De-Funding Planned Parenthood Helps Poor Women Get Health Care | LifeNews.com: Planned Parenthood tirelessly claims that without its facilities, low-income women will be doomed and unable to obtain affordable health care services. Just the opposite is true: not only is defunding Planned Parenthood and reallocating said funds to Federally Qualified Health Centers more economically beneficial, but it will allow more low-income women and families to obtain truly comprehensive health care.
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"Mommy Had an Abortion:" How I Apologized to My Children
"Mommy Had an Abortion:" How I Apologized to My Children | LifeNews.com: As Mother’s Day approaches, many feel the sting of loss, but along with the sting, I feel the guilt. I will have two Mother’s Day cards missing…my breakfast in bed will be prepared by two children instead of four. There is a void that will not be filled until I see Jesus face to face, but until then my hope remains in this: “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life…”
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Risky Business: Why All Nonprofits Should Periodically Assess Their Risk
Risky Business: Why All Nonprofits Should Periodically Assess Their Risk - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy.: Most nonprofit organizations will share the same type of broad risks that can be generally described as follows:
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- Internal or external fraud
- Misuse of assets
- Inadequate monitoring or understanding of investments
- Incomplete, unreliable or improperly reported information
- Damage to reputation caused by a variety of potential factors
- Violation of legal requirements
- Government investigations or audits
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As Nonprofits Are Squeezed for PILOTs, What about For-Profit Developers’ Tax Breaks?
As Nonprofits Are Squeezed for PILOTs, What about For-Profit Developers’ Tax Breaks? - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy.: How important are tax-exempt nonprofits to the American public? Schemes for taxing tax-exempt property owners typically generate flimsy dollars, but in the process, the public increasingly sees nonprofits’ tax exemptions as less and less sacrosanct.
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TV Campaign Reaches Black Americans With Abortion Alternatives
TV Campaign Reaches Black Americans With Abortion Alternatives | LifeNews.com: The commercial on the BET network, titled, “Ultimatum” is a “Call for Help” message which aims to inform women facing unexpected pregnancies about hopeful alternatives to abortion. The message includes a toll-free phone number which connects callers with local, life-affirming pregnancy centers.
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Charities May Soon Get a Way to Seek Bigger Text Gifts
Charities May Soon Get a Way to Seek Bigger Text Gifts - ECFA.org: Donors who give through mobile text messages could soon have the options of giving a larger donation and setting up repeat text gifts, say the leaders of two of the organizations that oversee text giving in the U.S. and Canada. Jim Manis, chief executive of the Mobile Giving Foundation, and Bernard Lord, chairman of the Mobile Giving Foundation Canada, said in an interview that they are working with some cellular service providers to allow $20 donations—double the current $10 limit—and recurring donations, though they gave no timeline on when those features would be available.
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So heavenly minded you're no earthly good?
Heavenly Mindedness by Randy Alcorn | Reformed Theology Articles at Ligonier.org: "When you fix your mind on heaven and see the present in light of eternity, even little choices become tremendously important. After death, we will never have another chance to share Christ with one who can be saved from hell, to give a cup of water to the thirsty, to invest money to help the helpless and reach the lost, or to share our homes, clothes, and love with the poor and needy."
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More from the Chilean study
Prolife OBGYNS – AAPLOG – American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians & Gynecologists » Women’s Education Level, Maternal Health Facilities, Abortion Legislation and Maternal Deaths: a Natural Experiment in Chile from 1957 to 2007: The most controversial and important finding is that making abortion illegal in Chile did not result in an increase in maternal mortality. Chile is recognized as one of the countries with the most restrictive abortion laws in the world and has been criticized because of the purported possible deleterious consequences on maternal health. Moreover, three initiatives for legalizing abortion based on this argument were rejected last month by the Chilean parliament. In this controversial scenario, the recently published study at PLoS ONE this week, demonstrates clearly that prohibition of abortion did not increase maternal mortality and situates to Chile with one of the lowest maternal and abortion mortality rates in the world. Indeed, making abortion illegal in Chile was followed by a further reduction in maternal mortality.
In fact, the study shows that the leading cause of maternal death was abortion (whether spontaneous or induced but excluding ectopic pregnancy, hydatidiform mole, and other abnormal products of conception classified in other direct and indirect causes of mortality).
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In fact, the study shows that the leading cause of maternal death was abortion (whether spontaneous or induced but excluding ectopic pregnancy, hydatidiform mole, and other abnormal products of conception classified in other direct and indirect causes of mortality).
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Pregnancy Resource Centers: Celebrating Mother's Day Every Day
Pregnancy Resource Centers: Celebrating Mother's Day Every Day: This pre-Mother's Day webcast (May 9, at noon) will highlight the recently published "A Passion to Serve: How Pregnancy Resource Centers Empower Women, Help Families and Strengthen Communities" and the good work of PRCs around the country.
Pro-life centers to open in southeast Queens, upper Manhattan
Pro-life centers to open in southeast Queens, upper Manhattan - NY Daily News: A group of clergy and anti-abortion activists from across the city are planning to open up pro-life centers in neighborhoods with high rates of abortions. The Leadership Coalition is slated to open the New Beginnings Center of Hope in Jamaica, Queens, by the end of the year. It will offer counseling, testing for sexually transmitted diseases and adoption referrals. The group plans to open a similar pregnancy support center in Harlem in 2013.
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Surfing the Crowd Funding Wave: Is it Right for Your Effort?
IdeaEncore: This document introduces what crowd funding is, shares examples, and suggests tips to choose and leverage the right outlets. Such efforts provide inexpensive opportunities for new ventures and good causes to gain capital.
How to promote your website
How to promote your website | ethicalstudios: Just a little time spent promoting your content, creating a community, and tweaking your website can lead to significantly more visitors. Here are 4 essential steps for promoting your website.
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‘Aphrodesiac’ pills made from aborted babies seized by police in South Korea
17,000 ‘Aphrodesiac’ pills made from dead, aborted babies seized by police in South Korea | LifeSiteNews.com: Thousands of pills containing dehydrated and crushed human flesh have been confiscated by South Korean customs officials. The pills originate in China, where manufacturers reportedly obtain the corpses of aborted or stillborn babies from hospitals and abortion facilities, then dehydrate their bodies before crushing them up for the pills.
The pills are sold as sexual stamina enhancers and as alternative medicine for a variety of ailments. Despite the dearth of evidence about their alleged benefits – in fact, Korean officials say the pills are dangerous – more than 17,000 of the pills have been intercepted in 35 different shipments coming into South Korea since last August.
A customs official told the Korea Times, “It was confirmed those capsules contain materials harmful to the human body, such as super bacteria. We need to take tougher measures to protect public health.”
Related: WSJ blog post -- Demand for the pills has been driven by the belief that the fetus is a “tonic” for disease.
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The pills are sold as sexual stamina enhancers and as alternative medicine for a variety of ailments. Despite the dearth of evidence about their alleged benefits – in fact, Korean officials say the pills are dangerous – more than 17,000 of the pills have been intercepted in 35 different shipments coming into South Korea since last August.
A customs official told the Korea Times, “It was confirmed those capsules contain materials harmful to the human body, such as super bacteria. We need to take tougher measures to protect public health.”
Related: WSJ blog post -- Demand for the pills has been driven by the belief that the fetus is a “tonic” for disease.
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Melinda Gates' New Crusade: Investing Billions in Women's Health
Melinda Gates' New Crusade: Investing Billions in Women's Health - The Daily Beast: Gates believes that by focusing on the lives of women and children, and by making it clear that the agenda is neither coercive population control nor abortion, the controversy over international family-planning programs can be defused.
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Arizona governor signs Planned Parenthood funding ban
Arizona governor signs Planned Parenthood funding ban – USATODAY.com: Arizona already bars use of public money for abortions except to save the life of the mother. But anti-abortion legislators and other supporters of the bill say the broader prohibition is needed to ensure no public money indirectly supports abortion services.
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Both Chastity and Contraception: A Sacred Compromise?
Both Chastity and Contraception: A Sacred Compromise | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction: "Encouraging contraception is hardly the first, best, or only way to respond to premarital sex that may lead to unintended pregnancy, but it is a valuable tool in the abortion reduction toolkit."
Editor: Just as there's no such thing as being "a little bit pregnant," there's no such thing as 99% pure. As one commentator on this article wisely noted (just in case anyone's asking), God's will is clear on this: "Abstain from sexual immorality" (1 Thess. 4:3).
The Church cannot compromise on this biblical issue. We do, and we lose any moral authority we might have. And we mislead people into thinking sin doesn't hurt.
Oh, by the way, studies show that contraception doesn't bring the abortion rate down.
Related: Why churches shouldn't push contraceptives to singles
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Editor: Just as there's no such thing as being "a little bit pregnant," there's no such thing as 99% pure. As one commentator on this article wisely noted (just in case anyone's asking), God's will is clear on this: "Abstain from sexual immorality" (1 Thess. 4:3).
The Church cannot compromise on this biblical issue. We do, and we lose any moral authority we might have. And we mislead people into thinking sin doesn't hurt.
Oh, by the way, studies show that contraception doesn't bring the abortion rate down.
Related: Why churches shouldn't push contraceptives to singles
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Study: US among worst for premature births
Study: US among worst for premature births - MyFoxAL.com - FOX 6 News: The United States ranks closely with developing countries when it comes to the number of premature births. The study by the World Health Organization, Save the Children and hundreds of other child and health related organizations - suggests a variety of factors are causing premature births in America.
Editor: The study does not mention a "controversial" factor: induced abortion. Read AAPLOG's extensive coverage of the abortion-premature birth link.
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Editor: The study does not mention a "controversial" factor: induced abortion. Read AAPLOG's extensive coverage of the abortion-premature birth link.
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Boards and Leadership Hires: How to Get It Right
Boards and Leadership Hires: How to Get It Right - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy.: How a board handles a leadership transition can have powerful and long-lasting effects. This article discusses how the board’s handling of this pivotal moment can result in long-lasting problems—and what your board can do to get it right.
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Encouragement for those who wonder, "Have I repented enough?"
Charles Spurgeon:
- Repentance is never perfect in any man in this mortal state.
- Repentance is also a continual life-long act.
- "Repentance" is a grace. Some people preach it as a condition of salvation. Condition of nonsense! There are no conditions of salvation. . . . If, then, God has given you the least repentance, if it be sincere repentance, praise him for it, and expect that repentance will grow deeper and deeper as you go further on.
Susan G. Komen grant funds mammograms
Susan G. Komen grant funds mammograms: A $21,430 grant from Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer foundation will help three area Planned Parenthood Arizona offices in the Valley provide mammography screenings, including northeast Phoenix and Scottsdale. The grant is expected to help 120underserved women through a service using a mobile mammography unit.
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