College Resource Directory - Feminists for Life of America - Pro Woman Pro Life: Feminists for Life is developing a National Directory of Campus Resources for pregnant and parenting students. This directory will inform prospective and current students, faculty, administrators, and advocates of the resources and support available to pregnant women, expectant fathers, birthparents, and student parents on four-year college and university campuses across the United States. It may also provide information helpful to parents who work on campus, whether faculty, administrators, or other staff.
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Nellie Gray remembered
BREAKING: U.S. March for Life founder Nellie Gray passes away | LifeSiteNews.com: "We thought we would have one march and that would be it. And before you know it, I was in charge of this March. And it’s not something that I wanted or anticipated, but we came together, we did it, and before we know it we had to do it a second time and one thing led to another.”
Also gone: Cosmo Editor Helen Gurley Brown Dies
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Also gone: Cosmo Editor Helen Gurley Brown Dies
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EWYL for men's ministry
Heritage House is excited and proud to announce an exciting, comprehensive and powerful curriculum just for men. The basis for this curriculum is a program entitled Men’s Fraternity: The Quest For Authentic Manhood. It is being used worldwide in churches and men’s outreaches. Heritage House received permission to write EWYL Modules exclusively for use by PCC ministries.
Also, updates to other Earn While You Learn modules are available for download.
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Also, updates to other Earn While You Learn modules are available for download.
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At the Center magazine's summer 2012 issue
More Than Food Stamps By Emily Chase
Divine Appointments By Elaine Ham
More Than Pregnancy Tests and Diapers By Amanda Naugle
Just Outside the Center Door By Sherry Camelleri
The Biology of the Abortion-Breast Cancer Link By Angela Lanfranchi, MD
The Legal Basics of the Pregnancy Resource Medical Clinic Model By Thomas A. Glessner, J.D. and Audrey Stout, R.N. R.D.M.S.
Are You a Contradiction? By Mark Hiehle
Divine Appointments By Elaine Ham
More Than Pregnancy Tests and Diapers By Amanda Naugle
Just Outside the Center Door By Sherry Camelleri
The Biology of the Abortion-Breast Cancer Link By Angela Lanfranchi, MD
The Legal Basics of the Pregnancy Resource Medical Clinic Model By Thomas A. Glessner, J.D. and Audrey Stout, R.N. R.D.M.S.
Are You a Contradiction? By Mark Hiehle
Wandering in a Fundraising Desert By Ron Haas
Marketing 101: Different Strokes for Different Folks By Jerry Thacker
Marketing 101: Different Strokes for Different Folks By Jerry Thacker
Get to Know: Horatio Robinson Storer, M.D. (1830-1922)
Horatio Robinson Storer, M.D. (1830-1922)Horatio Storer is an early American gynecologist. He is even better known for the "physicians' crusade against abortion" which he started and carried out with the assistance of the American Medical Association.
Most people today are surprised to learn that induced abortion was common among married Protestant women in the United States in the 1850s. The "physicians' crusade" led to the passage of laws in almost every state that protected the fetus from conception. These physicians, and the new abortion laws they worked to create, taught people that the fetus was alive prior to "quickening," the point in the pregnancy when movements of the fetus were first felt by the woman.
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Most people today are surprised to learn that induced abortion was common among married Protestant women in the United States in the 1850s. The "physicians' crusade" led to the passage of laws in almost every state that protected the fetus from conception. These physicians, and the new abortion laws they worked to create, taught people that the fetus was alive prior to "quickening," the point in the pregnancy when movements of the fetus were first felt by the woman.
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Ultrasound: For Some CPC Clients, It's not Enough
Life Training Institute Blog: Ultrasound: For Some CPC Clients, It's not Enough [SK]: As former CareNet center director Suzanne Genit points out, there are five types of abortion-minded clients:
Type #1: Responds to loving support, chooses life.
Type #2: Responds to information on fetal development—chooses life
Type #3: Responds to descriptions of abortion techniques—chooses life
Type #4: Remains unmoved by love, facts/information, and verbal descriptions of abortion techniques, but responds to graphic abortion videos—chooses life.
Type #5: Hardens her heart to all information—chooses abortion.
Editor: Scott Klusendorf presented this information at last week's Summit. We'll have recordings available soon.
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Type #1: Responds to loving support, chooses life.
Type #2: Responds to information on fetal development—chooses life
Type #3: Responds to descriptions of abortion techniques—chooses life
Type #4: Remains unmoved by love, facts/information, and verbal descriptions of abortion techniques, but responds to graphic abortion videos—chooses life.
Type #5: Hardens her heart to all information—chooses abortion.
Editor: Scott Klusendorf presented this information at last week's Summit. We'll have recordings available soon.
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Breaking: Judge dismisses abortion clinic’s lawsuit against pro-life group for video parody
LifeSiteNews: [Warning! Video in the linked article is very graphic.] In January 2011 the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform posted what it called “the most shocking 4-minute abortion debate you will ever see.” CBR juxtaposed a video produced by Northland Family Planning Centers touting “the goodness” of abortion with video cuts showing the reality of abortion. Northland is a late-term abortion chain of 3 mills in Michigan that aborts babies up to 24 weeks old. CBR merely showed what those abortions look like.
But Northland did not appreciate CBR’s unauthorized use of its video and sued, going so far as to hire the largest intellectual property law firm in the United States to represent its case. Last Friday Judge James Selna, of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California dismissed Northland’s lawsuit, ruling in favor of CBR, which was represented by the American Freedom Law Center. The obvious intent of CBR’s video was parody and critique, which is protected use of copyrighted material under the U.S. Fair Use trademark law.
But Northland did not appreciate CBR’s unauthorized use of its video and sued, going so far as to hire the largest intellectual property law firm in the United States to represent its case. Last Friday Judge James Selna, of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California dismissed Northland’s lawsuit, ruling in favor of CBR, which was represented by the American Freedom Law Center. The obvious intent of CBR’s video was parody and critique, which is protected use of copyrighted material under the U.S. Fair Use trademark law.
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.
Law professors explain why ultrasound laws are constitutional
Ultrasound laws are constitutional - Philly.com: Whether ultrasound laws represent good policy or are effective, though, is a separate question from whether such laws are constitutional. Under the Supreme Court's 1992 decision in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, states have a right "to ensure that a woman apprehend the full consequences of her decision" and can require physicians to provide "truthful and not misleading" information about the abortion procedure and the development of the fetus.
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Attack on CPCs Comes to Missouri
NRLC: The non-stop drumbeat against Crisis Pregnancy Centers is now being heard in Missouri. In a multi-pronged attack pro-abortionists there are seeking to end pro-life tax credits, stop appropriations to alternative to abortion organizations, and pass local ordinances to harass CPCs.
House Speaker Pro Tem Shane Schoeller is sponsoring a bill to extend Missouri’s Pregnancy Resource Center Tax Credit program which, by giving donors an incentive to donate more, has greatly increased donations to Missouri’s 56 pregnancy resource centers. These women helping centers are also eligible to be reimbursed for some expenses from a state fund called the Alternative to Abortion program. According to the Kansas City Star’s Jason Hancock, “Private donors to the centers can receive a state tax credit of up to $50,000 a year.”
House Speaker Pro Tem Shane Schoeller is sponsoring a bill to extend Missouri’s Pregnancy Resource Center Tax Credit program which, by giving donors an incentive to donate more, has greatly increased donations to Missouri’s 56 pregnancy resource centers. These women helping centers are also eligible to be reimbursed for some expenses from a state fund called the Alternative to Abortion program. According to the Kansas City Star’s Jason Hancock, “Private donors to the centers can receive a state tax credit of up to $50,000 a year.”
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What we can learn from Kony 2012
CCBR: [C]ognitive dissonance plays a large role here. People are far more likely to get involved with stopping an injustice that they play no part in. It’s easy to get angry at Joseph Kony, because it is wildly unlikely that any of us will ever be guilty of his heinous crimes. It is far more likely that we will be involved somehow in an abortion, whether it be as a perpetrator, bystander, or simply a silent assenter. Directing our anger at someone like Joseph Kony seems a safe outlet for righteous indignation.
. . . When we see the success of other campaigns, it should strengthen our resolve to be better spokespeople. While we can recognize the hypocrisy inherent in a population inflamed against child-torture while willing to silently assent or actively endorse a more widespread practice right here at home, that instead should spur us to be as wise as serpents and as gentle as doves. The Kony campaign is exposing the injustice, showing us pictures of mutilated children and graphically detailing the horrors being inflicted upon these innocents. They are confronting the culture, tirelessly petitioning the politicians while at the same time educating the public by going to the schools, speaking at universities and taking their message to the streets. They are making their message impossible to ignore.
And so must we. We have a much harder road ahead of us. We are not battling foreign demons, but our own cultural demons. Charity starts a home, yes, but many people would prefer to look elsewhere. Quite simply, we must make sure that they do not. We must make sure that they cannot. When I see a campaign with the success of Kony, it leads me to one conclusion: We have to work harder.
. . . When we see the success of other campaigns, it should strengthen our resolve to be better spokespeople. While we can recognize the hypocrisy inherent in a population inflamed against child-torture while willing to silently assent or actively endorse a more widespread practice right here at home, that instead should spur us to be as wise as serpents and as gentle as doves. The Kony campaign is exposing the injustice, showing us pictures of mutilated children and graphically detailing the horrors being inflicted upon these innocents. They are confronting the culture, tirelessly petitioning the politicians while at the same time educating the public by going to the schools, speaking at universities and taking their message to the streets. They are making their message impossible to ignore.
And so must we. We have a much harder road ahead of us. We are not battling foreign demons, but our own cultural demons. Charity starts a home, yes, but many people would prefer to look elsewhere. Quite simply, we must make sure that they do not. We must make sure that they cannot. When I see a campaign with the success of Kony, it leads me to one conclusion: We have to work harder.
Save the Storks Helps Women
Pro-Life Youth's Innovative Save the Storks Effort Helps Women | LifeNews.com: The Save the Storks bus is slick, recognizable, welcoming, and — horror of horrors — it sits in between a mother and the abortion clinic doors. With a simple offer of no-strings-attached help — “Would you like a free ultrasound?” — and a bright, comforting image, it appeals to the desperate woman before she reaches the clinic.
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NARAL Report: Minnesota PCCs give false medical information to pregnant women
CityPages: In a new report released by NARAL Pro-Choice Minnesota Foundation, pro-choice advocates accuse state funded "crisis pregnancy centers" in the metro area of dispensing deliberately misleading or false information about pregnancy in an attempt to dissuade women from having an abortion.
"Everyone can agree to disagree about abortion," says NARAL executive director Linnea House. "But I think everybody should be able to agree that state-funded agencies should only be disseminating medically accurate information."
According to the report, undercover NARAL investigators went to 27 appointments at 15 different clinics. They documented the kind of advice they were given, which was compiled for the report. Not all CPCs receive public funds, but NARAL specifically visited ones that do.
Crisis pregnancy centers offer "alternatives to abortion" services and often set up shop very close to abortion clinics. They often provide free pregnancy testing and counseling for pregnant women. Sometimes their explicitly stated goal is to prevent their clients from getting abortions, other times it is not so clearly stated. They can receive funding from both the state and federal government -- in Minnesota, former Governor Tim Pawlenty signed the Positive Alternatives Acts in 2005, which today has a grant pool of $2.4 million to give to CPCs.
According to the report, undercover NARAL investigators went to 27 appointments at 15 different clinics. They documented the kind of advice they were given, which was compiled for the report. Not all CPCs receive public funds, but NARAL specifically visited ones that do.
Crisis pregnancy centers offer "alternatives to abortion" services and often set up shop very close to abortion clinics. They often provide free pregnancy testing and counseling for pregnant women. Sometimes their explicitly stated goal is to prevent their clients from getting abortions, other times it is not so clearly stated. They can receive funding from both the state and federal government -- in Minnesota, former Governor Tim Pawlenty signed the Positive Alternatives Acts in 2005, which today has a grant pool of $2.4 million to give to CPCs.
Editor's cursory analysis
One issue that the report raises is state and federal funding for PCCs. They picked on centers that receive funding under a Minnesota provision. That's a red flag there. Or it's like a center drawing a big red target on it's front door and saying, "Come and get us." If you're going to accept tax-dollars, get ready for scrutiny.
Another thing I see right away in the report is they went in looking for three things:
■ Are CPCs staffed by qualified, trained personnel?
■ Are they dispensing medically sound information and guidance?
■ Are they forthright and honest in their promotion and advertising?
According to them, the answer to all of these questions was a resounding “no."
This begs the question, however, of whether centers that receive funds must have "qualified, trained personnel," and what is the criteria for making that determination? Medically sound according to whom?
Giving it a cursory look, it appears this report copies and pastes from other NARAL studies and asserts the same things are going on in MN. Very few actual examples are given. They huff and they puff, but they can't blow the house down.
Still, it's worthwhile for MN centers (and all centers) to examine their practices in light of this report.
Get to Know: The Morning Center
Statement of Purpose The Morning Center -- The Morning Center: The Great Commission states: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:18-20). To fulfill this purpose, the Morning Center provides free full-service prenatal and maternity care to women in urban and underserved areas, in a manner that demonstrates and testifies to the love of Christ and presents His saving grace. Every woman and community we serve receives the highest quality care, as if we are serving Jesus, and each staff member is as concerned about a woman’s spiritual needs as her maternity needs.
The Morning Center was founded in 2011 to provide free full-service pre-natal and maternity care to women in urban and under-served areas. It is a project of Samaritan Ministries International, a 501(c)(3) Christian charity. The Morning Center seeks to return charitable maternity care to a private, patient-centered model.
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The Morning Center was founded in 2011 to provide free full-service pre-natal and maternity care to women in urban and under-served areas. It is a project of Samaritan Ministries International, a 501(c)(3) Christian charity. The Morning Center seeks to return charitable maternity care to a private, patient-centered model.
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Screen All for Intimate Partner Violence
Ob/Gyn News: More than one in three women (36%) in the United States have experienced rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner at some point during their lives, according to figures published in 2010 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Intimate partner violence (IPV) extends beyond just physical and sexual violence. The term also includes psychological abuse and reproductive coercion, ranging from name calling and threats to isolation and sabotaging efforts at contraception.
The consequences of IPV are wide-ranging, too, and include acute injuries, chronic headaches, sleep and appetite disturbances, and recurrent vaginal infections. Among pregnant women who experience IPV, the abuse has been associated with stillbirth, placental abruption, fetal injury, preterm delivery, and low birth weight.
The consequences of IPV are wide-ranging, too, and include acute injuries, chronic headaches, sleep and appetite disturbances, and recurrent vaginal infections. Among pregnant women who experience IPV, the abuse has been associated with stillbirth, placental abruption, fetal injury, preterm delivery, and low birth weight.
Obstetricians and gynecologists should screen all of their patients for intimate partner violence at periodic intervals such as at annual visits or during prenatal care, according to a new recommendation from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Important Announcement Regarding Option Line
Care Net and Heartbeat International's joint venture,
Option Line, since commencing services in 2003, has served more than 1.5
people, connecting them directly or referring them to the pregnancy help
networks of Heartbeat and Care Net.
Care Net and Heartbeat are thankful for our long-term
relationship and its example of unity within the Body of Christ. However, more needs to be done to reach and serve
abortion-vulnerable women. At this point in time, the magnitude of the
challenge, as well as the unique strengths of Heartbeat and Care Net, make two
ventures, rather than one, the most effective course for the future.
This move allows each organization to respond quickly to
challenges and opportunities in our own areas of strength. To that end, the current Option Line joint
venture between Care Net and Heartbeat International will close after February
15, 2012.
Heartbeat International will operate its outreach under
the name Option Line. Heartbeat's Option
Line will use the toll free number 1-800-712-HELP (4357). The website is
OptionLine.org.
Care Net will use the toll free number 1-800-395-HELP
(4357) and will operate its outreach under the name Pregnancy Decision Line. (Apparently that website isn't up and running yet.)
Abortion-vulnerable women and the pregnancy help network
will continue to benefit from both of
our ventures. We anticipate that even more lives will be saved as both
Care Net and Heartbeat International work vigorously to reach those in need. Both organizations look forward to continuing to
cooperate and collaborate in the future, as the Lord leads us. We ask for your prayers as we develop our
visions for the future.
From aborting her own baby to starting a network of pro-life medical clinics: Kathleen Eaton’s story
LifeSiteNews: The year was 1980. Kathleen, in her early 20’s, had recently separated from her husband and had just aborted another man’s baby. In her time of crisis, Kathleen had turned for help to the only organizations she knew, Planned Parenthood and Family Planning Associates. The first gave her a pregnancy test, the other aborted her baby. As Kathleen doubled up from pain on the curb side, rocking her tear-streaked face in her hands, she vowed to God that if he showed her just one woman who faced a choice like hers, she would do all she could to guide that woman down a different path.
Now, 31 years later, Kathleen Eaton is one of America’s leading pro-life advocates who has worked tirelessly and successfully to create a chain of fully licensed pro-life medical clinics that offer holistic healthcare to a woman and her unborn child.
Now, 31 years later, Kathleen Eaton is one of America’s leading pro-life advocates who has worked tirelessly and successfully to create a chain of fully licensed pro-life medical clinics that offer holistic healthcare to a woman and her unborn child.
The Wrath of the Abortion Movement Unleashed on Komen
Articles: The Wrath of the Abortion Movement Unleashed on Komen: Breast cancer is the most common cause of death of women in their 40's and the second most common death of women over 50. An especially vulnerable group is uninsured women from ages 50-65, before Medicare eligibility. The main demographic group Planned Parenthood serves is young reproductive age women. But women almost never get breast cancer under the age of thirty, and uncommonly from 30-40, although Susan G. Komen herself, the foundation's namesake and sister of the founder, was diagnosed and died in her thirties. The incidence of breast cancer in younger women has increased, mainly due to lifestyle changes such as later childbearing, hormonal contraception, and induced abortion, although breast cancer can certainly occur without any of these factors. A recent study on linking the deadliest type of premenopausal breast cancer to the pill is a case in point.
Related:
Karen Handel, Susan G. Komen's Anti-Abortion VP, Drove Decision To Defund Planned ParenthoodKomen accepts resignation of Karen Handel
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Related:
Karen Handel, Susan G. Komen's Anti-Abortion VP, Drove Decision To Defund Planned ParenthoodKomen accepts resignation of Karen Handel
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