Teleseminars Sponsored by NonProfit Direct: The NonProfit National Resource Directory: Thursday, June 7, 2012, Noon (EASTERN). Often much of the work of the board is done during monthly meetings. For this reason it is critical that these meetings be well run and productive. By understanding the purpose of your meeting, engaging the correct participants and employing simple tools such as a consent agenda and basic facilitation techniques, your organization can get the most out of your meeting time.
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Planned Parenthood Performs an Abortion Every 96 Seconds
Planned Parenthood Performs an Abortion Every 96 Seconds: AddictingInfo.org blogger Stephen Foster recently tried to refute claims that Planned Parenthood performs an abortion ‘every 95 seconds. Well, okay, if you do the math, it comes out to an abortion every 96 seconds. However, as Live Action points out, that assumes a 24-hour workday. If you assume a a twelve-hour work day it would mean that Planned Parenthood aborts a baby about every 48 seconds.
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Planned Parenthood, breaking down children's inhibitions: 'Mom doesn't have to know'
STOPP - Stop Planned Parenthood - Planned Parenthood, breaking down children's inhibitions: 'Mom doesn't have to know': The visit to the sex exhibit at the Planned Parenthood office in Memphis was intended to break down barriers between children and their moms so they can talk, then quotes the Planned Parenthood employee saying that a minor child can use Planned Parenthood as a resource and “Mom doesn’t have to know.”
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YWCA's entanglement with Planned Parenthood
STOPP - Stop Planned Parenthood - YWCA's entanglement with Planned Parenthood: The Hudson Valley New York Times Herald Record ran an extremely inflammatory, factually bereft column on May 14, penned by YWCA’s Danielle Marse-Kapr, proclaiming the allegiance of YWCA to Planned Parenthood and its radical abortion agenda, and declaring that YWCA is mobilizing voters “to get to the polls in November to ensure that anti-choice politics does not decide the future of our reproductive rights.” Marse-Kapr is the “gender equity coordinator” for YWCA of Orange County.
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The Dilemma of Planned Parenthood: Will the Abortion Giant Answer the Questions?
The Dilemma of Planned Parenthood: Will the Abortion Giant Answer the Questions?: Leslie Kantor, MPH, vice president of education for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, offers talking points but no answers.
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D.C. official calls Franks a "bully" for bill to limit abortions in the city
D.C. official calls Franks a "bully" for bill to limit abortions in the city - KTAR.com: If you don't have an argument, call your opponent a bully.
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Response to Guttmacher Institute criticisms on the Impact of Abortion Restrictions on Maternal Mortality in Chile
Response to Guttmacher Institute criticisms by Koch et al. on the Impact of Abortion Restrictions on Maternal Mortality in Chile: Elard Koch presents a point-by-point rebuttal of Guttmacher's critique that will clarify issues and help readers form their own conclusions.
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Three abortion groups admit sex-selective abortion a problem in U.S.
Three abortion groups admit sex-selective abortion a problem in U.S. | LifeSiteNews.com: None of these groups think sex-selective abortions should be banned. But what is it they say, acknowledging a problem is the first step toward solving it?
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Live Action strikes again -- gendercide in NYC!
Note how the PP refers to a baby's gender as "the sex of the pregnancy." YouTube
This was filmed at PP's flagship "Margaret Sanger" clinic!
Related: Major networks ignore sting
Works and Words: Why You Can't Preach the Gospel with Deeds
Works and Words: Why You Can't Preach the Gospel with Deeds | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction: How often do we hear these days, with passion and approval, the famous dictum attributed to Francis of Assisi: "Preach the gospel at all times. Use words if necessary"? . . . At first blush, this sounds right. Except that it isn't.
. . . Some today will claim that there is no true evangelism without "embodied action." In fact, according to one critic, "Unless [Christ's] disciples are following the Great Commandment, it is fruitless to engage in the Great Commission." According to this view, the gospel is without its own potency. Its "fruitfulness" depends upon us.
But this is not the testimony of the New Testament. According to Paul—whose itinerant ministry met few of the "embodied action" criteria—the power of the gospel does not reside in us; it resides in the Spirit's application of the message itself. "I am not ashamed of the gospel," Paul said. Why? Because "it"—the verbal gospel, the "word of the Cross," the Good News of Jesus Christ proclaimed—is "the power of God for salvation" to everyone who believes (Rom. 1:16). So strong was Paul's confidence in the gospel's inherent Spirit-infused power that he could rejoice even when it was being preached, not merely in the absence of "embodied action," but out of overtly sinful motives (Phil. 1:12-18).
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. . . Some today will claim that there is no true evangelism without "embodied action." In fact, according to one critic, "Unless [Christ's] disciples are following the Great Commandment, it is fruitless to engage in the Great Commission." According to this view, the gospel is without its own potency. Its "fruitfulness" depends upon us.
But this is not the testimony of the New Testament. According to Paul—whose itinerant ministry met few of the "embodied action" criteria—the power of the gospel does not reside in us; it resides in the Spirit's application of the message itself. "I am not ashamed of the gospel," Paul said. Why? Because "it"—the verbal gospel, the "word of the Cross," the Good News of Jesus Christ proclaimed—is "the power of God for salvation" to everyone who believes (Rom. 1:16). So strong was Paul's confidence in the gospel's inherent Spirit-infused power that he could rejoice even when it was being preached, not merely in the absence of "embodied action," but out of overtly sinful motives (Phil. 1:12-18).
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Sample Consulting Contract
Sample Consulting Contract Nonprofit | Legal - Contracts | Agreement / Contract | IdeaEncore Network: Nonprofit consulting is more apt to be successful if both parties (nonprofit and consultant) have signed a contract that outlines responsibilities, costs, and timelines.
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What Three Lessons Would You Share?
What Three Lessons Would You Share?: “What three lessons would you, as an executive director, give someone younger than you?” Contributors provide interesting insights into what next generation nonprofit leaders should consider as they pursue their professional goals—as well as some good reminders for any social sector leaders.
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Newly Disclosed Records Reveal Dangerous Pattern at Ohio Abortion Clinic
Newly Disclosed Records Reveal Dangerous Pattern at Ohio Abortion Clinic :Operation Rescue: Medical transcripts reveal a pattern of botched abortions and other violations at Complete Health Care for Women in Columbus, Ohio, that paint a grisly portrait of an unsafe abortion business that routinely injures women and violates the law. CHCW is operated by abortionist Mervyn J. Samuel.
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Purity cannot be stolen
LifeDate, page 8: Tara had been raped. Her pure identity had been taken away. Or had it?
Why I perform abortions: A Christian obstetrician explains his choice
Why I perform abortions: A Christian obstetrician explains his choice | NJ.com: Willie J. Parker, an obstetrician based in Washington, D.C., didn’t always perform abortions. He’s a Christian ("fundamentalist Protestant") from Birmingham, Ala., who initially refused to even consider the procedure.
"I was taught that abortion is wrong. Yet as I pursued my career as an OB/GYN, I saw the dilemmas that women found themselves in. And I could no longer weigh the life of a pre-viable or lethally flawed fetus equally with the life of the woman sitting before me. In listening to a sermon by Dr. Martin Luther King, I came to a deeper understanding of my spirituality, which places a higher value on compassion. King said what made the good Samaritan 'good' is that instead of focusing on would happen to him by stopping to help the traveler, he was more concerned about what would happen to the traveler if he didn’t stop to help."
"I was taught that abortion is wrong. Yet as I pursued my career as an OB/GYN, I saw the dilemmas that women found themselves in. And I could no longer weigh the life of a pre-viable or lethally flawed fetus equally with the life of the woman sitting before me. In listening to a sermon by Dr. Martin Luther King, I came to a deeper understanding of my spirituality, which places a higher value on compassion. King said what made the good Samaritan 'good' is that instead of focusing on would happen to him by stopping to help the traveler, he was more concerned about what would happen to the traveler if he didn’t stop to help."
Editor: I wonder what accounted for his initial refusal. Did he not have compassion for women then?
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Pregnant woman kidnapped, shot and burned
Pregnant woman kidnapped, shot and burned: Warren Police say a 22-year-old pregnant woman and her unborn baby are alive after a grisly crime early Saturday morning. She was blindfolded, and duct tape was placed on her mouth and wrapped around her hands and feet. The suspect then drove her around for about ten minutes before stopping in an alley in Detroit. Then the man said two things.
"He said 'you know why this is happening' and then he asked her about how far along she was," says Police Commissioner Green. The woman, who is nine months pregnant, says she felt liquid poured on her, then heard a match strike and then she was on fire. "She was able to get out of the car and start rolling on the ground, trying to put the fire out. And when that happened, two shots were fired and she was struck once in the back." She played dead, and the man took off."
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"He said 'you know why this is happening' and then he asked her about how far along she was," says Police Commissioner Green. The woman, who is nine months pregnant, says she felt liquid poured on her, then heard a match strike and then she was on fire. "She was able to get out of the car and start rolling on the ground, trying to put the fire out. And when that happened, two shots were fired and she was struck once in the back." She played dead, and the man took off."
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Take Action on PRENDA
The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission | Take Action: PRENDA, as the bill is also known, would make it a federal offense for anyone to perform or to accept payment for an abortion with knowledge that such an abortion is sought on the basis of the sex of an unborn baby. The bill would also make it a federal crime to transport a pregnant woman into the U.S. or across state lines for the purpose of undergoing such an abortion. In addition, individuals who coerce a pregnant woman to abort her baby based on the unborn child’s sex could face prosecution or civil penalties under the bill. A woman who undergoes a sex-selection abortion, however, could not face penalty.
Surprisingly, no federal ban yet exists on this terrible practice. Email your Congressman to urge support for the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (H.R. 3541). Or call (202) 224-3121.
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Democratic candidate, Planned Parenthood employee cited for DUI
Democratic candidate, Planned Parenthood employee cited for DUI after striking 7-year-old girl | LifeSiteNews.com: Carmen Toft, 32, is the South Dakota Public Affairs Manager at Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota-South Dakota and running for the Democratic nomination in the state House of Representatives in District 10. She has been cited for DUI and Careless Driving after police say she collided with a seven-year-old girl who was riding her bike through a crosswalk. Sioux Falls Police said Toft refused to take a breathalyzer test on the spot, telling police the girl “came out of nowhere.”
Update: Candidate pulls out of race
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Update: Candidate pulls out of race
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Author of study showing abortion limits do not increase Maternal Mortality demolishes pro-abortion critique
Author of study showing abortion limits do not increase Maternal Mortality demolishes pro-abortion critique | NRL News Today: There are countries, Koch admits, like Nicaragua and El Salvador which limit abortion and still have high maternal mortality rates as well as countries like Guyana who show no decrease in maternal mortality rates following legalization, arguing against any sort of broad generalization of the sort made by Guttmacher. Koch argues, based on his own findings, that education, rather than abortion policy, is a better predictor of maternal mortality rates.
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Planned Parenthood says it opposes ‘forced abortion’ but is tied to China’s one-child policy
Planned Parenthood says it opposes ‘forced abortion’ but is tied to China’s one-child policy | LifeSiteNews.com: The successful release of dissident Chen Guangcheng has shined such a light on China’s one-child policy that on Thursday the Planned Parenthood Federation of America released a statement condemning “forced abortion and coerced birth control.” However, the federation supports funding for the international organization that cooperates with Beijing’s population control measures, is institutionally tied to its enablers, and critics say Planned Parenthood performs abortions on coerced women in its clinics everyday.
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The Love Chapter: 1 Corinthians 13
The Love Chapter: 1 Corinthians 13: As we counsel teens and young women at Genesis, we find ourselves in a conversation about their relationship with their boyfriend. We often ask, "What is your relationship like with your boyfriend? What is love and how does one express it?"
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Shepherding Your Center
Shepherding Your Center: "There are so many demands on a director's time to raise the necessary funds to keep centers financially stable, to initiate programs to meet the needs of the clients, to keep the focus of the ministry on the mission, and the list goes on. However, I believe that shepherding should be at the top of that list of duties."
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Abortion Not Safer Than Childbirth: Get the Facts, Share the Truth
Abortion Is Not Safer Than Childbirth: Get the Facts, Share the Truth: Media outlets such as Time Magazine and Reuters have provided extensive coverage to an article recently published as "Original Research" and entitled, "The Comparative Safety of Legal Induced Abortion and Childbirth in the United States," by Raymond and Grimes in the Feb, 2012 journal Obstetrics & Gynecology. The article concludes by stating: "Legal induced abortion is markedly safer than childbirth. The risk of death associated with childbirth is approximately 14 times higher than that with abortion. Similarly, the overall morbidity associated with childbirth exceeds that with abortion." Is this the truth?
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Centerboard: Hire a Leader and Get Out of the Way!
Centerboard: Hire a Leader and Get Out of the Way!: What's an executive board's most important function? Approving and monitoring the budget? Setting policy? Raising support? Representing the PCC before the community?
All of these are important, but one other responsibility is absolutely critical to a ministry's success or failure. Hiring the chief executive!
Why is that? Because this is the only employee the board directly hires and supervises, and because he or she will be the one to hire and oversee all other staff — including volunteers. This is true whether the chief executive is paid or unpaid. Sadly, this is an area where many boards fail.
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All of these are important, but one other responsibility is absolutely critical to a ministry's success or failure. Hiring the chief executive!
Why is that? Because this is the only employee the board directly hires and supervises, and because he or she will be the one to hire and oversee all other staff — including volunteers. This is true whether the chief executive is paid or unpaid. Sadly, this is an area where many boards fail.
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Planned Parenthood's war on baby girls
In April 2012, LiveAction undercover agents visited Planned Parenthood offices to find out what would happen when they blatantly requested a sex-selection abortion of a baby girl. Sign a petition @ http://protectourgirls.com/
Neonatology Professor: Unborn Babies Feel Pain at 20 Weeks
Neonatology Professor: Unborn Babies Feel Pain at 20 Weeks | LifeNews.com: “There is ample biologic, physiologic, hormonal, and behavioral evidence for fetal and neonatal pain,” Prof. Malloy told the House Judiciary committee. “In fact, by 20 weeks post-fertilization (22 weeks by LMP),[i] the fetal brain has the full complement of neurons that are present in adulthood.” Under later questioning, Prof. Malloy confirmed that the ability of the fetus to feel pain was the “majority view” of those in the field of neonatology.
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Hundreds of UK teens have had two abortions
Hundreds of teens have had two abortions: figures show - Telegraph: Pro-life campaigners said young women were being "let down in an appalling way" after it emerged three of the 38,269 teenagers who had a termination in 2010 had undergone the procedure at least seven times.
Get to know the special risks that teens face from abortion
Get to know the special risks that teens face from abortion
Grisly Abortion Death Leads to Revocation of NY Abortionist’s License
Grisly Abortion Death Leads to Revocation of NY Abortionist’s License :Operation Rescue:"Robert Hosty, who ran the A-1 Women’s Center abortion clinic in Queens, New York, has had his license revoked after Operation Rescue staff filed a complaint against him for the death of Alexandra Nunez, a 37-year old single mother of four. The revocation order, dated February 6, 2012, was only recently obtained by Operation Rescue.
Nunez went to Hosty for an abortion in her 16-17 week of pregnancy. She had a history of two C-Section deliveries and a condition where the placenta was more deeply embedded in the wall of the uterus than normal. Hosty spent 9 minutes aborting her baby. Near the end of the procedure, she began to bleed uncontrollably. Nunez went into cardiac arrest from loss of blood, no one bothered to administer chest compressions. Hosty waited an hour before calling 911 for help.
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Nunez went to Hosty for an abortion in her 16-17 week of pregnancy. She had a history of two C-Section deliveries and a condition where the placenta was more deeply embedded in the wall of the uterus than normal. Hosty spent 9 minutes aborting her baby. Near the end of the procedure, she began to bleed uncontrollably. Nunez went into cardiac arrest from loss of blood, no one bothered to administer chest compressions. Hosty waited an hour before calling 911 for help.
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The Daily Spurgeon: The tree is known by its fruit
The Daily Spurgeon: The tree is known by its fruit: "Saving faith appropriates the finished work of the Lord Jesus, and so saves by itself alone, for we are justified by faith without works; but the faith which is without works cannot bring salvation to any man. We are saved by faith without works, but not by a faith that is without works, for the real faith that saves the soul works by love and purifies the character."
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Doctor who botched patient's abortion ordered to pay £780 per month for child's upkeep until he is 25
Doctor who botched patient's abortion ordered to pay £780 per month for child's upkeep until he is 25 | Mail Online: A Spanish judge ordered the unnamed gynecologist to pay £780 a month maintenance to the boy's mum after he bungled a termination at a clinic in Majorca.
She checked in for an abortion in April last year when she was eight weeks pregnant - and returned three months later for another thinking she was carrying a second child. Tests revealed the gynecologist had misread an ultrasound and the unborn baby thought to have been aborted was still alive.
The clinic offered to repay her the £320 cost of the abortion and sent her to another centre in Barcelona which refused to terminate her pregnancy because she was past the legal time limit.
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She checked in for an abortion in April last year when she was eight weeks pregnant - and returned three months later for another thinking she was carrying a second child. Tests revealed the gynecologist had misread an ultrasound and the unborn baby thought to have been aborted was still alive.
The clinic offered to repay her the £320 cost of the abortion and sent her to another centre in Barcelona which refused to terminate her pregnancy because she was past the legal time limit.
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House Republican proposes measure to protect Planned Parenthood funding
House Republican proposes measure to protect Planned Parenthood funding | LifeSiteNews.com: House Republican Bob Dold is attempting to legislatively enshrine Planned Parenthood’s federal funding with an amendment introduced this month that would prohibit the government from denying Title X funds to an organization on the basis that it provides abortions.
The Illinois congressman was flanked by representatives from Planned Parenthood and the Republican Majority for Choice at a recent press conference announcing the introduction of HR 5650, the “Protecting Women’s Access to Health Care Act.” (Read the bill’s text here.)
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The Illinois congressman was flanked by representatives from Planned Parenthood and the Republican Majority for Choice at a recent press conference announcing the introduction of HR 5650, the “Protecting Women’s Access to Health Care Act.” (Read the bill’s text here.)
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Human Rights Watch: End Abortion Ban for Military Women
Human Rights Watch: US: End Abortion Ban for Military Women: According to Human Rights Watch (the group that touts Chen Guangcheng as a hero but doesn't recognize the content of his dissent, "The US government should allow US servicewomen who are rape survivors to make their own decisions about their pregnancies. On May 24, 2012, the US Senate Armed Services Committee will consider a proposal under a military funding bill that would end the ban on military insurance coverage for abortion in cases of rape and incest."
Editor: Let's see what's wrong with this statement. First, there is no ban on abortions for military women. There is only a ban on tax dollars paying for them. Women in the military can decide to have abortions, they just have to pay for them themselves. How about my rights as a tax-payer? Why should you take away my right to decide what I want to subsidize?
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Editor: Let's see what's wrong with this statement. First, there is no ban on abortions for military women. There is only a ban on tax dollars paying for them. Women in the military can decide to have abortions, they just have to pay for them themselves. How about my rights as a tax-payer? Why should you take away my right to decide what I want to subsidize?
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Is THIS What Abstinence-Only Education Looks Like?
Is THIS What Abstinence-Only Education Looks Like? |Blogs | NCRegister.com: "I've always assumed that the ineffectiveness of abstinence education is due to the "drop in a bucket" phenomenon -- that even a good message like abstinence gets lost in the ocean of bad messages that kids hear from TV, the internet, negligent parents, etc. But maybe there's a deeper problem with abstinence-only education."
Editor: An interesting perspective. Plenty of food for thought.
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Editor: An interesting perspective. Plenty of food for thought.
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Sharp Rise Seen in Rate of Delivery-Related Severe Sepsis
Sharp Rise Seen in Rate of Delivery-Related Severe Sepsis : OBGYN News: Several comorbidities and obstetric factors independently increased the risk of severe sepsis. For example, women with congestive heart failure had a more than fourfold higher risk, and women undergoing cesarean delivery had a more than fivefold higher risk.
There’s also a higher-risk patient population. More women today have comorbidities that increase their risk of severe sepsis. And there’s an increased microbial resistance that could also be contributing.
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There’s also a higher-risk patient population. More women today have comorbidities that increase their risk of severe sepsis. And there’s an increased microbial resistance that could also be contributing.
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Immediate Postpartum IUD Placement Prone to Expulsion
Immediate Postpartum IUD Placement Prone to Expulsion : OBGYN News: Women expelled 54% of intrauterine devices placed immediately after giving birth, compared with a 6% expulsion rate after conventional placement at 6 weeks post partum or later, a study of an indigent population found.
Editor: Note the term "indigent population." Is that code for minorities, women of color?
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Editor: Note the term "indigent population." Is that code for minorities, women of color?
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10 Common Mistakes in Selecting Donor Databases & How To Avoid Them
Teleseminars Sponsored by NonProfit Direct: The NonProfit National Resource Directory: Overbuying, under-budgeting, letting the wrong people choose the database, falling in love with the salesperson... This workshop will identify and help you avoid common (and often expensive) mistakes when selecting a new database.
The topics will include:
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The topics will include:
- Who should make the decision?
- What should you budget for?
- Assessing your needs
- How to decide
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Direct mail growing as source for online donations
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Operation Rescue Hands Over Leaked Abortion Records to the Kansas Board of Healing Arts
Operation Rescue Hands Over Leaked Abortion Records to the Board of Healing Arts :Operation Rescue: An investigator from the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts met with Operation Rescue yesterday and took custody of the abortion records leaked from a confidential informant earlier this month. An investigation into violations, including the non-reporting of child abuse by abortionist Ronald Yeomans and the Central Family Medical abortion clinic in Kansas City, Kansas, is currently being conducted by the KSBHA. CFM is also known as Aid for Women." OR retains unredacted copies to prevent abortion crimes from being “swept under the rug.”
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Abortion Regrets
Abortion Regrets | Abort73.com: Personal testimonies from women (and men) who have gone through an abortion.
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Loving the unlovable
Loving the unlovable. | Stuff Christians Like – Jon Acuff: Sometimes the hardest part of loving people is that you don’t always get to hear the whole song.
You reach out. In a time of need or hurt or maybe even hope.
And you get pushed away.
You get chased away.
You get shoved away.
And you wait and you help and you stand in the storms of life with someone, and you feel like you are throwing a ball against a wall. You can’t tell if any of it matters. If your words or your actions matter at all. You think about giving up. You feel called to be salt and light, we know that’s printed in red, but sometimes in the space between hours and arguments, it’s hard to feel that way.
You keep loving. You keep hoping to see a change, not because it’s all about change, but because that would at least be a crack of light under the door.
But the light never comes. The door is never opened, even a little, and then they disappear. Not dramatically, maybe. They don’t float away on a hot air balloon or in a fast car. The ebb and flow of life just drifts them away. You feel you’ve wasted your time or maybe their time or everybody’s time.
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You reach out. In a time of need or hurt or maybe even hope.
And you get pushed away.
You get chased away.
You get shoved away.
And you wait and you help and you stand in the storms of life with someone, and you feel like you are throwing a ball against a wall. You can’t tell if any of it matters. If your words or your actions matter at all. You think about giving up. You feel called to be salt and light, we know that’s printed in red, but sometimes in the space between hours and arguments, it’s hard to feel that way.
You keep loving. You keep hoping to see a change, not because it’s all about change, but because that would at least be a crack of light under the door.
But the light never comes. The door is never opened, even a little, and then they disappear. Not dramatically, maybe. They don’t float away on a hot air balloon or in a fast car. The ebb and flow of life just drifts them away. You feel you’ve wasted your time or maybe their time or everybody’s time.
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Lolo Jones says remaining a virgin is harder than training for Olympics
Lolo Jones says remaining a virgin is harder than training for Olympics (VIDEO) | Fourth-Place Medal - Yahoo! Sports: In an interview with HBO's "Real Sports," Olympic silver medalist Lolo Jones said saving herself for marriage has been harder than training for two Summer Games.
Related: Miley Cyrus offers advice on sex and self-worth
Editor: Miley's is definitely not a Christian worldview -- "Your worth is based on how you feel about yourself."
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Related: Miley Cyrus offers advice on sex and self-worth
Editor: Miley's is definitely not a Christian worldview -- "Your worth is based on how you feel about yourself."
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Another Wisconsin Abortion Clinic Eliminates RU 486 Chemical Abortions
Another Wisconsin Abortion Clinic Eliminates RU 486 Chemical Abortions | NRL News Today: RU 486 chemical abortions, which comprise 26% of all Wisconsin abortions, are not readily available in Wisconsin. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, which operates three abortion clinics in Wisconsin, suspended RU 486 abortions last month. Affiliated Medical Services, located in Milwaukee, has also suspended them.
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911: Moans, Screams Heard From Botched Abortion Victim At Carhart’s Nebraska Clinic
911: Moans, Screams Heard From Botched Abortion Victim At Carhart’s Nebraska Clinic :Operation Rescue: A botched abortion patient can be heard moaning in obvious distress during newly obtained recordings of two 911 calls placed on Saturday, March 31, 2012, from LeRoy Carhart’s Abortion and Contraceptive Clinic of Nebraska, located in Bellevue, a suburb of Omaha. The recordings and witness statements indicate that Carhart may be breaking the Nebraska ban on late-term abortions after 20 weeks. The abortion worker who placed the initial call specifically asked that an ambulance be sent with “no lights or sirens.”
The recordings, obtained by Operation Rescue through an open records request, show that clinic workers were uncooperative and slow to give information about the patient’s condition to the emergency dispatcher.
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The recordings, obtained by Operation Rescue through an open records request, show that clinic workers were uncooperative and slow to give information about the patient’s condition to the emergency dispatcher.
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Bad Doctrine is a Cruel Taskmaster
Bad Doctrine is a Cruel Taskmaster - Blog - Eternal Perspective Ministries: Eternal Perspective Ministries offers some verses demonstrating how dangerous and cruel bad doctrine is.
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Get to Know: Pure Path
About Us | Pure Path: Pure Path is strategically partnered with PCCs who have a desire to connect with the churches in their local area. PCCs will be able to be a support and resource for the local church, building a partnership that will benefit both parties.
Pure Path will supply PCCs with helpful resources that will assist the churches in having a relevant impact on their congregations in relation to the topics of Marital Fidelity, Biblical Sexuality, and the Sanctity of Human Life.
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Pure Path will supply PCCs with helpful resources that will assist the churches in having a relevant impact on their congregations in relation to the topics of Marital Fidelity, Biblical Sexuality, and the Sanctity of Human Life.
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Telling your children what you do for a living
Life Training Institute Blog: A Walk with my Daughter [Jay Watts]: "Some people in the pro-life community raise their children with an intimate and extensive understanding of abortion, but my wife and I decided to shield our kids from the ugliness of the world for as long as the world would let us. Our view is that there is no reason to prematurely burden them with the worries of their parents, though we respect our friends who make different decisions."
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Five ways to effective web writing
Five ways to effective web writing | ethicalstudios: Great tips for your website and beyond.
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Engaging Highly Skilled, Specialized Volunteers
A Case Study Analysis of Engaging Highly Skilled, Specialized Volunteers Nonprofit | Volunteer | Analysis / research / study | IdeaEncore Network: Traditional envelope-stuffing, database entry-type volunteers are harder to find. Younger generations of volunteers have different motivations than their predecessors. This is an analysis of several instances of skilled volunteer engagement at nonprofit organizations. The key findings are interesting food for thought as the sector continues to engage the "next" volunteer.
More volunteer resources
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More volunteer resources
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Volunteer Management Practices and Retention of Volunteers
Volunteer Management Practices and Retention of Volunteers Nonprofit | Volunteer | Policy brief | IdeaEncore Network: This report is the second in a series of briefs on a 2003 survey of volunteer management capacity among public charities in the United States. It focuses on charities' adoption of nine volunteer management practices: supervision and communication, liability coverage, screening and matching, regular collection of volunteer numbers and hours written policies and job descriptions, recognition activities, measurement of volunteer impacts, training and professional development, and training.
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Four Marks of Fruit-Bearing Christianity « J.C. Ryle Quotes
Four Marks of Fruit-Bearing Christianity « J.C. Ryle Quotes: "The Christianity which I call fruit-bearing, that which shows its Divine origin by its blessed effects on mankind – the Christianity which you may safely defy unbelievers to explain away – that Christianity is a very different thing. Let me show you some of its leading marks and features."
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Your Social Media Spring Cleaning Guide Part II – Facebook Makeover
Your Social Media Spring Cleaning Guide Part II – Facebook Makeover « Social-Media.BlogNotions - Thoughts from Industry Experts: Marketing is all about your brand’s image. That’s why Timeline for brand pages was a step in the right direction for Facebook. Timeline is heavily focused on image and it allows users to make a more visually appealing page to present to their target audience.
More marketing tips:
5 FREE & Extremely EASY Ways to Steer Traffic to your Website
More marketing tips:
5 FREE & Extremely EASY Ways to Steer Traffic to your Website
Washington abortionist likens himself to MLK
Washington doctor speaks out against ban on late-term abortions - The Washington Post: Willie Parker, a Washington-based obstetrician, is a doctor who has performed late-term abortions. He stands to be directly affected should the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act pass. An obstetrician for two decades, Parker began performing abortions eight years ago, largely out of what he says was concern for women’s needs going unmet. He is primarily based in Washington and Philadelphia but also travels monthly to see patients in Alabama.
In this interview, he likens himself to Martin Luther King, Jr. "For the first 12 years of my medical career, I didn’t provide abortions. I did think about the moral complexities, and I also thought a lot about what Dr. King has said about having concern for other people. I was more concerned about what might happen to them than what might happen to me. And I feel like that’s an appropriate value system to operate around. . . . I choose to focus on the important service I’m providing to women."
When asked why it's important for him to work in Alabama, he says, "The reality of abortion is that women who are most likely to have one are women of poverty and of color. So this was a decision to serve women where I’m from, and an effort to go where the need is greatest."
Editor: What a nice guy.
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Abortionist: banning abortions of babies who feel pain would ‘conflate murder and abortion’
WaPo’s Softball Interview with Late-Term Abortionist Willie Parker
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In this interview, he likens himself to Martin Luther King, Jr. "For the first 12 years of my medical career, I didn’t provide abortions. I did think about the moral complexities, and I also thought a lot about what Dr. King has said about having concern for other people. I was more concerned about what might happen to them than what might happen to me. And I feel like that’s an appropriate value system to operate around. . . . I choose to focus on the important service I’m providing to women."
When asked why it's important for him to work in Alabama, he says, "The reality of abortion is that women who are most likely to have one are women of poverty and of color. So this was a decision to serve women where I’m from, and an effort to go where the need is greatest."
Editor: What a nice guy.
Related:
Abortionist: banning abortions of babies who feel pain would ‘conflate murder and abortion’
WaPo’s Softball Interview with Late-Term Abortionist Willie Parker
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Despite increased risk of ‘heavy bleeding,’ study promotes post-abortion phone follow-up
Despite increased risk of ‘heavy bleeding,’ study promotes post-abortion phone follow-up | LifeSiteNews.com: Two researchers have suggested women who have had an abortion could skip an in-person office follow-up and instead confer by phone, although their research shows those who do so are less likely to keep their appointment, more likely to make unscheduled contacts, and more than four-times as likely to suffer heavy bleeding.
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Getting to know your donors . . . in person
Featured Specialist-May 2012: Diane Remin of MajorDonors.com has a lot of experience with donors who make gifts to nonprofit organizations. She has created these downloadable slides to help you learn how to talk to your donors, find out what you want and need to know about them and how to format your visit.
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Baby killer gets life in prison
WNEP: Chris Fitzpatrick admitted to killing his newborn daughter by crushing her with a cinder block on the day she was born. He and the baby’s mother, Jennifer Barrise, struggle with mental handicaps. They discussed abortion and giving the baby up for adoption, but when the baby was born, Fitzpatrick made a snap decision to take the infant to where he worked near Hamlin, kill her with a cinder block, and bury her body. Barrise also faces homicide charges for not trying to stop her boyfriend from killing the baby.
Planned Parenthood clinic relocating from NH to VT
Planned Parenthood clinic relocating from NH to Vt - Boston.com: A Planned Parenthood clinic in western New Hampshire is moving across the Connecticut River to Vermont -- a change officials say has more to do with building needs than politics. The clinic in West Lebanon will be moving to White River Junction, Vt., this fall or early next year. The Valley News reports the change is part of a larger effort to upgrade all 24 sites across northern New England.
Last year, New Hampshire's Executive Council did not renew a two-year $1.8 million contract with Planned Parenthood, citing its involvement in abortion services. Bills were introduced this year targeting abortion providers, including one that would have cut off public funding.
Editor: No, it wasn't politics. It was the money.
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Last year, New Hampshire's Executive Council did not renew a two-year $1.8 million contract with Planned Parenthood, citing its involvement in abortion services. Bills were introduced this year targeting abortion providers, including one that would have cut off public funding.
Editor: No, it wasn't politics. It was the money.
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Business Before Medicine
Business Before Medicine | After Abortion: Abortion in America is a commodity, bought and sold for the supposed “benefit” of the buyer and the profit of the seller. Though abortion utilizes medical knowledge, it is not medical — that is, abortions are not prescribed in order to heal the body or cure illness. Even in rare cases where serious medical problems do exist because of the pregnancy, abortion is still not good medicine. Given the physical and psychological risks of this procedure, an informed and truly “conscientious physician” would never prescribe a direct abortion.
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7 Tips to Improve Your Email Sender Reputation
7 Tips to Improve Your Email Sender Reputation, Free SendGrid, Inc. On-Demand Webinar: Email deliverability is the secret crisis facing many companies who depend on email to send important messages to their customers. Over 20% of legitimate emails, including shipping confirmations and password resets, never reach the recipient's inbox. Managing your sender reputation is crucial to make sure your messages get delivered reliably.
Listen to SendGrid's deliverability experts as they break down sender reputation and offer tips on how to stay in the good graces of the ISPs.
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Listen to SendGrid's deliverability experts as they break down sender reputation and offer tips on how to stay in the good graces of the ISPs.
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Birmingham Abortion Clinic Surrenders License, Closes Down
Birmingham Abortion Clinic Surrenders License, Closes Down :Operation Rescue: Pro-life groups around the country are celebrating today after the New Woman All Women (NWAW) abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama, surrendered its license to the State Health Department Friday and ceased operations.
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Website Asks Women to Be Proud of Their Abortions
Website Asks Women to Be Proud of Their Abortions: xoJane.com prides itself on being the website “where women go when they are being selfish, and where their selfishness is applauded,” it’s no surprise they are asking women to brag about their experience with abortion. The site is asking women to submit photos of themselves declaring why they support the act of killing one’s own child. They want women to end their silence and proclaim to the world that they’ve had abortions and feel zero guilt about it.
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Maine Gov Signs Budget Zapping $400K to Abortion Biz
Maine Gov Signs Budget Zapping $400K to Abortion Biz | LifeNews.com: Maine Governor Paul LePage has delighted pro-life advocates today by initially pushing for and now signing a state budget into law that de-funds an abortion business that also funds Planned Parenthood. The abortion business stands to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars as a result.
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Consequences of Superovulation and Assisted Reproduction Procedures
Consequences of Superovulation and ART Procedures: Abstract and Introduction: Complications from superovulation include ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, thromboembolism, and adnexal torsion. Complications from oocyte retrieval include infection, bleeding, bowel injury, and anesthetic complications. Early pregnancy complications from in vitro fertilization include multiple gestations, ectopic pregnancy, and heterotopic pregnancy. Stimulation, retrieval, and transfer techniques can be modified to minimize these risks and prevent complications. Further research in the field is needed to continue to improve the safety of superovulation and ART.
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Large Database Links Adolescent Pregnancy to More Adverse Events
Large Database Links Adolescent Pregnancy to More Adverse Events : OBGYN News: Adolescent mothers had higher rates of complications, including anemia, preterm premature rupture of membranes, chorioamnionitis, and eclampsia, compared with adults. Neonates born to adolescent mothers were more likely to be delivered preterm, to be low birth weight or very low birth weight, to have lower APGAR scores, and to have higher rates of admission to a neonatal intensive care unit.
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Managing Lupus in Pregnancy Draws on Evidence, Judgment
Managing Lupus in Pregnancy Draws on Evidence, Judgment : OBGYN News: Outcomes of pregnancy in women with systemic lupus erythematosus have improved over the past 50 years, with dramatic reductions in rates of pregnancy loss and preterm delivery. These gains are due in large part to better management of lupus before and during pregnancy, a challenge that requires applying both evidence and clinical judgment on a case-by-case basis.
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Chlamydial and Gonococcal Testing during Pregnancy in the United States
Chlamydial and Gonococcal Testing during Pregnancy in the United States: Many pregnant women are not tested forChlamydia trachomatis andNeisseria gonorrhoeae despite recommendations to test. Follow-up testing to monitor the effectiveness of treatment is also not always performed.
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Action needed!
National Right to Life: Did you know that in our nation's capital, it is perfectly legal to subject unborn children to terribly painful deaths, even during the sixth and seventh months of pregnancy -- or even later? In the District of Columbia, abortion is now legal at any point in pregnancy, for any reason, as long as someone is willing to pay the abortionist for the gruesome "service."
This appalling situation will be explored by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution on May 17, 2012, in a public hearing on the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 3803). If your representative is already a cosponsor of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, thank him or her. If not, urge the lawmaker to become a cosponsor.
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This appalling situation will be explored by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution on May 17, 2012, in a public hearing on the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 3803). If your representative is already a cosponsor of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, thank him or her. If not, urge the lawmaker to become a cosponsor.
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Abortion patients sue clinic for passing on hep C
Abortion patients sue clinic for passing on hep C | The Australian: Fifty women who contracted hepatitis C after having abortions at a Melbourne clinic yesterday launched a class action in the Supreme Court of Victoria.
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Bill puts Planned Parenthood last in line for Ohio funds
Bill puts Planned Parenthood last in line for funds: An ideological battle about abortion is being waged in the Ohio Statehouse as lawmakers consider a bill that would essentially take away federal family planning grants from Planned Parenthood Affiliates of Ohio.
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New Chinese study finds abortion increases risk of breast cancer
New Chinese study finds abortion increases risk of breast cancer | LifeSiteNews.com: Led by Ai-Ren Jiang and published in the February 2012 Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, the research finds a “significant dose-response relationship” between breast cancer and the number of induced abortions a patient has undergone, meaning the risk increases with every abortion.
Researchers found that the difference for most premenopausal women with a previous induced abortion was a statistically insignificant 16% increased risk of contracting breast cancer. But those who had three or more abortions fared much worse with a 1.55-fold risk elevation.
However, postmenopausal women with a previous induced abortion showed significantly greater risk of breast cancer: one abortion increased a patient’s risk by a statistically significant 1.79, two increased it by a statistically significant 1.85, and three or more were linked to a non-statistically significant 2.14-fold elevated risk.
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Researchers found that the difference for most premenopausal women with a previous induced abortion was a statistically insignificant 16% increased risk of contracting breast cancer. But those who had three or more abortions fared much worse with a 1.55-fold risk elevation.
However, postmenopausal women with a previous induced abortion showed significantly greater risk of breast cancer: one abortion increased a patient’s risk by a statistically significant 1.79, two increased it by a statistically significant 1.85, and three or more were linked to a non-statistically significant 2.14-fold elevated risk.
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God’s Design for Sexuality
God’s Design for Sexuality | Day of Dialogue God’s Design for Sexuality | Join the Dialogue: God designed us male and female, and intended marriage between a man and woman to reflect His image, to be lifelong and faithful, to nurture and provide for the next generation, and to model our relationship with Him.
But as we look around us, we can see that things have gone terribly wrong with God’s design. When man disobeyed God, the connection between God and man was broken, the relationship between husband and wife was affected and healthy masculinity and femininity became damaged and confused.
Just take a look around and you’ll see many people who have been deeply wounded and hurt through the misuse of sexuality, through such wrongs as abuse, unfaithfulness, pornography, lust, rape or casual hookups. Often it’s young people or children who get hurt the worst, through fractured relationships or through being taken advantage of.
Without God, and without following His intentions for us, all the good of sexuality is distorted. The good news, in the midst of our sexual brokenness, is that God still loves us deeply."
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But as we look around us, we can see that things have gone terribly wrong with God’s design. When man disobeyed God, the connection between God and man was broken, the relationship between husband and wife was affected and healthy masculinity and femininity became damaged and confused.
Just take a look around and you’ll see many people who have been deeply wounded and hurt through the misuse of sexuality, through such wrongs as abuse, unfaithfulness, pornography, lust, rape or casual hookups. Often it’s young people or children who get hurt the worst, through fractured relationships or through being taken advantage of.
Without God, and without following His intentions for us, all the good of sexuality is distorted. The good news, in the midst of our sexual brokenness, is that God still loves us deeply."
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American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians & Gynecologists » Media Resources
Prolife OBGYNS – AAPLOG – American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians & Gynecologists » Media Resources: The materials found here consist of video, audio with power point, and audio presentations on subjects of interest to prolife physicians. Many of these talks are taken from AAPLOG’s annual educational meetings. The talks cover mental and physical long term health complcations of abortions, adverse health effects relating to “medical” abortions, physicians’ freedom of conscience issues, and other vital topics for prolife medical professionals, as well as for interested lay persons. These materials should be valuable for download and personal or group study.
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STI fact sheet
Sexually transmitted infections (STI) fact sheet | womenshealth.gov: FAQs and downloadable fact sheets for your clients and volunteers.
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Love Covers a Multitude of Sins
Love Covers a Multitude of Sins | Challies Dot Com: There are as many ways to react badly to sin as there are ways to sin against one another. There are not nearly as many ways to react well to being sinned against. The Bible gives us two: lovingly overlook that sin or lovingly address that sin. The question is, when are we to overlook and when are we to address?
Editor: Such wise advice. I don't think I've ever heard anyone address these issues.
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Editor: Such wise advice. I don't think I've ever heard anyone address these issues.
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Regulatory bill for Alabama abortion clinics fails
Regulatory bill for Alabama abortion clinics fails - WTVM.com-Columbus, GA News Weather & Sports: A bill passed by the Alabama House to establish stricter rules for abortion clinics has failed in a state Senate committee. It would have required abortion clinic to meet the same standards as ambulatory care clinics.
Editor: The only time liberals are against regulations is when they affect abortion clinics.
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Editor: The only time liberals are against regulations is when they affect abortion clinics.
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She risked her life to save unborn baby
Pregnant mum, 21, risked her life by refusing treatment for lung cancer to save unborn baby - Mirror Online: Daniella Jackson was faced with the agonising choice of having an operation that would save her from cancer – or keeping the baby she was carrying. Doctors said it was urgent that a growing tumour in her left lung was removed but that was not an option while Daniella, 21, was pregnant.
She was due to give birth to her second baby in four months. By then it might be too late so she was asked to consider an abortion to save her life.
For Daniella there was only one answer. She said: “I was determined to have my baby. I felt such a close bond with her. I couldn’t let her go.” Her decision meant the rest of her pregnancy felt like a desperate race against time as the cancer grew.
In January she gave birth to a premature but healthy baby daughter. A month later mum was well enough to have the operation, which involved removing half of her lung. Now cancer free, the full-time mum is recovering at home.
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She was due to give birth to her second baby in four months. By then it might be too late so she was asked to consider an abortion to save her life.
For Daniella there was only one answer. She said: “I was determined to have my baby. I felt such a close bond with her. I couldn’t let her go.” Her decision meant the rest of her pregnancy felt like a desperate race against time as the cancer grew.
In January she gave birth to a premature but healthy baby daughter. A month later mum was well enough to have the operation, which involved removing half of her lung. Now cancer free, the full-time mum is recovering at home.
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Nine Keys for Reinvigorating Board Leadership
Nine Keys for Reinvigorating Board Leadership Nonprofit | Board of Directors - Board development | Article / Position Paper | IdeaEncore Network: More than a million nonprofit boards can be found across the United States. Many do not reach their potential because of poor leadership. Often warning signs indicate that a board is not functioning properly. This article, as appeared in Association Management Magazine, includes keys ways to reinvigorate your board and get back on track.
Related: Board Development Plan -- The Board of Our Dreams
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Misoprostol for all women seeking abortion?
Misoprostol for all women seeking abortion? : The Lancet [available via free login]: "The second edition of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists guidelines recommended routine use of misoprostol only when the woman was aged younger than 18 years and the gestational age was more than 10 weeks [to soften the cervix]. The Society for Family Planning Guidelines in the USA reported that misoprostol was more effective than laminaria, acted more quickly, and was preferred by women. However, the US guideline did not recommend routine use because of a scarcity of evidence about major complications, and because of the pain and bleeding some women experience before surgery. Instead, use in adolescents in the late first trimester was recommended, and in those in whom cervical dilation is expected to be difficult. The problem with recommendation for such individuals is that prediction of the women for whom surgery will prove difficult is not possible.
"The findings from [this study] make an important contribution to this debate by showing that vaginal misoprostol not only facilitates surgery in healthy women seeking first-trimester abortion, but results in a significantly lower rate of incomplete evacuation."
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"The findings from [this study] make an important contribution to this debate by showing that vaginal misoprostol not only facilitates surgery in healthy women seeking first-trimester abortion, but results in a significantly lower rate of incomplete evacuation."
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CDC: STDs in Adolescents and Young Adults
CDC - STD Surveillance, 2010 - STDs in Adolescents and Young Adults: Even though young people aged 15–24 years represent only 25% of the sexually experienced population, they acquire nearly half of all new STDs.
- Rates of reported chlamydial infection among persons aged 15–19 years and 20–24 years continue to increase. During 2009–2010, rates increased 2.8% for those aged 15–19 years and 7.5% for those aged 20–24 years.
- During 2009–2010, gonorrhea rates increased for persons aged 15–19 years (1.4%) and 20–24 years (4.9%).
- Syphilis rates among women aged 15–19 years increased annually from 2004–2009 from 1.5 cases per 100,000 females to 3.3 cases in 2009, but decreased to 3.0 in 2010. Rates in women have been highest each year among those aged 20–24 years with 4.5 cases per 100,000 females in 2010.
Christ Hospital Hires Late-term Abortionist it Once Banned
Ohio Hospital Hires Late-term Abortionist that it Once Banned :Operation Rescue: An abortionist that provides emergency hospital care to injured abortion patients of late-term abortionist Martin Haskell has been hired by the same hospital that stripped him of privileges just last year.
In a press release issued by Christ Hospital on May 1, 2012, it was announced that Walter T. Bowers, II, would be employed by Christ Hospital as a Gynecologist and has moved his office into their facility. In July, 2011, the hospital had terminated Bower’s privileges pending the outcome of the Ohio Medical Board’s decision on charges his was negligent in causing the death of a wanted baby in Kentucky.
Editor: The hospital's homepage welcomes him. Couldn't find what denomination this hospital was/is.
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In a press release issued by Christ Hospital on May 1, 2012, it was announced that Walter T. Bowers, II, would be employed by Christ Hospital as a Gynecologist and has moved his office into their facility. In July, 2011, the hospital had terminated Bower’s privileges pending the outcome of the Ohio Medical Board’s decision on charges his was negligent in causing the death of a wanted baby in Kentucky.
Editor: The hospital's homepage welcomes him. Couldn't find what denomination this hospital was/is.
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What Nancy Keenan’s resignation means to pro-choice activists
Washington Post: Erin Matson, action vice president at the National Organization for Women, comments on Keenan's resignation from leading NARAL:
Young, women activists are very angry, and we’re feisty. We want to put on our loafers and go lobby. But we also want to put on our sneakers, go outside, and yell. I think we need a movement that incorporates all of that.
. . . From everything I’ve seen, the most motivated group on abortion rights are conservative, older white men, which is scary.
. . . When you look at the people who were alive during Roe talk about it, it’s as if they were the ones struggling, and everything now is just maintenance. You hear a lot of talk of ‘never go back’ and about rolling back rights. For younger women of reproductive ago, the way we’ve come to this isn’t about taking away rights. It’s about, why is my birth control so * expensive? Why do I have to forgo a week’s worth of groceries to afford an abortion? That’s a huge issue. So I think the frame of a past referential, this idea of ‘let’s not go back,’ isn’t as relevant to a younger generation.Editor: At $300-$1,000 for a first-trimester abortion, that's a lot of groceries!
Get to know: Doctors on Fetal Pain
Doctors on Fetal Pain offers a wealth of anatomical, behavioral, and physiological evidence that shows that the developing human fetus is capable of experiencing tremendous pain by 20 weeks post-fertilization.
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Developing Leaders Through Advisory Councils
Teleseminars Sponsored by NonProfit Direct: The NonProfit National Resource Directory: Donors are more inclined to give if they have more engagement with the organization. This teleseminar will inform participants about how, in these cost-constrained times, an advisory board comprised of thoughtfully selected donors can help better engage those donors while developing current and future organizational leadership.
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Are Women Considering Abortion Well Informed? Not at Planned Parenthood!
Are Women Considering Abortion Informed? Not if Planned Parenthood Can Help It: Live Action has caught personnel at least three Planned Parenthood clinics giving their patients inaccurate medical information about their babies and pregnancies. The people at Planned Parenthood misled women on when heartbeats can be detected, abortion’s medical downside, whether eight-week-old fetuses have limbs and brains, and whether the name “baby” is applicable.
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Judge overturns Oklahoma abortion drug law
Judge overturns Oklahoma abortion drug law: An Oklahoma law that prohibits the use of certain abortion-inducing drugs has been ruled unconstitutional by a district court judge. The ruling says the law violates a woman's fundamental rights to privacy and bodily integrity. The law was approved in 2011 and required doctors to follow the strict guidelines authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It prohibited off-label uses of the drugs — such as changing a recommended dosage or prescribing it for different symptoms than the drug was initially approved for.
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Missouri House backs pregnancy center advertising bill
Missouri House backs pregnancy center advertising bill - KAIT-Jonesboro, AR-News, weather, sports, classifieds: The Missouri House has endorsed legislation barring local governments from regulating the speech and advertising of centers that counsel women on alternatives to abortion. The bill says that state laws must protect the free speech of organizations that counsel women to carry their babies to term.
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Planned Parenthood secretly breaks ground on late-term abortion clinic
Planned Parenthood secretly breaks ground on late-term abortion clinic next to adoption center | LifeSiteNews.com: Texans for Life has been told that there was no indication anywhere on the plans filed with the municipality that the end result would be a Planned Parenthood center – and not just a center, but an ambulatory surgery, where late-term abortions can be committed next door to The Edna Gladney Center, a well-known adoption agency. Planned Parenthood has denied any deception and claimed that they are forced to operate in secret for fear of violent activism. They have also, according to peaceful boycott members and protesters, installed an alarm triggered to go off if anyone gets too near the curb (for prayer, parking, etc.); the alarm blasts directly into the dormitory wing of the Gladney adoption center, where expectant mothers are housed.
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Planned Parenthood Targeting College Students
Planned Parenthood | College Students | Women | The Daily Caller: A pro-life student group is alleging that Planned Parenthood for America targets college students for their abortion services. Students for Life is basing the claim on a study the group conducted over the winter. It found that of the estimated 780 Planned Parenthood facilities in the United States (at the initiation of the study in January), there are 615 clinic (79 percent) within 5 miles of a university.
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Planned Parenthood proud to offer surgical abortions
Planned Parenthood opens Wellington clinic, first in county to offer surgical abortions: Planned Parenthood's newest clinic in Palm Beach County (FL) celebrated its grand opening on Thursday in the Wellington Professional Center, the first and only of its offices in the county to offer surgical abortions. The Wellington center also is the only location in the county to offer non-invasive sterilization, hysteroscopies and endometrial ablations. And it houses Planned Parenthood's first dedicated space for its Teen Time program.
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New Mexico Forces Tax Payers to Fund Abortions
New Mexico Forces Tax Payers to Fund 1,786 Abortions in 2011 :Operation Rescue: “In 2011, New Mexico tax payers paid for 1,786 abortions which amounted to $1,127,557.26. This really brings new meaning to the concept of forced abortions, only now the coercion is foisted upon New Mexico tax payers to fund abortions,” stated Bud Shaver of Project Defending Life.
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Planned Parenthood Appears OK With Sex-Selection Abortions
Planned Parenthood Appears OK With Sex-Selection Abortions | LifeNews.com: When Planned Parenthood went to the Huffington Post to try to do damage control before the results of any possible Live Action investigation are made public, Planned Parenthood spokesperson Chloe Cooney made it appear the abortion business would be fine with sex-selection abortions. “Decisions about whether to choose adoption, end the pregnancy or to raise a child have to be left up to a woman, her family and her faith, with the counsel of her doctor,” Cooney said.
Further, Planned Parenthood didn’t say a word about forced abortions or sex-selection abortions that take place in China as the world watched last week while Chen Guangcheng escaped house arrest and sought support from the United States. Now, Americans United for Life attorney Anna Franzonello, in a new column at the Washington Times, provides more evidence showing Planned Parenthood may be willing to tolerate such gender-based abortions."
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Further, Planned Parenthood didn’t say a word about forced abortions or sex-selection abortions that take place in China as the world watched last week while Chen Guangcheng escaped house arrest and sought support from the United States. Now, Americans United for Life attorney Anna Franzonello, in a new column at the Washington Times, provides more evidence showing Planned Parenthood may be willing to tolerate such gender-based abortions."
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Woman suffers anaphylactic shock after abortion
Woman suffers anaphylactic shock after abortion - ABC Newcastle NSW - Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The procedure was without incident but Belmont Coroners Court has been told Ms Grainger's vital signs crashed after having an allergic reaction to the antibiotic Keflex.
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Union Forces Planned Parenthood Biz to Cancel Fundraiser
Union Forces Planned Parenthood Biz to Cancel Fundraiser | LifeNews.com: Don't think their squabble is over anything as high-minded as ethics. Nope, it's just a contract dispute.
The Planned Parenthood-SEIU link isn’t a surprise given the SEIU’s abortion advocacy and a key leadership link it has with the nation’s biggest abortion business. The Service Employees International Union pressured pro-life Democrats who initially opposed Obamacare over its abortion funding provisions. In some cases, the union threatened pro-life Democrats and others who were undecided on the legislation with supporting primary election opponents if they didn’t vote yes on the bill or motions to make the bill law.
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The Planned Parenthood-SEIU link isn’t a surprise given the SEIU’s abortion advocacy and a key leadership link it has with the nation’s biggest abortion business. The Service Employees International Union pressured pro-life Democrats who initially opposed Obamacare over its abortion funding provisions. In some cases, the union threatened pro-life Democrats and others who were undecided on the legislation with supporting primary election opponents if they didn’t vote yes on the bill or motions to make the bill law.
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Supermodel: Ignore your kids on ‘No Mother’s Day’ to support global abortion access
Supermodel: Ignore your kids on ‘No Mother’s Day’ to support global abortion access | LifeSiteNews.com: Vogue model Christy Turlington Burns and a host of female celebrities are encouraging mothers across the nation to ignore their children as part of “No Mother’s Day,” a sign of their support for reducing maternal mortality by supporting family planning and global access to abortion. The campaign asks women to “disappear” on Mother’s Day to raise awareness of maternal mortality rates and underscore “just how much a mother is missed when she’s gone.”
The truth about maternal mortality rates:
New Global Study Shows Maternal Mortality Significantly Lower Than Previously Thought
The truth about maternal mortality rates:
New Global Study Shows Maternal Mortality Significantly Lower Than Previously Thought
Missouri House Takes Step to Protect Free Speech Rights of PCCs
Missouri House Takes First Step to Protect Free Speech Rights of Women Helping Centers | NRL News Today: On Tuesday the Missouri House voted in favor of legislation barring local governments from regulating the speech and advertising of centers that offer counsel to women on alternatives to abortion, commonly referred to as pregnancy resource centers or crisis pregnancy centers.
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Whistleblower Says Texas Abortionist is Breaking New Ultrasound Law
Whistleblower Says Texas Abortionist is Breaking New Ultrasound Law :Operation Rescue: An abortion whistleblower has come forward with allegations that Douglas A. Karpen, who operates two abortion clinics in the Houston area, is violating the new state law requiring abortionists to conduct ultrasounds on women 24 hours prior to an abortion.
The informant, whose identity is being kept confidential by Operation Rescue out of fear of retribution, also alleges that Karpen is guilty of a myriad of other violations ranging from sexual harassment to not washing or changing gloves to prevent contamination between abortion patients.
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The informant, whose identity is being kept confidential by Operation Rescue out of fear of retribution, also alleges that Karpen is guilty of a myriad of other violations ranging from sexual harassment to not washing or changing gloves to prevent contamination between abortion patients.
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Study Shows Women Confident in Decision to Abort, Not Necessarily Informed
Study Shows Women Are Confident in Decision to Abort, Not Necessarily Informed: A new study by the Guttmacher Institute shows that women may be confident about their decision to abort their baby – but not necessarily informed. . . . [H]aving confidence does not mean that people have armed themselves with any amount of beneficial, tangible knowledge.
The study, in the June 2012 journal Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, looked at the “attitudes,” not the knowledge, of women who received abortions at one U.S. clinic. Data was taken from the pre-counseling needs assessment and clinical intake forms of over 5,109 women (5,387 abortions) in 2008. Researchers did not speak to any of the women. The results of the data evaluation showed that “[f]or 87% of the abortions sought, women had high confidence in their decision before receiving counseling.” The study results did not indicate a level of education regarding the stages of fetal development or the abortion process itself.
The study, in the June 2012 journal Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, looked at the “attitudes,” not the knowledge, of women who received abortions at one U.S. clinic. Data was taken from the pre-counseling needs assessment and clinical intake forms of over 5,109 women (5,387 abortions) in 2008. Researchers did not speak to any of the women. The results of the data evaluation showed that “[f]or 87% of the abortions sought, women had high confidence in their decision before receiving counseling.” The study results did not indicate a level of education regarding the stages of fetal development or the abortion process itself.
Editor: Obviously, women are not so settled in their minds about their abortion decisions. Otherwise, sidewalk counselors -- who do speak to women -- would have no success.
Analysis: Biased Guttmacher Study Claims Women Confident of Abortion Decision
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Analysis: Biased Guttmacher Study Claims Women Confident of Abortion Decision
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Kansas clinic owned by abortionist with history of botched abortions, conviction for selling LSD
Kansas clinic owned by abortionist with history of botched abortions, conviction for selling LSD | LifeSiteNews.com: William Malcom Knarr is a disgraced abortionist who was disciplined for shoddy medical practices in the 1990s. Knarr had felony convictions in Oklahoma in 1970 for the sale of marijuana and LSD and the possession of hashish. He failed to report these convictions on a federal application and to the KSBHA when he applied for a medical license in Kansas in 1984.
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Pro-life TV ad cut abortions at clinic by almost half
Pro-life TV ad cut abortions at clinic by almost half: former Planned Parenthood director | LifeSiteNews.com: Abby Johnson described the impact of one pro-life television advertisement campaign that criticized her own Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan, Texas. Everyone working at the clinic, she says, had seen the ad - and apparently, so had many women who might have had abortions there. “Our numbers declined almost 50 percent while that campaign was running,” said Johnson. “Why? Because pro-life media works.”
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NARAL President Nancy Keenan to step down
Exclusive: NARAL President Nancy Keenan to step down - The Washington Post: At the end of this year, Nancy Keenan will step down from her post as president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, the country’s oldest abortion-rights advocacy group. The 60-year-old Keenan said she is leaving out of concern for the future of the pro-choice movement — and thinks she could be holding it back.
In recent years, Keenan has worried about an “intensity gap” on abortion rights among millennials, which the group considers to be the generation of Americans born between 1980 and 1991. While most young, antiabortion voters see abortion as a crucial political issue, NARAL’s own internal research does not find similar passion among abortion-rights supporters.
Related: Young pro-lifers vow to give up something they enjoy Until Abortion Ends
In recent years, Keenan has worried about an “intensity gap” on abortion rights among millennials, which the group considers to be the generation of Americans born between 1980 and 1991. While most young, antiabortion voters see abortion as a crucial political issue, NARAL’s own internal research does not find similar passion among abortion-rights supporters.
Related: Young pro-lifers vow to give up something they enjoy Until Abortion Ends
IUDs Touted as Emergency Contraception
Medical News: IUDs Effective as Emergency Contraception - in OB/Gyn, Pregnancy from MedPage Today: In a review of 35 years of data in which IUDs were inserted after unprotected intercourse, 99.86% of overall women did not become pregnant, reported Kelly Cleland, a research scientist at Princeton University in New Jersey, and colleagues in Human Reproduction.
How it works: According to FamilyDoctor.org, "Unlike the morning-after pill, an IUD doesn't stop your ovaries from releasing an egg. The IUD can prevent an egg from being fertilized and it can stop a fertilized egg from attaching itself to the wall of the uterus."
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How it works: According to FamilyDoctor.org, "Unlike the morning-after pill, an IUD doesn't stop your ovaries from releasing an egg. The IUD can prevent an egg from being fertilized and it can stop a fertilized egg from attaching itself to the wall of the uterus."
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Physicians Underestimate Patient Pain from IUD Insertion
Physicians Underestimate Patient Pain from IUD Insertion : OBGYN News: The pain that accompanies IUD insertion may be a barrier to wider use of IUDs.
Related: IUDs Effective as Emergency Contraception
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Related: IUDs Effective as Emergency Contraception
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Maternal Age, Obesity Associated With Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
Maternal Age, Obesity Associated With Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes : OBGYN News: Although women who delay pregnancy to age 40 years and older face an increased risk for adverse outcomes, reducing prepregnancy body mass index may reduce their risk for cesarean delivery, gestational diabetes, gestational hypertension/preeclampsia, and preterm delivery, results from a large study demonstrated.
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Success that Exceeds Sanctification
Success that Exceeds Sanctification | Challies Dot Com: A thought which became a prayer: Do not allow me success that exceeds my sanctification. . . . In any area of life or vocation in which I am prone to envy, an area that will be all tangled up in my pride, great success might just crush me. And so I ask God, please don’t give me success that exceeds my sanctification.
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Guttmacher Study Claims Women Confident of Abortion Decision
Biased Guttmacher Study Claims Women Confident of Abortion Decision | LifeNews.com: In the June publication of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, pro-abortion researchers argue that laws requiring that women be given pertinent information before choosing abortion are unnecessary. "Attitudes and Decision Making Among Women Seeking Abortions at One U.S. Clinic" contains major flaws: it studies only one abortion clinic; it does not mention the state in which that clinic does business; and it does not indicate whether that state has any informed consent laws.
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What's Planned Parenthood afraid of?
FRANZONELLO: What's Planned Parenthood afraid of? - Washington Times: Being ‘nonjudgmental’ about sex-selection abortion won’t go over well.
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Guttmacher Institute Misleads on Why Teen Births Declined
Guttmacher Institute Misleads on Why Teen Births Declined | LifeNews.com: They cite data from a recent National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG). It shows increases in the percentage of teens using various contraceptive methods, with no corresponding decline in the percentage of teens who are sexually active.
However, the Guttmacher analysts overstate their case. First, the Guttmacher analysts make no mention of the fact that the NSFG data also show that the percentage of teens trying to get pregnant declined as well during this time period. Additionally, even though the NSFG data show that the percentage of sexually active teens increased slightly, it fails to analyze the frequency of teen sexual activity.
Finally, the CDC report contains no data on the teen abortion rate. It is possible a short-term increase in the teen abortion rate might be responsible for the reduction in the teen birthrate.
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However, the Guttmacher analysts overstate their case. First, the Guttmacher analysts make no mention of the fact that the NSFG data also show that the percentage of teens trying to get pregnant declined as well during this time period. Additionally, even though the NSFG data show that the percentage of sexually active teens increased slightly, it fails to analyze the frequency of teen sexual activity.
Finally, the CDC report contains no data on the teen abortion rate. It is possible a short-term increase in the teen abortion rate might be responsible for the reduction in the teen birthrate.
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Millennials, Christianity, and Culture
FRC Blog » Millennials, Christianity, and Culture: The ideological division among Millennials should come as no surprise. Many of them were raised without fathers and in non-religious homes. They were educated in public schools that taught tolerance as the supreme and integrating virtue, although concurrently they were taught not to extend such to those who believe in revealed and unbending truth. In such classrooms, right and wrong exist only as cultural-linguistic artifacts of an unenlightened era.
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Sordid History of Kansas Abortion Clinic Places Urgency on Demands for Enforcement
Sordid History of Kansas Abortion Clinic Places Urgency on Demands for Enforcement :Operation Rescue: Revelations that the Central Family Medical abortion clinic in Kansas City may be breaking the law by failing to report incidents of suspected abuse are only the latest in a long and sordid history of patient injuries, sloppy practices, dirty conditions, and disciplinary action that the clinic has experienced over its years of operation.
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I am a survivor: born into addiction and poverty, but grateful to be alive
I am a survivor: born into addiction and poverty, but grateful to be alive | LifeSiteNews.com: Oftentimes, pro-choice supporters make statements like, “You do not know what it is like to grow up in poverty or with alcoholic parents,” or “No child would want to be born into poverty or into a family of alcoholics.” Well, I have lived that life, and, I must admit, if given the choice of having a family with money and no addiction versus the life I had, I would probably choose the first option. But, if given the choice between the life I had and that of a death sentence, I would choose the life I had.
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Toronto Star profiles pro-lifers’ ‘slick, youthful rebranding’
Toronto Star profiles pro-lifers’ ‘slick, youthful rebranding’ ahead of March for Life | LifeSiteNews.com: As thousands of Canadians flock to Thursday’s National March for Life on Parliament Hill, Canada’s largest newspaper has profiled the pro-life movement’s “slick, youthful rebranding” in a rare positive piece.
“They will fight to protect the unborn, raise their voices against abortion in Canada — and maybe win an iPod,” begins the Tuesday piece in the Toronto Star, written by staff reporter Wendy Gillis.
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“They will fight to protect the unborn, raise their voices against abortion in Canada — and maybe win an iPod,” begins the Tuesday piece in the Toronto Star, written by staff reporter Wendy Gillis.
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A ground-breaking abortion study from Chile
A ground-breaking abortion study from Chile | LifeSiteNews.com: A groundbreaking study of abortion in Chile published last week in the scientific journal PLoS One found that illegal abortion is not associated with maternal mortality. At a time when access to legal abortion is deemed absolutely necessary for women’s health, this shatters long-standing assumptions. In this exclusive interview, Dr Elard S. Koch, the lead author of the study, defends his findings.
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Growing a Friend to be a Friend of the Ministry
Here-4-You Consulting » Growing a Friend to be a Friend of the Ministry: Here are some ways to cultivate a friend-of-the-ministry relationship that springs from an existing friendship or relationship. This is addressed in three phases: before any gift, growing smaller gifts to larger giving, and maintaining a friend of the ministry.
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Get to Know: Relationships Under Construction
Curriculum: Relationships Under Construction, RUC, is written to be part of a community-based abstinence program that is multi-faceted. RUC can stand alone but is even more effective when a community-based plan is implemented.
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Former abortionist talks about his experiences
Med Students for Life 2012 National Spring Tour on Vimeo: Dr. John Bruchalski, a former abortionist and now pro-life OB/GYN, speaks on the 2012 Med SFLA National Spring Tour about his experience performing abortions, conscience rights for physicians, and the negative affects of abortion on women.
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The Stubborn Biological Facts regarding the Abortion-Breast Cancer link
The Stubborn Biological Facts regarding the Abortion-Breast Cancer link (ABC link) | NRL News Today: By Joel Brind, Ph.D.
In the three previous installments of this series, I documented the epidemiological evidence for the abortion-breast cancer link (ABC link), and the ongoing wall of denial from the official purveyors of public health information, including the National Cancer Institute (NCI). In this final installment, I’ll go over the basic, underlying biology of how and why abortion interferes with normal breast development and breast health, thus leading to a higher risk of breast cancer later in life for women who have chosen abortion.
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In the three previous installments of this series, I documented the epidemiological evidence for the abortion-breast cancer link (ABC link), and the ongoing wall of denial from the official purveyors of public health information, including the National Cancer Institute (NCI). In this final installment, I’ll go over the basic, underlying biology of how and why abortion interferes with normal breast development and breast health, thus leading to a higher risk of breast cancer later in life for women who have chosen abortion.
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Late-term healthy twins counted as ‘severe fetal anomaly’ for abortionist Tiller: former prosecutor
Late-term healthy twins counted as ‘severe fetal anomaly’ for abortionist Tiller: former prosecutor | LifeSiteNews.com: The only prosecutor ever to bring charges against Planned Parenthood,Phill Kline, a former Attorney General of Kansas and D.A. of Johnson County, started by investigating child rape, but found more than he bargained for as he dug deeper into the records of Kansas late-term abortionist George Tiller and the local Planned Parenthood affiliate.
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Abortionist announces on camera he’s quitting the biz
Abortionist announces to pro-life world on camera he’s quitting the biz | LifeSiteNews.com: Florida abortionist Scott Spagnolo-Hye announced to the pro-life world that as of June 2 he is quitting the baby-killing business. He has been the abortionist at four clinics. YouTube
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