Kansas abortion rates nosedive

Kansas abortion rates nosedive | LifeSiteNews.com: The abortion rates in Kansas have nosedived, according to a new report from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The report showed that abortions in Kansas fell 12 percent last year from 2009 numbers, and were down 32.4 percent when compared with the 2000 figures. Abortions reached a high of 12,445 in Kansas in 1999, but are now at the lowest level since 1988.

The Wichita Eagle speculated that part of the reason for the declines in the past year, particularly in late-term abortions, may be the death of abortionist George Tiller, who specialized in late-term abortions. Tiller was shot and killed in May of 2009; Scott Roeder has been charged with his murder.
Whereas there were an average of 300 late-term abortions in Kansas per year prior to 2010, that number fell to just one last year, performed on a baby with anencephaly. At the same time, Kansas legislators have launched a major pushback against abortion in the state.

MASH 2011 Spring Conference - May 6

The Michigan Association for Sexual Health invites you to their spring conference with Dr. John Van Epp, president and founder of loveThinks and the author of How to Avoid Falling in Love with a Jerk.

May 6, 9 am-4 pm at Spring Arbor University's Poling Center in Spring Arbor, MI. Cost $50/person or $35/person in a group of three or more. Call (517) 374-1171 or email for more information.

QUERY: Brochure on contraception?

A director asked whether BFL had a "nice, concise brochure on why centers don't provide or refer for contraceptives." She went on to describe how "when you have a mother looking for a contraceptive for her daughter because 'you know they are going to do it anyway' you want to have a concise answer. We have brochures on the types of contraceptives and their failure rates."

We don't have that type of brochure. We do deal with the issue in our training manual, and maybe we should put something together -- with input from you. But I also thought I would query the list and ask if you know of any such brochure that's already out there.

Use the comment feature to respond, or email me.

Public health groups stand with PP

In two letters to Congressional leadership sent this week, more than 30 leading medical and public health organizations expressed their support for continued funding of Planned Parenthood and the national family planning program (Title X):

American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Nurse Mid-Wives, American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Nurses Association, American Public Health Association, American Social Health Association, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, Doctors for America, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health, National Association of Social Workers, National Coalition of STD Directors, National Medical Association, Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, and The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health, Advocates for Youth, AIDS Action Baltimore, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), HIV Law Project, HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA), HIV Prevention Justice Alliance (HIV PJA), HIVictorious, Inc., International Women's Health Coalition, National Council of Jewish Women, National Minority AIDS Council, Physicians for Human Rights, Professional Association of Social Workers in HIV and AIDS, Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS), START Westminster, The AIDS Institute, The Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, and Treatment Access Expansion Project

A new dawn in pro-life health care

Home -- The Morning Center: For too many women facing a life-changing pregnancy, after Christian churches and ministries urge her not to abort the life that is within them, the only financial “help” they receive is a recommendation to apply for a government program. It is time for the Body of Christ to offer loving, quality maternity care in Jesus’ Name to anyone who needs it—-free of charge.

The Morning Center is the next step in the pro-life movement. Together, we can bring a new day in maternity care and lavish the love of Christ on women and unborn children who desperately need it. We plan to establish our first Morning Center in a major city during the coming 18 months. Will you join us in this groundbreaking effort? We want to change health care with The Morning Center, a full-service, unashamedly Christian maternity hospital. Christian Newswire

Significant rise in oral contraceptive use among teens

Significant rise in oral contraceptive use among teens: study | LifeSiteNews.com: The study found that the rise in contraceptive use increased with the age of the girls and when they were covered by Medicaid or commercial insurance. It revealed that 3.7 percent of 13-year-olds with Medicaid and 2.8 percent with commercial insurance were prescribed contraceptives in 2009. In 18-year-olds, however, the data shows a sharp increase, with 27.1 percent of those with Medicaid and 30.5 percent with commercial insurance prescribed oral contraceptives.

Discarded aborted babies in plastic jars discovered in India

Discarded aborted babies in plastic jars discovered in India | LifeSiteNews.com: Only days after 2011 census data revealed a child-sex ratio in India of 914 girls to every 1,000 boys, police uncovered a grim confirmation of the reality of sex-selective abortions in one of the world’s most populous countries. Aborted babies, the majority of them girls, had been stuffed in plastic jars filled with chemical water and dumped on the roadside in the Kishanganj district of India’s Bihar state.

Filipino youth advocate chastity, not ‘reproductive health bill’

Filipino youth advocate chastity, not ‘reproductive health bill’ | LifeSiteNews.com: Sexual purity is the best solution to unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, and not the government’s proposed reproductive health bill, according to what the Philippine bishops’ news service said is a “growing” number of youth in the Philippines.

Summit 2011 brochure now online

The Summit brochure will soon be on it's way to your mailbox (if we have your mailing address), but you can get a sneak peek online. For instance, you'll learn how our featured speakers, Anne Nelson and Pastor Andy Merritt, will bring into focus the Summit's theme: The Heart of God in Ministry. You'll learn who our workshop speakers are and discover the important topics they'll be covering. And you'll learn why you don't want to miss this year's Summit.

Registration for the Summit is available through the Online Store. Choose one- or two-day registration from the catalog. Register NOW, while early-bird discounts are in effect (until July 4)! If you're a Paid Associate of Partners in Ministry, login first in order to receive your 15% discount.

Massive Medical Board Investigation of Texas Abortionists Now Underway

Massive Medical Board Investigation of Texas Abortionists Now Underway :Operation Rescue: The Texas Medical Board has notified Operation Rescue that investigations of twelve Texas abortionists are now underway based on complaints filed by Troy Newman last month.

Building housing Delaware abortion clinic up for sale

A building in Wilmington where Pennsylvania prosecutors allege late-term abortions were started by a doctor facing murder charges in Philadelphia is up for sale. A listing by Jack Stape Realtors is asking $795,000 for the Baynard Boulevard building. Atlantic Women's Medical Services will leave the building following the sale. Dr. Kermit Gosnell, who is accused of killing infants delivered alive following late-term abortion procedures, worked part time at Atlantic Women's Medical Services. Delaware Online

Undercover Part II: Don’t be fooled by the abortion industry

Undercover Part II: Don’t be fooled by the abortion industry | LifeSiteNews.com: Instead of attacking the PRCs with “truth in advertising” campaigns and laws such as in New York and Austin, Texas, the abortion industry and their largest chain, Planned Parenthood, should look at their own advertising to consumers.

Exposing the Planned Parenthood business model

Exposing the Planned Parenthood business model - The Hill's Congress Blog: Planned Parenthood’s claim that abortions make up just 3 percent of its services is also a gimmick. That number is actually closer to 12 percent, but strategically skewed by unbundling family planning services so that each patient shows anywhere from five to 20 “visits” per appointment (i.e., 12 packs of birth control equals 12 visits) and doing the opposite with abortion visits, bundling them together so that each appointment equals one visit.

Alabama Honors Pregnancy Centers

Pro-Life Groups Applaud Alabama for Honoring Pregnancy Centers | LifeNews.com: The Alabama Senate passed a Resolution Honoring Pregnancy Care Centers, thanking the non-profit organizations throughout the state for their tremendous service to women, children, and the community. HJR 16 passed the Alabama House in early March; Americans United for Life drafted the model resolution and worked for its passage.

Galion's Planned Parenthood to close

Galion's Planned Parenthood to close | Mansfield News Journal | mansfieldnewsjournal.com: One of the factors in the decision to close the Galion office was the decline in the youth population in Crawford County. Editor: This was apparently not an abortion clinic.

Emergency at Planned Parenthood Aurora

Emergency at Planned Parenthood Aurora « Pro-Life Hotline: As he was praying, a sidewalk counselor witness an ambulance tearing around the corner from New York Street and sped into Planned Parenthood's parking lot. "I've seen a few ambulances come to Planned Parenthood and this one was certainly moving with purpose. The EMTs leaped out of the ambulance and ran into the side door of the facility. . . . Shortly afterward, one, two and finally three Aurora police cars sped into the lot and set up a sort of perimeter around the ambulance. A few minutes later, the EMTs came back out with a gurney and, as is their habit, Planned Parenthood's employees' first priority was to hold up a sheet over their victim so nobody could see what they had done to her."

Texas House votes to send millions in family planning funds to pro-life centers instead

Texas House votes to send millions in family planning funds to pro-life centers instead | LifeSiteNews.com: Lawmakers in the Texas House have just voted to approve amendments to the state budget that will divert millions of dollars from family planning funding to organizations that instead provide alternatives to abortion. Some of the money will also go to groups that help those with mental handicaps, or further other medical services. As of press time, lawmakers have yet to vote on an amendment that would defund Planned Parenthood by prohibiting family planning dollars from going to any abortion provider.

Arizona Gov to Sign Pro-Life Bill Banning Telemed Abortions

Arizona Gov to Sign Pro-Life Bill Banning Telemed Abortions | LifeNews.com: Arizona Governor Jan Brewer will sign into law on Saturday a pro-life bill that would protect women by requiring abortion centers to meet certain health and safety regulations and that will also promote ultrasounds.

Planned Parenthood CEO: “We work just like a hospital” (while opposing being regulated like one)

Planned Parenthood CEO: “We work just like a hospital” (While they oppose being regulated like one): While attempting to defend the $300 million that the nation’s largest abortion provider receives from the government, Richards admitted that at Planned Parenthood: “We work just like a hospital.” Really? That’s interesting. Because Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell signed a bill this week that requires surgical abortion clinics to be regulated as hospitals or outpatient surgical centers. And Planned Parenthood complained bitterly.

Politically correct foolishness

Concerned Women Blog: Even though each year one-in-four sexually active young people will contract a sexually transmitted disease (STD), the new politically correct way to educate our children on STDs is to consider them nothing more than an infection — a sexually transmitted infection (STI). We’re so afraid of not being tolerant and of making people feel bad about themselves that we’re willing to de-emphasize the abhorrent nature of an STD by downgrading it to an “infection?”

Editor: I may be dense, but I don't really see that much difference between a disease and an infection. Neither sound too good to me.