Is our understanding of “pure in heart” big enough? « Strengthened by Grace: When you think of being “pure in heart,” what do you think of? Most of think of moral purity in terms of what we think about. But is that all pure in heart means? Do we have too narrow an understanding of what “pure in heart” means?
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Top Pro-Abortion Activists to Headline Obama Fundraiser
Top Pro-Abortion Activists to Headline Obama Fundraiser | LifeNews.com: The fundraising will include First Lady Michelle Obama and, in her first appearance for Obama, pro-abortion activist Gloria Steinem. They will be joined at the fundraiser in New York City held at a Park Avenue location on September 20th along with Emily’s List president Stephanie Schriock and Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the pro-abortion congresswoman Obama recently installed as the chair of the national Democratic Party, will also be on hand for the event, which the Huntington Post reports will have tickets starting at $500 and going on up to $38,500.
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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the pro-abortion congresswoman Obama recently installed as the chair of the national Democratic Party, will also be on hand for the event, which the Huntington Post reports will have tickets starting at $500 and going on up to $38,500.
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The Stories behind the deaths associated with RU486: Part One
The Stories behind the deaths associated with RU486: Part One |: In this series, National Right to Life is going to look at the individual stories of the women who died. Based on publicly available documents we will look at who they were, the families they came from, and how the chemical abortions they thought would be safe and simple turned out lethal not only to their unborn babies but themselves. These are stories of the human cost of the abortion pill you won’t hear about at the abortion clinic.
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Hairstylists commit to talk about abortion at their shops
Over 1,000 hairstylists commit to talk about abortion at their shops | LifeSiteNews.com: A new approach to get information about the high abortion rate among black women in the U.S. to thousands of people was launched at a trade show for barbers and hair stylists in Atlanta over the weekend, reports Bound4Life. Over a thousand hairdressers told organizers of The Samson Project that they would talk about abortion in their shops. Named for the long-haired Nazirite of the Old Testament, the project enlisted over 1,000 people committed to watching their DVD, and talking about abortion’s tragic impact on the black community in their shops.
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New mothers choose 'tied tubes' over IUDs
New mothers choose 'tied tubes' over IUDs - Health - Women's health - msnbc.com: Very few women choose to get an intrauterine device (IUD) inserted soon after giving birth, even though it's one of the most effective methods of long-term contraception, according to a new study. Instead, the research showed, many opt for tubal sterilization -- usually a permanent closure of the fallopian tubes -- including young women who may go on to regret the surgery.
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A few good tools for event registration (updated)
These days, most event participants expect to be able to register for events online. Luckily, there are lots of tools to help with that, ranging from simple up to sophisticated and all the way to multi-functional. We asked a number of nonprofit technology professionals what online registration tools have worked for them. Idealware
Two-page Planned Giving Primer
Two-page Planned Giving Primer Nonprofit | Grant proposals (multiple fundertypes) - Fundraising / Fund Development | How to / Guide | IdeaEncore Network: A simple list of items to include or not overlook which will help your grant be much more competitive. This list is a compilation of years of grant writing success. Very simple points from the funders' perspective.
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Ten Steps for Building an Effective Nonprofit Board
Ten Steps for Building an Effective Nonprofit Board A Checklist for Action Nonprofit | Board of Directors - Board development | Checklist | IdeaEncore Network:"This checklist frames essential elements of an effective nonprofit board. While not designed to be an exhaustive guide to developing and staffing a board, it is a practice-based assessment tool that summarized board essentials that can be used as a conversation starter about board effectiveness. It also offers a short list of actionable ideas to improve board functioning for each element. Free download.
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Leveraging the Valued Volunteer: How to Turn Your Nonprofit or Grassroots Cause Volunteers into Marketing Ambassadors
Leveraging the Valued Volunteer: How to Turn Your Nonprofit or Grassroots Cause Volunteers into Marketing Ambassadors Nonprofit | Communication | Article / Position Paper | IdeaEncore Network: Volunteers affect your public image every time they interact with the your customers, your constituents, or the media. The question is: what impression are they giving these audiences about your organization? This article offers tangible, practical steps to assess the impact your volunteers are having on public perception, and how to turn them into ambassadors for your brand.
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Evaluating online activities
Your organization has a profile on an online social networking site such as FaceBook, and you have hundreds of "friends" linked from your profile. Your organization has hundreds of subscribers to an email newsletter. Dozens of people virtually attended your virtual presentation. You have hundreds, even thousands, of people following you on Twitter. Hundreds, even thousands, of people voted for you on some contest as the "best" nonprofit, or the one with the best idea. So what? Coyote Communications
Appeals court rejects abortion remorse lawsuit
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin - The City's No. 1 Source for the Law Profession: The 16-page appellate opinion denies the woman's argument that she is entitled to damages against the abortion clinic. She alleged that the clinic staff had a duty to tell her that she was terminating a human being as a matter of biological fact.
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Planned Parenthood may close clinic Friday
Planned Parenthood says it will close clinic Friday if funding not restored - KansasCity.com: Planned Parenthood is threatening to close its Hays, KS, clinic this Friday unless it learns by then that its federal family planning funds will be restored. More from Operation Rescue
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New Rules to Shut Down Virginia Abortion Clinics
New Rules to Shut Down Virginia Abortion Clinics - HUMAN EVENTS: After being passed back in February and signed by Gov. Bob McDonnell, the new regulations take effect in January and will apply dramatically higher health standards in a variety of facilities, but most controversially in abortion clinics.
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Planned Parenthood says abortion clinic is 'office'
Planned Parenthood says abortion center is 'office': A court hearing is scheduled in a battle in Michigan over whether Planned Parenthood will be allowed to build and open a new abortion business in Auburn Hills. Opponents are preparing for a hearing Sept. 7 at which a judge could decide whether the deed restriction that limits a property's use to "restaurant, retail or office" uses includes an abortion clinic.
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Northern Illinois Women's Center Lies To The People Of Rockford
Northern Illinois Women's Center Told A Second Time By State Of Illinois To Stop Lying To The People Of Rockford | Pro-Life Corner: Last week the State of Illinois sent a polite email to the Rockford abortion mill telling it to remove a sign from its door that claimed it had passed a health inspection. So when Rockford's abortion mill put up another sign on Friday, August 26, filled with lies, claiming it passed inspection, the Health Department acted swiftly and decisively in ordering the mill to remove the deceitful sign.
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Mom Uses Abortion to Hide Rape of Mentally Disabled Daughter
Mom Uses Abortion to Hide Rape of Mentally Disabled Daughter | LifeNews.com: A Houston mother stands accused of taking her adopted mentally disabled daughter to Ohio to get an abortion in an effort to conceal the fact that her son raped her daughter.
Cynthia Greenwood faces charges of tampering and fabricating evidence because she took her daughter for the abortion after police began investigating the alleged rape. Officials believe Greenwood took her mentally disabled girls to Cleveland, Ohio, for the abortion in an effort to conceal DNA evidence that could have otherwise been obtained to prove the rape charges.
The report does not indicate where Greenwood took her daughter, but Ohio Planned Parenthood there has a history of not informing the authorities about cases of sexual abuse and statutory rape of young girls.
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The report does not indicate where Greenwood took her daughter, but Ohio Planned Parenthood there has a history of not informing the authorities about cases of sexual abuse and statutory rape of young girls.
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Boy, 11, among 1,000 under-16s treated for sexually transmitted infections
Boy, 11, among 1,000 under-16s treated for sexually transmitted infections | Mail Online: A boy of 11 has been treated in hospital after contracting a sexual disease, a shocking survey has found. He is the youngest among a group of children under 16 who have been treated for sexually transmitted infections in UK hospitals. The figures have revealed that almost 1,000 under-16s have been diagnosed with venereal diseases such as herpes, chlamydia and gonorrhoea in the past three years.
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Report Proves Planned Parenthood Targets Blacks, Hispanics
Report Proves Planned Parenthood Targets Blacks, Hispanics | LifeNews.com: A new reported issued by the pro-life group Life Dynamics proves that Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry in the United States target black and Hispanic Americans by placing abortion facilities in communities with high minority populations.
“Racial Targeting and Population Control” validates the claims pro-life advocates have made for years — and that Life Dynamics made in its groundbreaking Maafa21 video released two years ago — showing that abortion advocates have purposefully placed abortion centers in urban areas with high percentages of black and Hispanic residents.
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“Racial Targeting and Population Control” validates the claims pro-life advocates have made for years — and that Life Dynamics made in its groundbreaking Maafa21 video released two years ago — showing that abortion advocates have purposefully placed abortion centers in urban areas with high percentages of black and Hispanic residents.
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Kids on a shoestring: Transportation
Transportation is critically important to parents and other caregivers. It’s no good to have awesome childcare and a fabulous job if you can’t get there. Feminists for Life
IVF, Mass Production, and Coercion
IVF, Mass Production and Coercion | After Abortion: "My reflection on this problem was prompted by a call I received last year from a woman who was experiencing severe post-abortion reactions following an multi-fetal pregnancy reduction procedure. Prior to undergoing an in vitro fertilization procedure, she had told the doctor she would not agree to abortion under any circumstance and he had expressed respect for her beliefs. Despite this, he implanted several embryos with the expectation that most would not 'take.' When several of the implanted embryos did implant, he quickly began to pressure her to abort the 'extras' to avoid losing them all. Eventually the mother, who desperately wanted children and abhorred abortion, did as her doctor ordered."
Related: Targeting excess children
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Related: Targeting excess children
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Woman in intensive care after a late term abortion at a Melbourne clinic
Woman in intensive care after a late term abortion at a Melbourne clinic | Herald Sun: Health authorities have launched investigations after a seriously ill woman was rushed to hospital last week following complications during surgery at a Melbourne clinic that specialises in late term abortions. She was reportedly 23 weeks' pregnant and suffered organ failure after the abortion. The woman remains in hospital in intensive care following complications during a late-term abortion at the Marie Stopes Maroondah clinic, formerly known as the Croydon Day Centre.
The doctor at the clinic said the woman had a serious pre-existing medical condition and the abortion had nothing to do with her current state of health. The Medical Board of Australia held a special hearing yesterday to quiz medical staff involved in the procedure. It is believed that one of the doctors involved has previously been criticised by the MBA.
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The doctor at the clinic said the woman had a serious pre-existing medical condition and the abortion had nothing to do with her current state of health. The Medical Board of Australia held a special hearing yesterday to quiz medical staff involved in the procedure. It is believed that one of the doctors involved has previously been criticised by the MBA.
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My Planned Parenthood Abortion Story
My Planned Parenthood Abortion Story: "I believed the indoctrination I’d been told by many, mostly public schooling 'sexual education.' I really believed what these people were telling me despite the fact my heart felt so heavy and I felt something deep and powerful inside of me telling me I was wrong."
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UK abortion rules to be tightened in biggest shake-up for a generation
Abortion rules to be tightened in biggest shake-up for a generation - Telegraph: The Department of Health is to announce plans for a new system of independent counselling for women before they finally commit to terminating a pregnancy. The move is designed to give women more “breathing space.” Pro-life campaigners suggest the change could result in up to 60,000 fewer abortions each year in Britain. Last year, 202,400 were carried out. The plan would introduce a mandatory obligation on abortion clinics to offer women access to independent counselling, to be run on separate premises by a group which does not itself carry out abortions.
SPUC response: Abortion counselling story dangerously misleading, says pro-life group
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SPUC response: Abortion counselling story dangerously misleading, says pro-life group
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Vaccination rate for girls against cancer-causing HPV is lagging, CDC says
Vaccination rate for girls against cancer-causing HPV is lagging, CDC says - The Washington Post: Only about half of the teenage girls in the U.S. have rolled up their sleeves for a controversial vaccine against cervical cancer — a rate well below those for two other vaccinations aimed at adolescents.
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Stem Cells Derived From Human Amniotic Fluid Hold Promise
Stem Cells Derived From Human Amniotic Fluid Hold Promise: Two papers published in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (20:6), now freely available online, highlight the rich source of stem cells in human amniotic fluid that can be isolated and transplanted for therapeutic purposes.
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Paying the Piper: Abortionists Face the Music at Upcoming Hearings
Paying the Piper: Abortionists Face the Music at Upcoming Hearings :Operation Rescue: Currently, abortionists all over the country are facing hearings in the coming weeks with state disciplinary boards and criminal courts. Here's a round-up of all the abortionists that have been "rounded up."
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Get to Know: The HDRC Medical Library
HDRC Medical Library: DVDs, CDs, brochures, presentations and
downloads on prenatal development and STIs for your classroom, center, medical practice, and personal use.
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downloads on prenatal development and STIs for your classroom, center, medical practice, and personal use.
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Jesus Would Never Intentionally Pass By Us, Would He?
True Woman | Jesus Would Never Intentionally Pass By Us, Would He?: "I want to be like our little grandson, Joshua. Crying out comes naturally for him; he has no other means of getting the help he needs. The Lord is so tenderly reminding me: in reality, neither do I. And neither do you. "
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Proposal to allow for-profit abortion ads on UK TV criticized
Proposal to allow for profit abortion ads on TV criticised | News | The Christian Institute: Currently abortion clinics can only advertise their services if they are not run for profit. However the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice wants to relax the rules to allow adverts by commercial abortion providers. The Christian Medical Fellowship, which represents over 4,000 doctors, is “strongly opposed” to the controversial proposal.
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Not dead yet: Historic Polish pro-life bill alive and well
Not dead yet: Historic Polish pro-life bill alive and well despite commission vote against | LifeSiteNews.com: While initial news reports following a vote by a parliamentary commission in Poland had suggested that the vote had effectively killed a historic pro-life bill, LifeSiteNews has since learned that the commission vote is non-binding on the Polish Parliament as a whole, and the bill (which would ban all abortions in the country) is in fact still alive and well.
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Komen still giving grants to Planned Parenthood
STOPP - Stop Planned Parenthood - Komen still giving grants to Planned Parenthood: American Life League staff recently undertook an examination of the Susan G. Komen affiliates' federal forms 990 to determine the amounts being given directly to Planned Parenthood affiliates by Komen affiliates. Here are the numbers for 2009-2010.
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Baby Makes New Mom Feel Guilty About Her Abortion
Baby Makes New Mom Feel Guilty About Her Abortion « Pro-Life Hotline: An interesting article on a “mommy blog” called The Stir contained a confession from a woman who regretted her abortion because of a consequence she never could have foreseen—her abortion at 17 was keeping her from bonding with her new baby.
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Texas Planned Parenthood closes
Planned Parenthood in Sherman closes: Planned Parenthood in Sherman closed their doors for the last time Wednesday. The health center was closed because there were not enough patients to support keeping it open.
Related: Gov. Perry credited with bringing down abortion facility
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Related: Gov. Perry credited with bringing down abortion facility
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From Planned Parenthood to Pro-Life
From Planned Parenthood to Pro-Life | Daily News | NCRegister.com: It’s hard to believe that, just a decade ago, Couri was agnostic and contemptuous of Catholicism — and was a staunch advocate of legalized abortion who worked as a volunteer and employee for Planned Parenthood. In fact, she herself once had an abortion. “I’ve come a long way,” Couri acknowledged. “And God has supported me through this process.”
Only 1 in 7 Ob/Gyns Now Perform Abortions, Survey Finds
Only 1 in 7 Ob/Gyns Now Perform Abortions, Survey Finds - US News and World Report: But there were limitations to the survey, said Rachel Jones, a senior research associate at the nonprofit Guttmacher Institute, which focuses on sexual and reproductive health issues. For example, the current survey included older doctors than those polled in the earlier survey. Also, roughly one-third of the ob/gyns polled did not respond, and there was no information given on nonrespondents, she said.
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Pro-choice members of Congress are listening
Heartbeat International’s Babies Go to Congress campaign may be the most powerful Pro-Life event on Capitol Hill. Just imagine pro-abortion lawmakers, many of whom sponsor legislation to put crisis pregnancy centers out of business, meeting with women who choose life at our pregnancy centers!
Before Kids, Put a Ring On It
Before Kids, Put a Ring On It - By Kathryn Jean Lopez - The Home Front - National Review Online: Couples should get married before having children or bringing a new romantic partner into the home. This is because cohabitation and children do not mix well, according to the research on children.
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Polish bill to ban all abortions voted down by parliament commission
Heartbreak: Historic Polish bill to ban all abortions voted down by parliament commission | LifeSiteNews.com: In a major blow to the hopes of hundreds of thousands of Polish people and the country’s pro-life movement, on August 19 a commission of the country’s parliament rejected a bill that would have banned all abortions.
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Hospitals take 'hard stop' on early elective C-sections
Hospitals take 'hard stop' on early elective C-sections - Health - Pregnancy - msnbc.com: Beginning next month, many pregnant women in Oregon will no longer be able to have the early delivery they've been dreaming of. On Sept. 1, Oregon will become the latest state where some hospitals are refusing to do elective, non-medically necessary inductions and cesarean sections before 39 weeks of pregnancy. The goal is to give babies more time for important development and to reduce costly complications after birth.
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Lil Wayne Drops Deep Messages In 'How To Love' Video
Lil Wayne Drops Deep Messages In 'How To Love' Video - Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV: The video opens in an abortion clinic, where a woman lies in a gown on the operating table. Suddenly she changes her mind and flies off the table and through the clinic's hall, choosing to keep her child.
Editor: I'm can't say for certain this is a "pro-life" video. The description goes on to say how the downward spiral of a tragic life rewinds to different results. Does that mean the rapper is saying things would have been better if she had aborted?
Editor: I'm can't say for certain this is a "pro-life" video. The description goes on to say how the downward spiral of a tragic life rewinds to different results. Does that mean the rapper is saying things would have been better if she had aborted?
Clinic Workers Leaving Could Take Down Abortion
Abby Johnson: Clinic Workers Leaving Could Take Down Abortion | LifeNews.com: Abby Johnson says she speaks regularly with people who are former workers at abortion centers or want to get out of the abortion industry and are looking for help to do so. She is in contact with such people on a weekly basis and believes helping abortion staffers leave their jobs is the Achilles Heel for Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry and could be the key to stopping considerable numbers of abortions by closing down abortion centers via lack of staff.
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Tenth Texas Abortionist to Face Discipline
Tenth Texas Abortionist to Face Discipline Based on Undercover Investigation :Operation Rescue: Franz C. Theard will face a hearing on October 28, 2011. Theard is an El Paso abortionist who also runs an abortion clinic just over the state border in New Mexico. Operation Rescue recorded one of Theard’s employees coaching a caller who claimed to be a minor seeking an abortion, to cross state lines to avoid having to comply with the Texas parental notification law. Aborted baby remains were also discovered by pro-life activists in a parking lot outside Theard’s El Paso abortion clinic earlier this year.
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Why Today's Sex Education Won't Work
Why Today's Sex Education Won't Work | FoxNews.com: "I’ll never forget a patient that I cared for during my residency training -- 17 or 18 years old and pregnant for the first time, one of many pregnant teenagers who came to our prenatal clinic.
In the first trimester, we treated her for chlamydia; in the second, for genital warts. In the third trimester, we hospitalized her -- not for pregnancy complications but because she had planned suicide after being notified that the painful blisters on her private parts were incurable genital herpes.
“How could this happen to me?!” she said. “We used a condom almost every time!”"
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In the first trimester, we treated her for chlamydia; in the second, for genital warts. In the third trimester, we hospitalized her -- not for pregnancy complications but because she had planned suicide after being notified that the painful blisters on her private parts were incurable genital herpes.
“How could this happen to me?!” she said. “We used a condom almost every time!”"
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Summit CDs now available!
I just finished updating our Online Store with the audio recordings of our 2011 Summit sessions. What a stellar line-up! Just going through them impressed me again with the quality of our speakers and topics. And it wasn't just me. Here's what some of our guests said:
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Abortionist cleared of abusing patients
Bowdon consultant cleared of using sedated patient’s hands 'for sex act' at Fallowfield clinic | Manchester Evening News - menmedia.co.uk: Dr Narendra Sharma was cleared by a panel of heath watchdogs – two years after he was acquitted of criminal charges for the same allegations. The hearing related to Dr Sharma’s work as an anaesthetist at the Marie Stopes International Clinic in Fallowfield.
The GMC claimed he took hold of patients’ hands during abortion procedures, and exposed himself in the operating theatre. But the panel ruled that seven specific allegations waged against him could not be proved.
The GMC claimed he took hold of patients’ hands during abortion procedures, and exposed himself in the operating theatre. But the panel ruled that seven specific allegations waged against him could not be proved.
Fewer Doctors Willing to Do Abortions
Fewer Doctors Willing to Do Abortions, New Study Shows | LifeNews.com: The new report, published today in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, finds 97 percent of physicians surveyed say they have encountered patients wanting an abortion while only 14 percent of doctors are willing to do an abortion. That’s lower than the 22 percent of doctors who said they would do an abortion in the last poll, from 2008.
Video: Woman raped by 8 men urges girls to choose life
Incredible video: Woman raped by 8 men urges girls to choose life as she did | LifeSiteNews.com: Ann Phillips, tells how she was gang-raped by eight men in 1956 as she was on the way home from a movie. When she found out three months later that she was pregnant, her parents wanted her to abort the child. But, she says, “I didn’t believe in destroying her, so I had her and they forced me to give her up.”
Several years ago her daughter looked her up, and they have been “close ever since,” says Ann. “I love her with all my heart.”
Several years ago her daughter looked her up, and they have been “close ever since,” says Ann. “I love her with all my heart.”
Abortion Activists Try to Shut Power to Pro-Life Leader's Home
Abortion Activists Try to Shut Power to Pro-Life Leader's Home | LifeNews.com: Last week, pro-abortion activists apparently used an identity theft technique to convince the Schidler family’s power company to cancel their account with the power company. Fortunately, the trick didn’t work and the family re-added service and placed a password on the account to prevent it from happening again.
Birthweight link to lifelong health
BBC News - Birthweight link to lifelong health: Why does one person die younger and another survive to old age? Lifestyle and genetic factors play a role, but argues Prof David Barker, a better predictor of future health is our birthweight and what it tells us about our development in the womb.
Related: Induced abortion and pre-term birth
How to Study Your Bible
How to Study Your Bible: The Bible is an awe-inspiring book. However, we don't want merely to admire it; we need to understand it. In fact, the majority of people who have an opinion about the Bible--either positive or negative--don't understand what it says. Such understanding is crucial because the Bible is the Word of God, a fact that becomes especially apparent as you study it. So we need to know how to study the Bible. That encompasses four things: reading it, interpreting it, meditating on it, and teaching it
Nonprofit Newsletters That Engage
Nonprofit Newsletters That Engage Nonprofit | Marketing / Branding | Workshop / Training material | IdeaEncore Network: Constant Contact's advice to improve nonprofit online communications
Social Media Plan Outline Nonprofit
Social Media Plan Outline Nonprofit | Communication | Sample / Template | IdeaEncore Network: Has your organization been working with social media or thinking about entering into the use of social media for the first time? Not sure where to start? The backbone to any new strategy or program is effective planning. The Social Media Plan Outline tool will help you to identify everything from WHY you are using social media, to management, to evaluation and metrics.
A Few Good Online Donation Tools
What tools can help you collect donations via credit card through your existing website? In this report, we look at the considerations and the options for taking online donations. Idealware
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A primer on online fundraising
Effective fundraising for nonprofits
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A primer on online fundraising
Effective fundraising for nonprofits
Friend-to-friend fundraising
Enlist your supporters to fundraise for you! A number of online tools make it easy for staff or anyone eager to help your organization to set up individual donation pages to engage friends and family in a fundraiser. We asked six nonprofit technology experts for advice on the tools and best practices they recommend to make this fundraising technique work. Idealware
A Few Good Online Auction Tools
What tools can help you raise money and rally support for your cause through an online auction? We take a look at the software tools that are widely used in the nonprofit sector. Idealware
Related: A strategy for online auctions
Related: A strategy for online auctions
Abortion Clinic in Pensacola Shuts Down
Abortion Business in Pensacola, Florida Shuts Down | LifeNews.com: Affiliated Medical Services is one of two abortion centers in the Florida city, however, local pro-life advocate Bob Brady says the last day of abortions was August 5. It closed after Dione Pro, Inc. filed a lawsuit against it over unpaid mortgage payments for the facility. “The AMS clinic’s web site is also shut down,” he says. “Of interest is the fact that the sheriff has taken possession of the clinic building.”
North Carolina Must Fund Planned Parenthood
Judge: North Carolina Must Fund Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz | LifeNews.com: A federal judge has ruled that North Carolina must fund the Planned Parenthood abortion business while it moves forward with the lawsuit it filed against the state over a decision by state lawmakers to revoke its taxpayer funding in the state budget.
Doctors Save Unborn Baby of Pregnant Teen Killed in Shooting
Doctors Save Unborn Baby of Pregnant Teen Killed in Shooting | LifeNews.com: Doctors in Illinois were able to save the unborn child of a young woman who was tragically killed in a shooting on the south side of Chicago. The teen girl, 17-year-old Charinez Jefferson, begged the shooter to spare her life because she was pregnant.
Woman had abortion after boss cut her salary
Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: Woman had abortion after boss cut her salary by £19,000: A hotet manager who aborted her baby after she was demoted to waitress has won nearly £30,000 compensation.
Just days after telling bosses that she was expecting, her full-time duties were reduced to two shifts a week. The woman saw her salary plummet from £24,000 to just £5,000. She later resigned, before going bankrupt, suffering depression and deciding she would have to terminate her pregnancy because she could not afford to raise a child.
Just days after telling bosses that she was expecting, her full-time duties were reduced to two shifts a week. The woman saw her salary plummet from £24,000 to just £5,000. She later resigned, before going bankrupt, suffering depression and deciding she would have to terminate her pregnancy because she could not afford to raise a child.
Global art competition on human vulnerability
Works by 19 finalists can also be seen here.
Pink Ribbons Not Cute When Komen Backs Planned Parenthood
Pink Ribbons Not Cute When Komen Backs Planned Parenthood | LifeNews.com: Susan G. Komen gave $700,000 in grant money to Planned Parenthood last year. Komen says they give this money to Planned Parenthood so women living in rural areas will have access to mammogram services.
NO PLANNED PARENTHOOD ON THE PLANET PROVIDES MAMMOGRAM SERVICES.
Why? Because Planned Parenthood is a level one breast service provider. Planned Parenthood clinics are ONLY allowed to provide manual breast exams. They cannot provide any sort of diagnostic services…no biopsies, no breast ultrasounds, AND no mammograms.
NO PLANNED PARENTHOOD ON THE PLANET PROVIDES MAMMOGRAM SERVICES.
Why? Because Planned Parenthood is a level one breast service provider. Planned Parenthood clinics are ONLY allowed to provide manual breast exams. They cannot provide any sort of diagnostic services…no biopsies, no breast ultrasounds, AND no mammograms.
Planned Parenthood Wisconsin Facing Tough Times After Cuts
Planned Parenthood Wisconsin Facing Tough Times After Cuts | LifeNews.com: The Wisconsin affiliate of the Planned Parenthood abortion business is facing tough economic times following a decision by state legislators to cut off $1 million in taxpayer funding for the agency. In 2010 Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin received more than $18 million in federal and state family planning funds. Three of the nine Planned Parenthood centers in the state do abortions and the other six make referrals for abortions.
Responding to the budget cuts, Planned Parenthood engaged in aggressive fundraising efforts that it tells The Northwestern newspaper has resulted in a 180 percent increase in donations – but not enough to make up for the loss of taxpayer revenue.
Responding to the budget cuts, Planned Parenthood engaged in aggressive fundraising efforts that it tells The Northwestern newspaper has resulted in a 180 percent increase in donations – but not enough to make up for the loss of taxpayer revenue.
Free Offer: At the Throne of Grace (book)
Free Offer: At the Throne of Grace is not a book of officially sanctioned prayers; it’s not a script to follow nor an instruction manual on how to pray. It is a devotional book—something you can open, even to a random page, and benefit from. And it’s yours free, just for asking from John MacArthur.
Informant Tells of Abortion Death While Medical Board Obstructs Investigation
Informant Tells of Abortion Death While New Mexico Medical Board Members Obstruct Investigation of 13 Abortion Injuries :Operation Rescue: A confidential informant has come forward to tell pro-life groups that a woman died from abortion-related injuries at the UNM Center for Reproductive Health in Albuquerque, New Mexico, last month. In a related development, the New Mexico Medical Board is now sending mixed signals concerning a promised investigation into 13 life-threatening abortion injuries revealed by a series of 911 emergency calls.
Study: Teenage girls regret alcohol-fueled sex
Study: Teenage girls regret having alcohol-fuelled sex | News | The Christian Institute: Researchers have revealed that more than one in five 15 and 16-year-old girls who drink at least once a week have had drunken sex which they have later regretted. More than 15 per cent of boys have similar regrets.
Those binge drinking three or more times a week (!) were over five times more likely than non-binge drinkers to have had sex they regretted following alcohol. Such drinking can place girls in situations where they are too drunk to properly consider whether they wish to have sex or take the appropriate precautions to prevent pregnancy and sexually-transmitted infections.
Those binge drinking three or more times a week (!) were over five times more likely than non-binge drinkers to have had sex they regretted following alcohol. Such drinking can place girls in situations where they are too drunk to properly consider whether they wish to have sex or take the appropriate precautions to prevent pregnancy and sexually-transmitted infections.
Albuquerque abortuary investigation called off
Albuquerque abortuary investigation called off (OneNewsNow.com): More recordings of emergency ambulance calls from two Albuquerque abortion facilities have been released, but the state is refusing to investigate.
Kids on a shoestring
Enjoying the happiness and wellbeing that come from relaxation, recreation, and celebration doesn’t require spending a lot of money, so make some time for play and family fun! Feminists for Life
Chinese abortion story: urban myth or gruesome scandal?
BioEdge: Chinese abortion story: urban myth or gruesome scandal?: China’s Health Ministry is taking the gruesome story of aborted babies ground into powder and used as aphrodisiacs seriously enough to launch an official investigation. SBS, one of the three major national television networks in South Korea, broadcast a documentary earlier this month about capsules from China containing dead baby flesh. It claimed that its journalists had travelled to China, found the hospital that sold the materials, and videoed of the manufacturing process. It reported that the powder is shipped mainly to South Korea.
Planned Parenthood to end abortions at 7 Arizona sites
Planned Parenthood to end abortions at 7 Arizona sites: Planned Parenthood, the state's largest abortion provider, announced a sweeping cutback of abortion services in Arizona on Thursday, saying it will no longer offer the procedure in communities outside metro Phoenix and Tucson. The organization had been offering abortions at 10 of its 13 Arizona locations. Starting today, that will drop to three.
Review: We shall see God
Product description:
No author in history has more material in print than Charles Spurgeon. During his lifetime, Spurgeon and his writings affected the world far and wide. Today, nearly 120 years after his death, countless people continue to have a passion for this London preacher, and more and more discover him every day. Some of Spurgeon’s most powerful sermons were those that he preached on the topic of Heaven. Up until now, however, very few of these sermons have been accessible to a mass audience. In what is sure to become an instant classic, best-selling author Randy Alcorn has compiled the most profound spiritual insights on the topic of eternity from these sermons and arranged them into an easily-accessible, highly inspirational devotional format complete with his own comments and devotional thoughts. Whether you are familiar with the works of Charles Spurgeon or not, you are in for a treat, as Alcorn invites you to sit at the feet of the Prince of Preachers and discover timeless pearls of wisdom from one of the greatest theological minds of all time.It's such a blessing that modern media has converged with what would be, today, considered antiquity. You can, I believe, find all of Charles Spurgeon's sermons online, available for download, in their entirety from several sites. I even get a daily nugget on Facebook and Twitter. These morsels are more digestible than entire sermons, although those are certainly worthwhile on occasion.
Here, in We Shall See God (available here), Randy Alcorn has digested some of Spurgeon's best sermons on one of his (Alcorn's) favorite topics -- heaven. I appreciate that Alcorn, who has written extensively on the subject himself, is not opposed to highlighting the work of another author who could easily steal his thunder. Spurgeon's power with words is unmatched. If you're unfamiliar with Spurgeon, I highly recommend this as an introduction.
Centers could use this book as gifts -- to clients, volunteers, donors. It could be used as devotionals for meetings, staff retreats, prayer times. It's sure to encourage and enlighten any reader.
Tyndale House Publishers gave me a complimentary copy of this book.
Tyndale House Publishers gave me a complimentary copy of this book.
Fox News not 'fair and balanced' on ‘hooking up’
WORLDmag.com | Fox News on the virtues of ‘hooking up’: For those coeds interested in “hooking-up,” Fox News' sex therapist Ian Kerner recommends keeping it simple: “The whole point of casual sex is that it should require even less time and effort than that Pass/Fail Astronomy requirement you still need to take.” Naturally he advised students to “be safe.” But he didn’t point out that there is no such thing as safe sex, even with condoms. There was no mention of sexually transmitted diseases or the possibility of becoming pregnant.
Women’s Health after Abortion: The Medical and Psychological Evidence
Women’s Health after Abortion: The Medical and Psychological Evidence |: For anyone engaged in counseling at a pro-life pregnancy centers, or anyone who frequently discusses the issue of abortion among friends and family, Women’s Health after Abortion: The Medical and Psychological Evidence can be an invaluable resource.
Published by the De Veber Institute in 2003, the 2nd edition of this excellent book is now out of print. Fortunately, the complete text is available online.
Published by the De Veber Institute in 2003, the 2nd edition of this excellent book is now out of print. Fortunately, the complete text is available online.
Test can identify paternity 12 weeks into pregnancy
Test can identify paternity 12 weeks into pregnancy - health - 17 August 2011 - New Scientist: Has one of the most in-demand but controversial genetic tests finally been mastered? That's the claim of the DNA Diagnostics Center in Fairfield, Ohio, which this week launched a paternity test that can be run on a sample of a pregnant woman's blood.
The new test comes with a hefty price tag: $1625. But if it performs as advertised, it would free women who want to verify who is the father of their unborn child from the need to undergo invasive procedures to sample fetal cells that carry a small risk of triggering a miscarriage.
The new test comes with a hefty price tag: $1625. But if it performs as advertised, it would free women who want to verify who is the father of their unborn child from the need to undergo invasive procedures to sample fetal cells that carry a small risk of triggering a miscarriage.
Education For Choice is pro-abortion, not pro-choice
John Smeaton, SPUC director: Education For Choice is pro-abortion, not pro-choice: Education For Choice (EFC) is a charity which claims to exist "in order to ensure that young people are enabled to make and act on informed choices about pregnancy and abortion."
How private abortion providers gained a stranglehold on taxpayer funded abortions in the UK
Christian Medical Comment: How private abortion providers gained a stranglehold on taxpayer funded abortions under the last government: Abortion was legalised in Britain in 1967. Under the Labour government of 1997 to 2010, abortion became a publicly funded private industry with abortion ‘providers’ gaining a stranglehold.
New Arizona Law Halts Abortions at 7 Planned Parenthood Clinics
New Arizona Law Halts Abortions at 7 Planned Parenthood Clinics :Operation Rescue: Because a court allowed 2009 safety standards law to go into effect, abortions will no longer be available at Planned Parenthood clinics in Prescott Valley, Flagstaff, Yuma, Goodyear, northeast Phoenix, and Chandler locations where non-physicians had been doing abortions by administering abortion pills. Planned Parenthood will continue doing abortions at two clinics in the Tempe area and one in Tuscon.
The law also requires that licensed physicians provide women with in-person consultations at least 24 hours prior to their abortions and that minors obtained motorized parental consent prior to their abortions.
The law also requires that licensed physicians provide women with in-person consultations at least 24 hours prior to their abortions and that minors obtained motorized parental consent prior to their abortions.
Romantic Sexual Relationships Deter Teenage Delinquency, New Study Shows
While policymakers and researchers commonly focus on the negative consequences of early intimacy, few studies probe into the contexts and potential benefits of teenage sexual relationships. This study showed that teenagers who are sexually active in dating relationships show lower levels of antisocial behavior compared to teenagers who are not having sex at all. However, teenagers who have sex with non-dating partners (“hooking up”) show higher levels of antisocial behavior compared to the other groups. These results may suggest that teens who spend more one-on-one time with their boyfriends or girlfriends, and less time with their friends, have fewer opportunities to get into trouble.
. . . To better understand what influences teenagers to have sex in dating relationships and with non-dating partners, the researchers examined environmental and genetic variables that predispose adolescents to risky sexual behaviors. Genes significantly influence sexual behavior among young teens (ages 13-15). Genes related to impulsivity, extroversion and early puberty may influence young adolescents to have sex in non-dating relationships. These same genes may also put them at risk for adverse psychological outcomes. However, older teens (ages 16-18) are more influenced to have non-romantic sex by environmental factors, such as coming from economically disadvantaged households, little parental involvement and poor school systems.
. . . A related study dispelled a commonly held theory that smart teens delay sex. They found family environmental factors, rather than intelligence, were more important influences on teenage sexual activity. U of Texas at Austin
Numerous Planned Parenthoods close in wake of new Texas law
Numerous Planned Parenthoods close in wake of new Texas law | LifeSiteNews.com: Still reeling from funding cuts in Texas, Planned Parenthood is closing clinics and merging affiliates throughout the state, Texas Right to Life reports. The national abortion giant received a major blow this summer when Texas Governor and presidential contender Rick Perry signed into law a bill that stripped the organization of its funding, and prohibited the state government from contracting with any organization that provides abortions.
New data on annual HIV infections
CDC – NCHHSTP Newsroom – New multi-year data show annual HIV infections in U.S. relatively stable: Men who have sex with men remain the group most heavily affected by new HIV infections. While CDC estimates that MSM represent only 2 percent of the U.S. population, they accounted for the majority (61 percent; 29,300) of all new HIV infections in 2009. Young MSM (ages 13 to 29) were most severely affected, representing more than one quarter of all new HIV infections nationally (27 percent; 12,900 in 2009).
Prince of Liechtenstein declares opposition to depenalization of abortion
Prince of Liechtenstein declares opposition to depenalization of abortion | LifeSiteNews.com: Alois made use of the national celebration of the principality on August 15 to state that, if the initiative is approved, he will “oppose” its ratification as a law, hinting that his father, the nation’s sovereign, will refuse to sign it. Without the prince’s signature, proposed legislation cannot enter into force in Liechtenstein.
Why are taxpayers funding Planned Parenthood if they bring in $1 billion?
Why are taxpayers funding Planned Parenthood if they bring in $1 billion? | LifeSiteNews.com: Planned Parenthood provides over 330,000 abortions every year and brings in about a billion dollars annually, but is still fighting to protect its government subsidies - amounting to hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars sent to its clinics every year.
Women's Clinic Group closes after protests, moves to Bloomfield Hills
Women's Clinic Group closes after protests, moves to Bloomfield Hills - theoaklandpress.com: After almost a year of anti-abortion activists rallying outside the Women's Clinic Group in Independence Township, abortion practitioner Dr. Theodore Roumell packed up his bags and moved the facility to Bloomfield Hills early this month.
Sharon Levin, Vice President and General Counsel of the National Abortion Federation, said this is the only time she has heard of a clinic moving after opposition.
“Many of our members have had to deal with harassment, threats and sometimes even violence,” said Levin. “Obviously, people have a First Amendment right to express their opinion. When people are simply expressing their opinion, it's not against the law. When they take the step to discourage people from seeking legal, constitutionally protected medical services, that is not okay.”
Soon after the clinic moved, the nonprofit group 40 Days for Life started praying in front of the new building, located at 43390 Woodward Ave. in Bloomfield Hills. The receptionist at Women’s Clinic Group declined comment.
Sharon Levin, Vice President and General Counsel of the National Abortion Federation, said this is the only time she has heard of a clinic moving after opposition.
“Many of our members have had to deal with harassment, threats and sometimes even violence,” said Levin. “Obviously, people have a First Amendment right to express their opinion. When people are simply expressing their opinion, it's not against the law. When they take the step to discourage people from seeking legal, constitutionally protected medical services, that is not okay.”
Soon after the clinic moved, the nonprofit group 40 Days for Life started praying in front of the new building, located at 43390 Woodward Ave. in Bloomfield Hills. The receptionist at Women’s Clinic Group declined comment.
Editor: She must be living under a rock if she's never heard of a clinic moving due to opposition.
Twins Reach Out to Each Other in Womb
Twins Reach Out to Each Other in Womb |: Researchers in Italy measured the movements made by twins toward each other, and found that these actions differed from incidental contact made with the uterine wall.
They made videos of five pairs of twins at age 14 and 18 weeks using four-dimensional ultrasound, according to PhysOrg.com. At 14 weeks, the twins touched each other head to head, arm to head, and head to arm. By 18 weeks, they made even more contact, “spending up to 30 percent of their time reaching out and stroking their co-twin.”
These movements are often characterized as simple reflexes, occurring with no actual direction by the babies. However, the Italian researchers’ measurements of contact between the twins found that they are actually planned movements. By 18 weeks, the twins’ movements towards each others’ eye and mouth regions showed marked differences from other motions, showing that they take a measure of care when touching delicate parts of their siblings’ bodies.
They made videos of five pairs of twins at age 14 and 18 weeks using four-dimensional ultrasound, according to PhysOrg.com. At 14 weeks, the twins touched each other head to head, arm to head, and head to arm. By 18 weeks, they made even more contact, “spending up to 30 percent of their time reaching out and stroking their co-twin.”
These movements are often characterized as simple reflexes, occurring with no actual direction by the babies. However, the Italian researchers’ measurements of contact between the twins found that they are actually planned movements. By 18 weeks, the twins’ movements towards each others’ eye and mouth regions showed marked differences from other motions, showing that they take a measure of care when touching delicate parts of their siblings’ bodies.
New dates for the Summit 2012
We're trying something new -- June dates for the Summit -- hoping this will free up more of you to attend.
Not a lot of other details yet. For those who don't know what a Summit is, learn more here. (The website has info from this year, but it's representative of what will be in store for you next year.)
Mark your calendars!
Large Gifts are Not Just for Bricks and Mortar
Large Gifts are Not Just for Bricks and Mortar « Cause & Effect: If your organization does advocacy, outreach, public policy, or education, it’s likely your programs aren’t wrapped around your physical plant or equipment. How do you motivate donors for major gifts when your nonprofit doesn’t have bricks and mortar?
Get Yourself Some Help: The Planned Giving Advisory Council
Get Yourself Some Help: Getting help from outside professionals can give a real boost a planned giving program. Being able to ask for guidance or assistance is highly professional in almost any field and actually shows true confidence and competence. After all, nobody knows everything!
We're small. Can we really launch a major gifts program?
We're small. Can we really launch a major gifts program? | Major Donors: What is a major gifts program? At the end of the day, it’s simply in-person meetings with carefully chosen prospects with the ultimate goal of securing sizably larger gifts. No donors? Stop right here.
I hate asking for money
I hate asking for money | Major Donors: Why do so many passionate and otherwise engaged board members and, secret be told, staff members, too, run in the opposite direction when it comes to major gift "asks"? Here are seven reasons you might hate asking for money--and possible new perspectives.
Want to make a successful "ask"? Silence, please.
Want to make a successful "ask"? Silence, please. | Major Donors: You can talk your way right out of a major gift.
The Data (and Donations) are in the Details
Center for Nonprofit Management: The Data (and Donations) are in the Details: Funders are indeed investors. Prior to making an investment, investors will look at the investment and make sure it delivers a good return on their money, at a level of risk that is acceptable to them. What information do your investors need to determine that their money will make the most impact in your organization?
Parents beware: You can’t trust doctors with your kids
Parents beware: You can’t trust doctors with your kids | LifeSiteNews.com: Parents beware: A survey of ob/gyns conducted earlier this year found that 94 percent would provide contraceptives to a minor without notifying her parents. The study, conducted by researchers at Columbia University and the University of Chicago, is based on a survey of 1,800 ob/gyns, with a 66% response rate. It was published in the journal Contraception in January.
The doctors were presented with a hypothetical case of a 17-year-old college freshman who asks them for contraceptive pills but does not want her parents to know. Only 47% said they would encourage the minor to inform a parent, and only 54% would encourage the minor to remain abstinent until she is older.
The doctors were presented with a hypothetical case of a 17-year-old college freshman who asks them for contraceptive pills but does not want her parents to know. Only 47% said they would encourage the minor to inform a parent, and only 54% would encourage the minor to remain abstinent until she is older.
Abortion, Depression, and the Impact on Later Children
Abortion, Depression and the Impact on Later Children | After Abortion: As a new study finds brain changes in children whose mothers were depressed, this article examines the research on abortion’s impact on subsequent children.
Twin saved her sister's life
Scans had revealed that one of the girls, Kiki, had a heart problem and fluid was leaking from the placenta. But miraculously her sister Nico positioned herself so low in the womb that she acted as a plug, preventing a miscarriage or an infection. Daily Mail
Youth from Around the World to Gather in Los Angeles for International Pro-life Youth Conference
Youth from Around the World to Gather in Los Angeles for International Pro-life Youth Conference - Christian Newswire: With a call to young people for a global pro-life movement, today several youth organizations from around the world are announcing the first ever International ProLife Youth Conference in America, set to take place on November 11-13, 2011.
The international event will be hosted by Students for Life of America, Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust (US), and Ireland's Youth Defence.
The international event will be hosted by Students for Life of America, Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust (US), and Ireland's Youth Defence.
Worldview series examines abortion around the world
Worldview series examines abortion around the world | WBEZ: Worldview explored abortion laws, practices and attitudes in four other countries: France, Mexico, Portugal and Russia.
Anti-abortion billboard campaign targeting African-Americans unveiled in Atlanta
Battle to Recognize Abortion-Breast Cancer Link Continues
Battle to Recognize Abortion-Breast Cancer Link Continues | LifeNews.com: The battle over getting scientists and the media to recognize the link between induced abortion and breast cancer continues, as pro-life advocates responded to a scientist who denied the link in a Toronto newspaper letter.
Twin reduction abortions: Why do they trouble pro-choicers?
Twin reduction abortions: Why do they trouble pro-choicers? - By William Saletan - Slate Magazine: Reduction destroys this distinction [between embryos/fetuses and unborn children]. It combines, in a single pregnancy, a wanted and an unwanted fetus. In the case of identical twins, even their genomes are indistinguishable. You can't pretend that one is precious and the other is just tissue. You're killing the same creature to which you're dedicating your life.
That's the anguish of reduction: watching the fetus you spared become what its twin will never be. And knowing that the only difference between them was your will.
Related: Aborting one healthy twin
That's the anguish of reduction: watching the fetus you spared become what its twin will never be. And knowing that the only difference between them was your will.
Related: Aborting one healthy twin
Reducing Twins to Singles -- A Woman's Choice?
Page 2: Reducing Twins to Singles -- A Woman's Choice? - ABC News: After her own experience with unexpected multiples, Dr. Ross's concern lies not in the moral questionability of twin reductions, but in the psychological welfare of the couples. Though she did not opt to reduce her triplets, she says she has seen the psychological toll that reduction can take on parents.
'At the time you make the decision to reduce, parents don't know what the future will hold. Some of the families go on to experience a lot of grief. At every milestone for the child they decided to keep, there is this ghost in the room, this feeling that there should have been two of them,' she says. . . . 'We need to educate couples so that they know that if they are only willing to have one baby, they should only be transferring one embryo at a time.'
'At the time you make the decision to reduce, parents don't know what the future will hold. Some of the families go on to experience a lot of grief. At every milestone for the child they decided to keep, there is this ghost in the room, this feeling that there should have been two of them,' she says. . . . 'We need to educate couples so that they know that if they are only willing to have one baby, they should only be transferring one embryo at a time.'
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The 2-minus-1 pregnancy
The 2-minus-1 pregnancy
Judge: Abortionist Must Pay $36M to Botched Abortion Survivor
Judge: Abortionist Must Pay $36M to Botched Abortion Survivor | LifeNews.com: An Orange Circuit judge has denied James Pendergraft a new trial in the medical malpractice case. The Orlando Sentinel also indicates Judge John Marshall Kest denied Pendrgraft’s attorney’s motion to set aside the verdicts for damages — meaning he and his abortion business must pay out the damages awarded earlier.
Comparing Google Apps to Microsoft Outlook
Comparing Google Apps to Microsoft Outlook | Idealware: The Google Apps donation program provides organizational email, calendaring and document sharing as a free alternative to Microsoft Outlook. How do the two applications compare in the face of typical nonprofit needs?
To find out, we looked at six different areas: Email Functionality, Calendaring, Contact Management, Folder Sharing, Remote and Mobile Access, and Setup and Support.
To find out, we looked at six different areas: Email Functionality, Calendaring, Contact Management, Folder Sharing, Remote and Mobile Access, and Setup and Support.
Woman Told She Miscarried; Baby Still Alive
Woman Told She Miscarried; Baby Still Alive - WGAL Health News Story - WGAL The Susquehanna Valley: A British woman was told that she had suffered a miscarriage only to find that her baby was still alive a month later. Catherine Kent was devastated whentold in June that their unborn baby had died at eight weeks. She was offered an abortion or pills to shorten the miscarriage.
Kent chose to wait for the baby to pass naturally -- and a month later was stunned when a scan revealed that her child was still alive. The couple were elated to learn she was still pregnant, but furious with the hospital for the mistake. 'They could have aborted my baby while it was alive,' Kent told the Daily Mail. 'How can the hospital make a mistake like that?'
Kent chose to wait for the baby to pass naturally -- and a month later was stunned when a scan revealed that her child was still alive. The couple were elated to learn she was still pregnant, but furious with the hospital for the mistake. 'They could have aborted my baby while it was alive,' Kent told the Daily Mail. 'How can the hospital make a mistake like that?'
Teenage pregnancy is 'contagious'
BBC News - Teenage pregnancy is 'contagious': A study of more than 42,000 Norwegian teenage girls suggested they were more likely to become pregnant if their older sister had a baby as a teenager. The effect was greatest when the sisters were of a similar age or from a poorer background.
Elective abortion services to stop
Elective abortion services to stop | KXAN.com: Central Health currently allocates approximately $450,000 to contracts with providers of abortion services for eligible residents of Travis County, Texas. The board members concluded that continuing to fund pregnancy termination services would likely result in diversion of time and resources that Central Health would use to meet its primary mission of creating access to healthcare for those who need it most if state funds are eliminated.
Global Outreach's educational materials
Global Outreach's educational materials: Download free materials on how maternal mortality is reduced through basic medical care, not abortion. Versions in Spanish, French, and Arabic. See also how South Africa is failing women and children and the truth about health care and abortion in Ghana.
Study Confirms Abortion Not Needed to Halt Maternal Mortality
Study Confirms Abortion Not Needed to Halt Maternal Mortality | LifeNews.com: Human Rights Watch is confirming what we have long known: Good quality health care, and not abortion, is what will decrease maternal mortality rates for the populace. The Human Rights Watch 66-page report details situations in which pregnant women were actually abused by the very medical staff from which they sought help. The report highlights nearly the same facts that a MCCL Global Outreach white paper (“How South Africa is failing women and children”) stated back in January.
Why abstinence works
And how it can work for you! Science shows that it's best to wait. The Conservative Teen
Abortion a factor in crime spree?
Muskegon Chronicle photographer, a sister of Dougherty gang member, saddened by his nationwide crime spree | MLive.com: The last time Kendra Stanley-Mills saw her adoptive brother, Dylan Dougherty Stanley, he was depressed, even distraught. Within a three-year span, he had had five family members die — a biological sister, his maternal biological grandparents, his adopted grandfather and his adopted father. But he was most upset because his pregnant girlfriend — a woman he loved — had an abortion. “He cried, and he cried, and he cried,” Stanley-Mills says.
About that time, he was arrested for possession of marijuana. He didn’t return phone calls. Always a hard worker, he quit his job — and even though Stanley-Mills is quick to say she does not know for sure, she suspects he started using drugs. He invited his biological brother and sister to live with him. The trio would become partners in a crime spree that ended last week.
AZ's abortion regs upheld
Liberty Counsel: The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld new abortion regulations which require any woman seeking an abortion to meet face-to-face with the licensed physician performing the abortion at least 24 hours prior to the abortion. The law also requires that parental consent forms be notarized in order for a minor to get an abortion. Health care providers, including doctors, nurses and pharmacists, may refuse to participate in abortions, provide contraceptives, or give out the so-called “morning after pill” if they have moral or religious objections. The law also prohibits anyone who is not a licensed physician from performing an abortion.
Inspection of Northern Illinois Women's Center Reveals Shocking, Dangerous, and Disgusting Violations
Inspection Of Northern Illinois Women's Center Reveals Shocking, Dangerous, And Disgusting Violations | Pro-Life Corner: It may be that revelations of Philadelphia's 'house of horrors' prompted the Illinois Department of Public Health Division of Health Standards to finally inspect the Rockford, IL, abortion mill. Rockford Pro-Life Initiative obtained a copy of the inspection report, which lists some frightening violations. The Northern Illinois Women's Center did NOT meet the requirement of a sanitary facility. It was determined 'that 3 of 3 operating rooms inspected failed to ensure a sanitary environment.'
MTV App Locates Places To Get Condoms
MTV App Locates Places To Get Condoms: With the app, users can search via GPS for the nearest place that sells condoms. Much of the information, however, will be crowdsourced. Users are encouraged to add condom-dispensing locations and to provide quick tips like if the shop is open 24 hours or if a machine is broken.
Florida uses Obamacare cash to fund abstinence education
Florida uses Obamacare cash to fund abstinence education | LifeSiteNews.com: Florida has allocated money authorized by Obamacare for abstinence education provided by 13 different groups. Republican Florida Governor Rick Scott and the Legislature accepted the $2.5 million grant per year from fiscal year 2010 through 2014, and Florida’s Department of Health has used the money by giving 13 grants of $150,000 each.
Florida’s Abstinence Education Program encourages children between ages 9 and 18 to abstain from sex before marriage. In addition, it educates young people how to reject sexual advances and how alcohol and drug use increase vulnerability.
Florida’s Abstinence Education Program encourages children between ages 9 and 18 to abstain from sex before marriage. In addition, it educates young people how to reject sexual advances and how alcohol and drug use increase vulnerability.
Zurich University Children's Hospital pioneers prenatal surgery
Zurich University Children's Hospital pioneers prenatal surgery - swissinfo: Doctors at Zurich University Children’s Hospital have carried out surgery on foetuses still inside their mothers’ wombs. The operations - the first of their kind outside the United States - were conducted on unborn children with spina bifida, a defect in which the backbone and spinal canal do not close before birth.
Experts say a particular challenge of this kind of surgery is the fact that two distinct patients, the mother and the foetus, have to be anaesthetised, monitored and operated on simultaneously. These kinds of operations to correct spina bifida are more successful when conducted before the birth, according to a US study.
Editor: Meanwhile, the Swiss allow assisted suicide at the Dignitas clinic.
Experts say a particular challenge of this kind of surgery is the fact that two distinct patients, the mother and the foetus, have to be anaesthetised, monitored and operated on simultaneously. These kinds of operations to correct spina bifida are more successful when conducted before the birth, according to a US study.
Editor: Meanwhile, the Swiss allow assisted suicide at the Dignitas clinic.
Eight New Abortion Tapes Reveal Causalities, Callousness, and Cover-up
Eight New Abortion Tapes Reveal Causalities, Callousness, and Cover-up :Operation Rescue: Operation Rescue has obtained eight new 911 recordings that reveal a scandalous pattern of botched abortions at two Albuquerque abortion clinics. Together with five 911 calls released last month, the 13 calls show that life-threatening abortion complications requiring emergency assistance occur at the rate of one every 10 weeks.
The eight newly obtained calls were placed between November, 2008 and December, 2009, with six originating from Southwestern Women’s Options, owned by Curtis Boyd, and the UNM Center for Reproductive Health, an abortion clinic that acts as an abortion training grounds for the University of New Mexico.
The eight newly obtained calls were placed between November, 2008 and December, 2009, with six originating from Southwestern Women’s Options, owned by Curtis Boyd, and the UNM Center for Reproductive Health, an abortion clinic that acts as an abortion training grounds for the University of New Mexico.
Texas Lawmakers Give Extra Support to Anti-Abortion Clinics
Day 14: Texas Lawmakers Give Extra Support to Anti-Abortion Clinics — 82nd Legislative Session | The Texas Tribune: The vast majority of faith-based crisis pregnancy resource centers in Texas go unregulated, but an estimated 26 are affiliated with the state, meaning they receive financial support and oversight from the Texas Pregnancy Care Network, a nonprofit charity organization that contracted with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission during the last biennium to distribute $4 million a year in state support to 47 crisis pregnancy centers, adoption agencies, social service agencies and maternity homes.
According to TPCN's website, an estimated 1,500 women seek their services each month and more than 40,000 clients have been served since the network was formed in 2006. For the next two years, lawmakers opted to add an additional $300,000 for a total budget of $8.3 million for its Alternatives to Abortion program.
On of the member centers is Austin LifeCare. ALC is supported by more than 40 different churches and receives 3 percent (around $45,000) of its annual funding from the state. Executive Director Pam Cobern said the money comes in the form of reimbursements for counseling time, some curriculum materials, and the students who attend classes. "It really doesn't have that much of an impact on us," she said, although aligning with TPCN has made theirs “a better, more professional center.”
As a condition, Austin LifeCare must divide their curriculum into spiritual and nonspiritual tracks. Under TPCN guidelines, “misleading a woman in crisis pregnancy about the scope of available services is neither compassionate or caring.” The state reviews phone protocols and advertisements. Graphic images are prohibited from being shown. Cobern said women who come to ALC are told they have three options. They can go through with their pregnancy, pursue adoption, or abort. ALC’s counselors do not coerce or lead the women. However, it is their standard policy to refer women to anti-abortion community health clinics that are not affiliated with Planned Parenthood.
According to TPCN's website, an estimated 1,500 women seek their services each month and more than 40,000 clients have been served since the network was formed in 2006. For the next two years, lawmakers opted to add an additional $300,000 for a total budget of $8.3 million for its Alternatives to Abortion program.
On of the member centers is Austin LifeCare. ALC is supported by more than 40 different churches and receives 3 percent (around $45,000) of its annual funding from the state. Executive Director Pam Cobern said the money comes in the form of reimbursements for counseling time, some curriculum materials, and the students who attend classes. "It really doesn't have that much of an impact on us," she said, although aligning with TPCN has made theirs “a better, more professional center.”
As a condition, Austin LifeCare must divide their curriculum into spiritual and nonspiritual tracks. Under TPCN guidelines, “misleading a woman in crisis pregnancy about the scope of available services is neither compassionate or caring.” The state reviews phone protocols and advertisements. Graphic images are prohibited from being shown. Cobern said women who come to ALC are told they have three options. They can go through with their pregnancy, pursue adoption, or abort. ALC’s counselors do not coerce or lead the women. However, it is their standard policy to refer women to anti-abortion community health clinics that are not affiliated with Planned Parenthood.
Abortion opponents have a new voice
Abortion opponents have a new voice - CSMonitor.com: "With an easy laugh and ample charm, Charmaine Yoest of Americans United for Life doesn't at all appear to be Public Enemy No. 1 for the pro-abortion rights community. But the foundation of her rising influence – the accessibility of her approach – becomes clear when she settles in for an unexpectedly frank conversation about the stunning 2011 antiabortion legislative juggernaut that she has helped orchestrate. This mother of five – who is not a physician, attorney, or lawmaker – has set the stage for sweeping antiabortion victories at the state level on the strength of her seeming candor, warmth, and camera-ready smile.
Counseling for Change
Counseling for Change: Nouthetic counseling is composed of three elements — concern, confrontation, and change. It involves sitting down with a client and, with loving concern for them, confronting unbiblical behavior in order to bring about life changes. Turning to Scripture and pointing out truths therein will bring about repentance and obedience to God's Word. That has become the No. 1 focus at our center.
California mulls giving 12-year-olds Gardasil without parental consent
California mulls giving 12-year-olds STD vaccine Gardasil without parental consent | LifeSiteNews.com: The California legislature is now pushing through a bill to remove parental notification for children as young as 12 to receive the dangerous STD vaccine Gardasil. The state had attempted but failed in 2007 to mandate HPV vaccinations for all girls entering junior high.
Using Distance Learning with Your Clients
Marketing 101: : Using Distance Learning to Train Those in Special Circumstances: Distance learning is being used is to provide for the needs of students who may not fit into a traditional school model, including those who have special educational needs, particular physical needs, or may not be best served by a public school cultural venue.
To find out what is available in your state and which may benefit your clients in continuing their education through their crisis pregnancy and perhaps even graduating from high school with a diploma, visit the International Association for K-12 Online Learning.
To find out what is available in your state and which may benefit your clients in continuing their education through their crisis pregnancy and perhaps even graduating from high school with a diploma, visit the International Association for K-12 Online Learning.
Kenneth Cole’s "Pro-Choice" Campaign Compares Abortion to Shopping
Kenneth Cole’s Ridiculous Pro-Choice Campaign Compares Abortion to Shopping: Kenneth Cole’s campaign comparing the “right” of women to chose to have an abortion with the “right” of women to choose which handbag they buy is just ridiculous. Even the video that accompanies the Kenneth Cole image featured in this post shows a woman anguishing over a decision — we think the decision to abort or keep her baby — then she walks over and picks up a handbag. Apparently that was the choice which was tearing her up inside.
No Combined Hormonal Contraceptives Early Post Partum
No Combined Hormonal Contraceptives Early PP: Regardless of their breastfeeding status, women who are less than 21 days post partum should not use combined hormonal contraception because of the high risk for venous thromboembolism. Previously, the guidelines recommended that women less than 21 days post partum “generally should not use combined hormonal contraceptives.” After 21 days, combined hormonal contraceptives could be used with no restrictions.
The revised guidelines now recommend that nonbreastfeeding women who are 21–42 days post partum and have other risk factors for venous thromboembolism generally not use combined hormonal contraceptives. These risk factors include age of 35 years or more, previous VTE, thrombophilia, immobility, transfusion at delivery, body mass index of 30 kg/m2 or more, postpartum hemorrhage, post–cesarean delivery, preeclampsia, or smoking. There are no restrictions for combined hormonal contraceptive use in women who are more than 42 days PP (MMWR 2011;60:878–83).
The revised guidelines now recommend that nonbreastfeeding women who are 21–42 days post partum and have other risk factors for venous thromboembolism generally not use combined hormonal contraceptives. These risk factors include age of 35 years or more, previous VTE, thrombophilia, immobility, transfusion at delivery, body mass index of 30 kg/m2 or more, postpartum hemorrhage, post–cesarean delivery, preeclampsia, or smoking. There are no restrictions for combined hormonal contraceptive use in women who are more than 42 days PP (MMWR 2011;60:878–83).
‘Living proof’ that abortion limit must be cut
‘Living proof’ that abortion limit must be cut | News | The Christian Institute: A five-year-old boy who was born as one of Britain’s most premature twins is “living proof” that the abortion limit needs to be lowered, the child’s mother says. Charlie Allen was born at 23 weeks but five years on he has grown into a healthy, happy little boy. His survival has prompted Mrs Allen to call for the current 24-week abortion time limit to be lowered. "How can you say at that stage that they are not a life."
Editor: Of course, he was "a life" at 23 weeks, 22 weeks, 21, weeks . . .
Chili's Cancels Planned Parenthood Fundraiser
Chili's Restaurant Cancels Planned Parenthood Fundraiser | LifeNews.com: Chili’s Grill & Bar cancelled their recent fundraiser for Planned Parenthood due to a tidal-wave of customer opposition to funding the abortion giant. According to a spokesperson for Chili’s parent company, Brinker International, Inc., “The event was canceled after hearing growing concerns from our guests.”
Pro-choicer makes the case against attacks on PCCs speech rights
Zombie » You Must Abort or We’ll Take You to Court: "Not aborting fetuses will soon be a crime in San Francisco. At least that’s what the city government is pushing for in its bizarre new attack on pregnancy counseling centers. Actually, 'bizarre' is too mild a word to describe San Francisco’s latest outburst; even from my pro-choice perspective, the city’s attempt to essentially banish any counseling center which doesn’t encourage or perform abortions is simply beyond belief."
What science tells us about the unborn
National Right to Life: Four features of the unborn (i.e., the human zygote, embryo or fetus) are relevant to his or her status as a human being. First, the unborn is living. Second, the unborn is human. Third, the unborn is genetically and functionally distinct from (though dependent on and resting inside of) the pregnant woman. Fourth, the unborn is a whole or complete (though immature) organism.
Semi-conscious patients sexually abused at Marie Stopes abortion clinic
Semi-conscious patients sexually abused at Marie Stopes abortion clinic: complaint | LifeSiteNews.com: Dr. Narendra Sharma is again facing allegations of misconduct at a hearing before the General Medical Council (UK). The Manchester Crown Court in April 2009 acquitted the anesthetist of charges that he abused three other clients. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children is calling for a study of the effects of abortion on health professionals.
Teleseminar: Social Rules of Social Media
Teleseminars Sponsored by the NonProfit National Resource Directory: If you want to make your non-profit stand out in the social media world, you need to learn how to be social. Taylor Ellwood will discuss the social rules and etiquette of social media and offer suggestions on how to be more social to grow your followers. He will also do a social media critique of several non-profits to demonstrate the principles he's discussing.
Elites fund abortions for minorities
African Americans make up roughly 13% of the US population but have 37% of the abortions. According to the Third Wave report (page 9), 68% of the Emergency Abortion Fund goes for the extermination of African American babies.
Proof Planned Parenthood Doesn’t Need Our Tax Dollars
More Proof Planned Parenthood Doesn’t Need Our Tax Dollars This week, Crain’s Chicago Business published an article highlighting three major Chicago area Planned Parenthood donors who have stepped up their contributions in response to the wave of pro-life efforts to deprive the abortion chain of state and federal funding. The piece unintentionally illustrates one of the reasons Planned Parenthood has no business demanding taxpayer funding: they have ample support from private donors.
Anti-abortion charities should help struggling mothers-to-be
Anti-abortion charities should help struggling mothers-to-be | Lisa Hallgarten | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: "Why get involved in advising/counselling women on their pregnancy options, if they don't, in all conscience, believe that the option of abortion is valid or acceptable?"
Editor: Huh? What universe is this writer from? Why should those who believe abortion is murder agree it's a valid option?
Abortionist LeRoy Carhart’s shady slush fund - Jill Stanek
Abortionist LeRoy Carhart’s shady slush fund - Jill Stanek: Pro-choice ideologues want so much to believe abortionists are good people that they allow themselves to be victimized by obvious predators.
Multiply your pro-life impact!
When you get connected to your local pregnancy help center, you multiply your pro-life impact! Download Six Ways to Multiply Your Pro-Life Impact.
Florida Turns Down Federal Aid; Accepts Abstinence Only Sex-Ed Money
Florida Turns Down Millions in Federal Aid; Accepts Abstinence Only Sex-Ed Money | firstcoastnews.com: After turning down millions of federal dollars for Florida related to the Afforadable Health Care Act, Governor Rick Scott and the Legislature have finally decided to accept one. They've accepted a $2.5 million grant for abstinence only sex education, and some health care advocates are calling the move inconsistent.
Four More Texas Abortionists Face Discipline
Four More Texas Abortionists Face Discipline For Violations Uncovered By Operation Rescue :Operation Rescue: Four Texas abortionists associated with the Whole Women’s Health, Inc. abortion chain are facing disciplinary action based on complaints filed by Operation Rescue.
The Texas Medical Board said William Watkins West, Jr., Robert E. Hanson, Jr., Pedro J. Kowalyszyn, and Sherwood C. Lynn will appear before an Informal Settlement Conference/Show Compliance hearing on October 28, 2011, to determine what, if any, disciplinary action should be taken against them. They join five other Texas abortionists who are also facing disciplinary action.
The Texas Medical Board said William Watkins West, Jr., Robert E. Hanson, Jr., Pedro J. Kowalyszyn, and Sherwood C. Lynn will appear before an Informal Settlement Conference/Show Compliance hearing on October 28, 2011, to determine what, if any, disciplinary action should be taken against them. They join five other Texas abortionists who are also facing disciplinary action.
Living in His Forgiveness
Abbey's Place: Life-changing stories from women who now live in God's forgiveness. These stories and Bible studies offer aborted women hope through the experiences each has faced, which in turn led her to a peace regarding the past that only Christ can offer. Companion leader's guide available.
Updated Expose: Medical Research & Fetal Tissue
An assessment published in 1995 in The Journal of the American Medical Association concluded that fetuses obtained from miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies were a “quite limited” source for fetal tissue, while another study published in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research in 2001, the authors noted that out of 37 donated fetuses they used for their research, 33 had come from elective abortions. According to other journal articles, very little tissue comes from fetuses dying natural deaths.
. . . Jennifer Boulanger of the Allentown Women’s Center in Allentown, Pa., said her clinic supplies tissue to the University of Washington. She said her clinic is not paid for the donations, but the university provides her staff with the supplies needed to collect and ship the specimens.
. . . To ensure tissue freshness, “the specimens are FedExed overnight” to Seattle, she said. Boulanger didn’t have at hand the number of specimens her clinic provides annually, but she estimated, “I don’t think it’s any more than 10 a week.”
The recipient, named misleadingly the Birth Defects Research Laboratory at the University of Washington in Seattle, has been sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for over four decades. It’s known within the research community as a top government distributor of fetal tissue. Last year the Puget Sound Business Journal stated the lab “in 2009 filled more than 4,400 requests for fetal tissue and cell lines.”
. . . Fetal remains also are in demand in Britain, where, similar to the United States, no formal stats on donations are kept. In a survey published three years ago, Julie Kent, a professor from the University of the West of England, found some surprising practices: At least one abortion clinic altered its termination method in order to preserve specimens, extracting the fetus with a syringe instead of a vacuum to avoid macerating the tissue. Crosswalk
. . . Jennifer Boulanger of the Allentown Women’s Center in Allentown, Pa., said her clinic supplies tissue to the University of Washington. She said her clinic is not paid for the donations, but the university provides her staff with the supplies needed to collect and ship the specimens.
. . . To ensure tissue freshness, “the specimens are FedExed overnight” to Seattle, she said. Boulanger didn’t have at hand the number of specimens her clinic provides annually, but she estimated, “I don’t think it’s any more than 10 a week.”
The recipient, named misleadingly the Birth Defects Research Laboratory at the University of Washington in Seattle, has been sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for over four decades. It’s known within the research community as a top government distributor of fetal tissue. Last year the Puget Sound Business Journal stated the lab “in 2009 filled more than 4,400 requests for fetal tissue and cell lines.”
. . . Fetal remains also are in demand in Britain, where, similar to the United States, no formal stats on donations are kept. In a survey published three years ago, Julie Kent, a professor from the University of the West of England, found some surprising practices: At least one abortion clinic altered its termination method in order to preserve specimens, extracting the fetus with a syringe instead of a vacuum to avoid macerating the tissue. Crosswalk
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