Kansas Planned Parenthood Latest Implicated in Abortion-Sex Abuse Coverup
Planned Parenthood facilities in several states have been exposed engaging in covering up potential cases of sexual abuse of minors. Now, a Planned Parenthood center in Kansas is the latest to have been shown attempting to cover up statutory rape so a young girl can get contraception or birth control. LifeNews
Gardasil Linked to Nerve Disorder
Girls and women who receive the Gardasil vaccine to prevent cervical cancer may be at increased risk of a rare but serious disorder of the nervous system in the first few weeks after getting their shots. Overall, the vaccine does not raise the odds of developing Guillain-Barre syndrome, a disorder of the peripheral nervous system, but there is clear evidence from the database of an increased incidence of Guillain-Barre syndrome in the first six weeks, especially the first two weeks, after vaccination. Still, the risk is extremely low: 26 in 10 million in the first two weeks and 30 in 10 million in the first six weeks after vaccination. That compares to 5 in 10 million odds in the general population. Web MD
Distinctions: Cell or organism?
Some persist in the scientifically ludicrous claim that the immediate product of any human reproductive process is just a "cell," rather than an "organism." So one can reproduce and kill it for its body parts, etc., and pretend one is just doing "stem cell research." There is a critical difference between an "organism" and its constituent cells. Even common dictionaries understand this. An "organism" is a whole being, an individual (terms used in the scientific textbooks) - even if that being is comprised of just one cell. Life Issues
A Commentary on Stem cells: Still Much Confusion
There are stem cells (derived from adult tissue and cord blood), and then there are embryonic stem cells. The two are not the same. In fact, they are quite different. The former have always been a natural part of the body tissues; the latter term was contrived. Life Issues
Planned Parenthood matters
PPFA’s annual report is titled “Planned Parenthood Matters.” It sure does. It’s about time we take notice. National Review Online
Attempts to Redefine "Embryo"
An old Nature editorial decries the sophistic attempt within bioethics and the life sciences to pretend that an embryo before implantation in a uterus isn't really an embryo. Nature supports ESCR, but its 2005 editorial notes that the redefinition of the term "embryo" is being pursued for political purpose rather than scientific accuracy. Secondhand Smoke; see Dianne Irving's comment on the difference between a cell and an organism (in better form) here.
Plan B and the 'contraception will reduce abortions' myth
With the news that the FDA will now allow the "morning-after" pill, known as Plan B, to be sold over-the-counter to 17-year-old girls, I'm sure the abortion lobby - which includes most of the mainstream media - will continue to spread disinformation that a) Plan B is a contraceptive that will reduce the need for abortions, and b) the increased availability of contraceptives such as Plan B will reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and thus abortions. Life Issues
Oppose Obama ESCR regulations
On March 9, 2009 President Obama issued an executive order creating an incentive to create and destroy human embryos. He directed the National Institutes of Health to draft guidelines for the distribution of funds for more embryonic stem cell research (ESCR). On April 23, NIH posted these proposed guidelines that would designate your tax dollars for experiments on human embryos supposedly "leftover" from in vitro fertilization. Instead of promoting the adoption of these human embryos, these guidelines would result in their deaths. The public has 30 days to comment on these guidelines. You may submit comments to oppose these regulations on or before May 26, 2009. Please go to this website and fill out the form: Draft NIH Human Stem Cell Guidelines Comments Form
Austin PRC in the news
Lori DeVillez reports that her center was mentioned in an article by Senator John Cornyn that not only appeared in the Austin American Statesman on April 2, 2009, but also sent across the nation through his office. That same week Lori was quoted in the Daily Texan (the University of Texas campus newspaper) and interviewed on KVUE. Austin Pregnancy Resource Center
"Abortion is a blessing and our work is not done."
That was the Rev. Katherine Hancock Ragsdale in 2007, repetitiously inciting her disciples to be not just pro-choice but fanatically pro-abortion. This is significant because, according to standard journalistic stylebooks, Ragsdale does not exist. We're told that pro-choice folks don't like abortion; they're just trying to help a woman facing tragedy. . . . The tragedy of abortion is bad enough, but the origin of the tragedy, and so many others of our time, emerges from worship not of Christ but of "me, me, me." Katherine Ragsdale may show this tendency in a heightened form, but all of us display it to some degree. May God have mercy on her, on her students, and on all of us. Townhall, World
Parents suing over baby scan
A couple are suing Blackpool Victoria Hospital after claiming they were not given the chance to abort their severely disabled child because of a "casual and light-hearted" pre-birth scan. The parents are taking action against the NHS over the 20-week "anomaly scan," carried out to detect any abnormalities, 14 years ago, which their lawyers say should have picked up early signals of the severe brain malformation now afflicting their son. Their attorney claimed "any reasonable sonographer" would have detected the problem. The hospital insists no such anomalies were present when the scan was carried out. Blackpool Gazette
Public takes conservative turn on abortion
Public attitudes on abortion have moved in a more conservative direction over the past year. The proportion saying that abortion should be legal in all or most cases has declined to 46% from 54% last August. The decline in support for legal abortion has come entirely in the share saying abortion should be legal in most cases (from 37% to 28%); 18% say abortion should be legal in all cases, which is virtually unchanged from last August (17%). Currently, 44% say abortion should be illegal in most (28%) or all cases (16%), up slightly since last August (41%). Pew Research
From pro-choice to life: One mother's story
When a woman has finally learned the truth she must speak up and say, “No more!” We must make sure that the sanctity of life is once again respected--not only for the sake of the child, but for ourselves. I made a commitment to God that I would make sure, with all the power that He gives me, that women know the truth about abortion, so that they will not be exploited by lies as I was. Carmen Pate
Sense & Sexuality available for download
Dr. Miriam Grossman's pamphlet is the the college girl's common-sense guide to real protection in a hooked-up world. Sadly, it's currently unavailable for ordering, but the Clare Booth Luce Policy Institute is making it available via free download in a PDF format or to organizations who want to set up low-cost print run for themselves.
PCCs reduce abortion
Pregnancy centers are known as the “compassion wing of the pro-life movement,” and they work. After receiving the help of a PCC, nine out of ten women served are empowered to carry their pregnancy to term, according to statistics gathered by Care Net, a network of 1,160 centers. . . . Care Net is after one thing from the new administration and Congress (and it’s not funding). We’re simply asking that those leading the “abortion reduction” discussion merely acknowledge the contribution of pregnancy centers in helping to achieve this goal and promote a national environment that allows us to do what PCCs do best – help women in need in our local communities. Care Net; Melinda Delahoyde video presentation
Classic embryology text available online
Raymond F. Gasser's 1975 Atlas of Human Embryos was assembled with the hope of helping students obtain a firm foundation on which to organize and understand adult human anatomy. It also served as a reference for the arrangement of normal human embryos during the period when most birth defects occur. Endowment for Human Development; also available in PDF format
Classic article on fetal development reproduced online
"The Fetus as a Personality," by A.W. Liley was delivered to the Eighth Annual Congress of the Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry in October, 1971. A wide variety of facts about fetal physiology are reviewed, exploding the myth of the fetus as a passenger carried to term, and pointing out that the fetus is an active, developing individual responding to his environment in ways designed to improve his comfort. Endowment for Human Development; PDF format
Get to Know: The Endowment for Human Development
The aim of the Endowment for Human Development is to improve lifelong health, "one pregnancy at a time." They do this by equiping educators, clinicians, and governments "to help everyone appreciate, apply, and communicate the science of health and human development." Their web site contains a wealth of fascinating information useful at the PCC, including:
- Personalized interactive pregnancy calendar
- Prenatal overview
- Prenatal timeline
- Prenatal image gallery - MUST SEE!
- Fact sheet on prenatal development - Did you know the heart of the developing human beats approximately 54 million times before birth?
The web site even states that pregnancy begins at conception!
When health begins
Fertilization produces a single-cell embryo prior to the onset of cell division. The number of cells in an adult is estimated to be between 30 trillion and 100 trillion. To reach these large numbers from a single cell, 46 to 47 generations of cells, to a first approximation, are required. Most cell generations appear before birth while most cells appear after birth. Therefore, it is perfectly reasonable to think that the quality of the prenatal environment in which the first 41 generations of cells develop before birth will influence the health of all the cells that develop after birth. Endowment for Human Development
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