph, comparing the hoped for failure of this movie with a baby's crib-death. We should rightly discern, but we should be also discerning about how we comment.
Crowe Defends Abortion in Twitter Rant
Russell Crowe Defends Abortion in Profane Twitter Rant | LifeNews.com: In a late night profane rant on Twitter that is causing him significant negative press today, actor Russell Crowe defended abortion and opposed circumcision.
'Keepsake' Sonograms May Be Skewing Birth Sex Ratios
'Keepsake' Sonograms May Be Skewing Birth Sex Ratios: The commercial availability of reasonably priced 4-dimensional ultrasound machines has enabled the proliferation of storefront businesses that offer so-called 'keepsake' high-resolution sonograms. Although a direct causal link cannot be proven, the presence of these businesses in predominantly Asian and South Asian communities correlates with an observed imbalance in live birth sex ratios favoring boys over girls.
UN report calls for comprehensive sex ed for ten-year-olds to fight AIDS
UN report calls for comprehensive sex ed for ten-year-olds to fight AIDS | LifeSiteNews.com: Critics question why UNICEF, UNAIDS, and the WHO chose to focus primarily on comprehensive sexuality education, a method of HIV prevention that is largely untested, when proven alternatives, such as behavioral modification, exist to stop the spread of HIV. Some international observers see this move as part of a larger agenda to promote comprehensive sexuality education among youth.
12-year-olds can get abortions in Ontario without parental knowledge
12-year-olds can get abortions in Ontario without parental knowledge | LifeSiteNews.com: A twelve-year-old in Ontario cannot go on a school field trip without parental permission, or drink alcohol without a parent present. They won’t be able to drive, buy cigarettes, or vote for years. But they can get an abortion all on their own, without their parents ever knowing.
Private abortion facilities across Ontario advertise with pride that they will perform abortions on girls under 16 without informing their parents. Canada’s laws do not stipulate an age of consent for abortion.
Private abortion facilities across Ontario advertise with pride that they will perform abortions on girls under 16 without informing their parents. Canada’s laws do not stipulate an age of consent for abortion.
Why is the abortion rate up amongst the poor?
Why is the abortion rate up amongst the poor, but down everywhere else? | LifeSiteNews.com: Even though the abortion rate has declined for most demographic groups, the largest decline has taken place among African-American women. The abortion rate for minors also continued to fall dramatically, declining by 22 percent between 2000 and 2008. The abortion rate among married women is dramatically less than the abortion rate for women who either cohabit or have never been married. Finally, women with no religious affiliation have a higher abortion rate than those who identify with some religion.
The one finding that has received considerable media attention is that between 2000 and 2008, the abortion rate increased substantially among women below the poverty line. Could the increase in federal funds to Planned Parenthood be responsible?
The one finding that has received considerable media attention is that between 2000 and 2008, the abortion rate increased substantially among women below the poverty line. Could the increase in federal funds to Planned Parenthood be responsible?
Grave Inflation
Grave Inflation - By David Rieff | Foreign Policy: U.N. agencies, USAID, its European counterparts, and NGOs almost all think that to get attention for a given crisis, they must use apocalyptic language and err on the side of overestimating the death, damage, and displacement that has been caused. To do anything else is to risk not getting the minimum help needed.
Man Who Tried to Force Abortion at Gunpoint Gets 13 Years
Man Who Tried to Force Abortion at Gunpoint Gets 13 Year Sentence | LifeNews.com: Dominic L. Holt-Reid, 28, was indicted on six counts including attempted murder, kidnapping, improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle, carrying a concealed weapon and having a weapon under disability. Holt-Reid was arrested and charged after he tried to make his partner keep a scheduled appoint for an abortion she decided to go back on after further thought. The young woman has since delivered the child, who is healthy.
Pro-Abortion Attacks Reveal Success of PCCs
Pro-Abortion Attacks on Pregnancy Centers Show Their Success | LifeNews.com: The attack on PCCs contains a silver lining. The abortion activists’ attack highlights the positive effect PCCs continue to have on women’s lives – through the emotional and financial support they offer, their dedication to empowering women with life-affirming options, and their educating women on the adverse health consequences of abortion.
Get to Know: Love Facts
Love Facts, Things you need to know: Empower yourself and friends. Even if your aren't currently sexually active, you should know what modern research shows regarding sexually transmitted diseases, contraception, abortion effects and the emotional fallout that can come from premature sexual involvement. You thought you had heard it all before? You'll be surprised at what you learn here!
Sex-selective abortion only aggravates misogyny
Sex-selective abortion only aggravates misogyny | Madeleine Teahan | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: UK feminists are infatuated with 'choice', but aborting a foetus because it is female is not an expression of inspired autonomy.
Editor: US feminists have the same problem, for the most part.
Telemed Abortions Circumvent Pro-life Laws
International Telemed Abortions Used to Circumvent Pro-life Laws | LifeNews.com: A pro-abortion website is targeting pro-life countries such as Poland, Ireland, and Malta for distribution of the abortion drug, RU486. Womenonweb.org directs women to an online questionnaire where they answer questions about gestational age, etc. Then they ship the abortion drugs to their homes. The physician disseminating the drug does not physically examine the woman before sending her the drug, nor is he/she available should complications arise.
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