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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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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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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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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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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

Induced Abortion and Maternal Mortality
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How to talk about adoption

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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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.

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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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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De-Funding Planned Parenthood Helps Poor Women Get Health Care

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:

• 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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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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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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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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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: 

1. Repentance is never perfect in any man in this mortal state. 
2. Repentance is also a continual life-long act.
3. "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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Maternal mortality NOT related to legal status of abortion!

PLoS ONE: Women's Education Level, Maternal Health Facilities, Abortion Legislation and Maternal Deaths: A Natural Experiment in Chile from 1957 to 2007: Increasing education level appears to favourably impact the downward trend in the maternal mortality ratio, modulating other key factors such as access and utilization of maternal health facilities, changes in women's reproductive behaviour and improvements of the sanitary system. The reduction in the MMR is not related to the legal status of abortion.

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ICU Mobile Announces the Addition of 12 More Mobile Pregnancy Vehicles

ICU Mobile Announces the Addition of 12 More Mobile Pregnancy Vehicles: In a press release on April 25, ICU (pronounced “I See You”) announced that they will deploy 12 more Mobile pregnancy centers before the end of 2012. The organization currently has 28 fleet affiliates throughout the U.S. and one international affiliate, located in Ghana. In addition, more than 90 crisis pregnancy centers and life-affirming ministries at home and abroad are discussing the possibility of deploying a vehicle with ICU Mobile.

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Jack Palance, a Beach Metaphor, and the Secret of Nonprofit Success

Jack Palance, a Beach Metaphor and the Secret of Nonprofit Success - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy.: "Over the course of my career, I’ve worked at six nonprofits. None of them were clear on what their one thing was. They were tossed on the waves like beach balls. What we need in the nonprofit world are more lighthouses."

Editor: What's your center's "one thing"?

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Induced Abortion and Subsequent Development of Ovarian Cancer

Induced Abortion and Subsequent Development of Ovarian Cancer | The deVeber Institute for Bioethics and Social Research: Women who have previously been pregnant and then had an induced abortion had a 31 percent increased chance of developing ovarian cancer. Since over 1,000,000 abortions are performed annually in the US and 100,000 in Canada, a possible role between abortions and induced abortions cannot be ignored and should be further investigated.

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Women's Health After Abortion

Women's Health After Abortion | The deVeber Institute for Bioethics and Social Research: Complete book online.

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Get to Know: The deVeber Institute for Bioethics and Social Research

History | The deVeber Institute for Bioethics and Social Research: The deVeber Institute is the only Canadian organization continuously studying the long-term effects of induced abortion on women's health. Its most comprehensive study to date, Women's Health after Abortion: The Medical and Psychological Evidence, is available in full online.

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Planned Parenthood receives $44K from Komen-Austin

Planned Parenthood receives $44K from Komen-Austin - YNN - Your News Now: As Planned Parenthood's government funding remains in limbo, the organization's Austin clinics are slated to get some help from a recently-patched partnership. The Austin affiliate of Susan G. Komen awarded Planned Parenthood of the Texas Capital Region about $44,000 for breast health services.

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Abortion Backers: Give Women iPods to Drown Out Ultrasound

Abortion Backers: Give Women iPods to Drown Out Ultrasound | LifeNews.com: Texas law requires women seeking abortion to hear their children’s heartbeats and a medical explanation of the sonogram. Denise Paolucci, 35, has decided to combat the new law by providing iPods to women seeking abortion – enabling them to tune out the required information.

Editor: Why don't they just stick their fingers in their ears and sing, "La la la . . . I can't HEAR you!"

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Kansas Attorney General Asked to Reopen Kline’s Investigation

Kansas Attorney General Asked to Reopen Kline’s Investigation Into Non-reporting of Child Sex Abuse by Abortion Clinic After Document Leak :Operation Rescue: Documents leaked to Operation Rescue by a confidential informant contain proof that Central Family Medical, a Kansas City abortion clinic also known as Aid for Women, routinely does not report suspected abuse on women and minors who seek abortions.

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AAPLOG Winter Educational Meeting

• Maureen Condic, PhD. “Defining the Beginning of Human Life” mp3 file (8.4MB)
• Theresa Deisher, Ph.D. “Current Ethical Issues in Drug Development” mp3 file (7.2MB)
• George Delgado, M.D. “Reversing Mifepristone: Case Reports” mp3 file (4.3MB)
•  Paul Gray, M.D. “Medical and Surgical Naprotechnology”mp3 file (8MB)
•  Priscilla Coleman, Ph.D. “The Psychology of Abortion: Addressing the Critical Questions to Maximize Patient Care in 2012” mp3 file (5.6MB) pptx file (4.8MB)
• Frederick Dyer, Ph.D. “Horatio Robinson Storer, M.D. and the Physicians’ Crusade Against Abortion, with implications for the current practicing doctor’s responsibilities toward the abortion issue.” pptx file (1MB)
• Michael New, Ph.D. ‘Analyzing How State Level Anti-Abortion Laws Impact Fertility Outcomes.” mp3 file (5.8MB)
• Angela Lanfranchi, M.D.: ”The Abortion Breast Cancer Link: The biologic basis and a review of the literature 1957-2011 mp3 file (5.6MB) ppt file (21.1MB)
• Byron Calhoun. M.D. “Premature Labor: The At-Risk Patient” mp3 file (5.2MB) ppt file (432KB)

CDC report: More teen girls use best birth control

News from The Associated Press: More teen girls now use the best kinds of birth control, a new government study says. About 60 percent of teen girls who have sex use the most effective kinds of contraception, including the pill and patch. That's up from the mid-90s, when less than half were using the best kinds .

Editor: The best? I thought abstinence was the best! In fact, the CDC itself says so. I've just been researching STDs for our volunteer training manual revision, and for each disease, the first recommendation from the CDC is this: "The surest way to avoid transmission of STDs is to abstain from sexual contact, or to be in a long-term mutually monogamous relationship with a partner who has been tested and is known to be uninfected." If it's the best STD preventer, you can bet it's the best pregnancy preventer.

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Living in His Forgiveness

Focus Publishing Inc : Christian books with eternal significance...: The pro-choice culture does not prepare women for the guilt and regret that comes with having destroyed the life of her unborn child. Yet, God offers forgiveness and freedom from that guilt. Through testimony and Scripture, Sandy Day clearly offers a path to Living in His Forgiveness.

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Guidelines for Sexual Health Education (K-12)

Guidelines for Sexual Health Education (K-12): The Medical Institute for Sexual Health is pleased to share the Guidelines for Sexual Health Education K-12. These evidenced-based Guidelines, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provide a scientifically and educationally sound approach to sexual health promotion in school age children. These guidelines have been designed to promote responsible sexual behavior, increase the proportion of adolescents who abstain from sexual intercourse, and reduce HIV/AIDS among adolescents. In response to requests by parents, teachers, and communities, the guidelines emphasize sexual health education in the context of the whole child.

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New book, Girls Uncovered

Introducing a new book, Girls Uncovered: Everyday our young girls and women are inundated with many sexual demands by the society. They are being encouraged to engage freely in casual sex, without helping them appreciate the physical, emotional and psychological burden this behavior can put on their well-being. This new book will equip parents, mentors and educators with the knowledge needed to help them in assisting our young women overcome these pressures, enabling them to make healthy decisions for a more fulfilling life.

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Kansas gets custody of abortion files dumped in Overland Park

Kansas gets custody of abortion files dumped in Overland Park - KansasCity.com: A Kansas judge has granted a state board temporary custody of a former abortion provider’s patient files after hundreds of his records turned up in an Overland Park recycling bin. The State Board of Healing Arts went to court last week for custody of the discarded documents plus others still in the possession of Krishna Rajanna. Rajanna is the former director of a now-defunct clinic, Affordable Medical and Services in Kansas City, Kan.

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Leaked Documents Show Private Medical Records Illegally Dumped By Kansas Abortion Clinic

Report: Leaked Documents Show Private Medical Records Illegally Dumped By Kansas Abortion Clinic :Operation Rescue: Operation Rescue has come into possession of documents related to Central Family Medical, also known as Aid for Women, an abortion clinic in Kansas City, Kansas, that contain improperly discarded private medical information for 86 women, including at least four minors, who visited the clinic for abortions during the single month of April, 2012. Some of the documents indicate that the abortion clinic may in fact never report suspected abuse as required by law.

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She’s WHAT? Unexpectedly Pregnant at 42

She’s WHAT? Unexpectedly Pregnant at 42 | NRL News Today:  Pro-choice” friends insist pro-lifers live in some parallel universe free of struggles and difficulties, but we are just human beings, too. It’s what you do with them.

There are many, many instances where a pregnancy seems terribly ill-timed. We know the fear that a woman experiences, including the apprehension that she couldn’t be a “good mother” at that stage of her life. (Dads can—and do–feel exactly the same sense of inadequacy.) That is a perfectly understandably reaction. The story by “Nancy” does a wonderful job conveying the emotional ups and downs.

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Texas Can Ban Planned Parenthood

Texas Can Ban Planned Parenthood Over Abortions: 5th Cir. | Reuters: A U.S. appeals court has ruled that Texas can cut funding to Planned Parenthood because it performs abortions, Reuters reports. The emergency stay was granted by 5th U.S. Circuit Court Judge Jerry Smith. It reversed a lower court injunction in favor of the organization. Planned Parenthood sued Texas last year over a law that cut state funding to any abortion providers. The stay, in essence, bans Planned Parenthood from receiving any money from the state's Women's Health Program.

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Articles from ECFA

Focus on Non-Profit Accountabillity, 2nd quarter 2012:

• Integrity Slipping? (page 1)
• Leading God's Way, by Joni Eareckson Tada (page 1)
• Navigating the Uncharted Waters of Founder Succession (page 3)
• Accountability Pays Big Dividends (page 5)

Pray the Scriptures

Pray the Scriptures by Scotty Smith | Reformed Theology Articles at Ligonier.org: "A gospel-centered approach to praying through the Bible will yield a mind informed by the will of God, a heart enflamed with the love of God, and hands extended in the service of God."

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From Resume to Repertoire: Finding the Right Nonprofit Leader

From Resume to Repertoire: Finding the Right Nonprofit Leader Nonprofit | | Article / Position Paper | IdeaEncore Network: During the search process, figuring out who is the right leader for the organization is the ultimate goal, but doing this can be as difficult as it is crucial.

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Storytelling for more impact

These resources, shared by your nonprofit colleagues on IdeaEncore, can help you become a better communicator, able to tell your organization's story to donors, stakeholders and community leaders.

Writing with Passion and Power: An Essential Leadership Skill

Elevator Speech - 4 Easy Steps to Promoting your Organization

Online Communications for Change Presentations and Discussion Notes

Montana Advocacy and Communications Toolkit

Storytelling as Best Practice

Planning Guide for Communicating to NP Shareholders

Abortion Clinic says “like” us on Facebook and get 10% off!

Abortion Clinic says “like” us on Facebook and get 10% off! | NRL News Today: The webpage of a northern Virginia abortion clinic which congratulates the viewer for having “logged onto a very unique multi-specialty health care practice.” After they dispose of her unborn child, because of the “overlap” in services, the woman can take advantage of “medical skin care.” Nothing like clearing up some acne, or removing a few wrinkles, warts, or unwanted facial hair to make the day complete. Let’s hear it for “a collaborative effort of multiple providers who can assess and treat you in a more holistic manner.”

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Georgia governor signs fetal pain law

Georgia governor signs fetal pain law | LifeSiteNews.com: Governor Nathan Deal of Georgia today signed a law that protects preborn children capable of feeling pain, earning him praise from Georgia’s largest pro-life organization. “I am deeply grateful that Governor Deal has demonstrated his commitment to protecting the preborn,” said Dan Becker, president of Georgia Right to Life. “By signing this measure, at least 1,500 babies a year will no longer be killed.” Previously, Georgia allowed abortions for almost any reason throughout all nine months of pregnancy.

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MS gov replaces abortion doc on health board

Bryant names new Board of Health appointee | The Clarion-Ledger | clarionledger.com: Gov. Phil Bryant has appointed Dr. Tad Barham, medical director and chairman of the board of directors at Woman’s Hospital in Flowood, to the state Board of Health. Barham replaces Dr. Carl Reddix who served the Jackson Women's Health Organization abortion clinic.

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MN gov vetoes abortion bill requiring doctor presence

Dayton vetoes abortion bill requiring doctor presence | The Austin Daily Herald: Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed a bill Monday that would have required doctors prescribing a medicinal abortion be present when administering the drug. If the bill had been signed, prescribing doctors not present when the medicine was administered could have faced felony charges.

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Pepsi Stops Using Aborted Fetal Cell Lines to Test Flavors

Pepsi Stops Using Aborted Fetal Cell Lines to Test Flavors | LifeNews.com: The second-largest beverage company in the world contracted with the firm in a $30 million deal in August 2010 and once Debi Vinnedge of the pro-life group Children of God for Life uncovered the connection, numerous pro-life groups joined to promote a boycott of Pepsi until it ends the Senomyx contract. Vinnedge informed LifeNews today of Pepsi’s decision and hailed it as a major breakthrough and achievement by thousands of concerned consumers who have been writing and boycotting PepsiCo beverages since last May.

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Plate decision lets Iowans show abortion view

Plate decision lets Iowans show abortion view - Omaha.com: Iowa joined a growing list of states to approve a “Choose Life” license plate after the Iowa Department of Transportation determined the message doesn't violate content criteria. Iowa becomes the 29th state to approve the plate, which has a drawing of two smiling children. The additional fees raised by the license plate will go to Iowa's road construction fund.

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Fighting the Unholy Trinity

Fighting the Unholy Trinity « J.C. Ryle Quotes: "The principal fight of the Christian is with the world, the flesh, and the devil. These are their never-dying foes. These are the three chief enemies against whom the Christian must wage war. Unless they get the victory over these three, all other victories are useless and vain. If they had a nature like an angel, and were not a fallen creature, the warfare would not be so essential. But with a corrupt heart, a busy devil, and an ensnaring world, the Christian must either fight or be lost."

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BREAKING: License Denied New Applicant; AL Abortion Clinic to Close as Scheduled

BREAKING: License Denied to New Applicant; AL Abortion Clinic to Close as Scheduled :Operation Rescue: The Alabama Department of Public Health issued a press release today announcing the denial of an application to take over operations of the New Woman All Women abortion clinic that was ordered closed by the state after 76 pages of health code violations were discovered.

The consent agreement that ordered the closure provided for a transfer of ownership to a new applicant by May 4, 2012, with the proviso that the new applicant be unaffiliated with the current owner, Diane Derzis. A letter sent last week to the ADPH by Life Legal Defense Foundation that was signed by CEC for Life, Operation Rescue, and other groups revealed connections between the new applicant, Ochata Management and its agent Marianne Kelley Rain-water and Derzis.

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