Get to Know: Frontline Youth Communications
An individual or organization who is genuinely concerned about helping young people will naturally find their way to the frontlines of the battle. The vision of Frontline Youth Communications is to equip them with the weapons necessary to win once they get there. With an arsenal that includes high-impact youth presentations and events, effective communication workshops, and dynamic print media and interactive web design, our approach is as cutting-edge and multi-faceted as the culture we are combating. However, our philosophy is simple. We focus on the individual - not just their issues. Years of working with kids has taught us that it is suicidal to just stand before kids and simply point the finger at what they are doing wrong. The most effective way to reach a young person is to skillfully devalue their negative conduct by adding value to the person.
Closing! Planned Parenthood in Monticello, IA
It was just an "express" satellite and only open 2 days a week, but the Planned Parenthood in Monticello, IA, has announced it will be closing! Steve Brody, Exec. Dir. of Dubuque Co. Right to Life, said, "This location opened in 2008 only a few months before the PP in Dubuque.... It appears to follow the same consolidation strategy PP is pursuing throughout the country to save money.... The efforts of pro-life warriors are working, and we know we can shut them down in Dubuque as well. Please pass along this great news." Jill Stanek
Enraged husband stabs pregnant wife, her twin sister
A Queens man - enraged because his wife refused to have an abortion - slashed her throat and then stabbed her sister in the stomach Monday night in front of a room full of children, police and relatives said. The wounded wife and her bleeding twin fled their residence and ran to a local bodega, desperately pleading for help. Both in stable condition last night. NY Daily News
Abortion Doctor's License Suspended After Clinic Raid
As authorities sort though allegations against Dr. Kermit Gosnell in West Philadelphia , many are wondering how a bad doctor stays in business. After the raid, several women came forward with stories of botched and incompetent care.
When Marie Smith went to the Women's Medical Society 11 years ago, she says the clinic was known as a cheap place to get an abortion. She didn't know anything about Gosnell. "He looked like an all-right man 'cause there were a lot of ladies in there waiting for abortions." Smith was 19 at the time. The clinic recovery area disturbed her most. "It's nasty and dirty, and [there's] blood on the floor. Just nasty. It was real crowded, and girls were slumped over after they got their abortion." After a week of fever and vomiting, Smith was rushed to a local hospital. She says X-rays revealed that parts of the fetus were still lodged in her uterus. NPR
When Marie Smith went to the Women's Medical Society 11 years ago, she says the clinic was known as a cheap place to get an abortion. She didn't know anything about Gosnell. "He looked like an all-right man 'cause there were a lot of ladies in there waiting for abortions." Smith was 19 at the time. The clinic recovery area disturbed her most. "It's nasty and dirty, and [there's] blood on the floor. Just nasty. It was real crowded, and girls were slumped over after they got their abortion." After a week of fever and vomiting, Smith was rushed to a local hospital. She says X-rays revealed that parts of the fetus were still lodged in her uterus. NPR
Give sons a "pep talk"
Regarding sex (and so much more) men and women really are wonderfully different. And we don't really need a study to tell us so. JWR
CompassCare National Pregnancy Center Optimization Conference
April 20-22, 2010
La Quinta Inn and Suits Conference Center - Rochester, NY 14623
If you're serious about developing your leadership skills along with others just as serious, this conference is for you. If you're serious about doing whatever it takes to improve your center’s performance, this conference is for you.
Schedule / Registration
La Quinta Inn and Suits Conference Center - Rochester, NY 14623
If you're serious about developing your leadership skills along with others just as serious, this conference is for you. If you're serious about doing whatever it takes to improve your center’s performance, this conference is for you.
Schedule / Registration
Reflection from Lori Smith, missionary to Papua New Guinea
Love never thinks in terms of "how little" but always in terms of "how much" (Luke 7:36-48, Mark 14:3-9). May we serve the Lord and those He has put in our paths this week with extravagant love as we contemplate His most priceless and most precious gift . . . salvation for all who put their trust in the VICTORIOUS ONE Who conquered sin and death. HE IS RISEN. INDEED HE IS RISEN!
Sex infection gonorrhea risks becoming "superbug"
Gonorrhea is a common bacterial sexually-transmitted infection and if left untreated can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy and infertility in women. Globally, the WHO estimates that there are at least 340 million new cases of curable sexually transmitted infections -- including syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia and trichomoniasis -- every year among people aged 15 to 49. The highest incidences of gonorrhea were in south and southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, but as yet the WHO has no breakdown by individual infection type.
Current treatment for gonorrhea in most countries consists of a single antibiotic dose of either cefixime or ceftriaxone. But strains of the Neisseria gonorrhea bacteria were starting to become resistant and could soon become impervious to all current antibiotic treatment options. Reuters
Current treatment for gonorrhea in most countries consists of a single antibiotic dose of either cefixime or ceftriaxone. But strains of the Neisseria gonorrhea bacteria were starting to become resistant and could soon become impervious to all current antibiotic treatment options. Reuters
Get to Know: The Teen Mother Choices model
In 2005, Teen Mother Choices International was created. Christa March, the founder of Teen Mother Choices has taken the materials used in that ministry model to formulate extensive training materials and resources. By providing this model to churches, organizations and individuals, TMCInternational will provide a quicker way for them to begin serving teenage mothers within their own communities.
How Do I Work With An Overbearing Volunteer?
What do you do with the volunteer who has a great passion for your ministry, but sometimes oversteps her boundaries? If you ask her to leave, what kind of long-term effects will that have?
Ministries desperately need volunteers to get much of the work done, but sometimes personalities and differences in ministry philosophy arise. As the director, you have a certain obligation to balance "grace and truth" when working with volunteers, especially those who might be causing problems. Register for this April 23rd phone conference sponsored by Teen Mother Choices International.
Ministries desperately need volunteers to get much of the work done, but sometimes personalities and differences in ministry philosophy arise. As the director, you have a certain obligation to balance "grace and truth" when working with volunteers, especially those who might be causing problems. Register for this April 23rd phone conference sponsored by Teen Mother Choices International.
New trend in abortions: Telemed
Operation Rescue released a report on telemed abortions, which it calls "a disturbing new trend in the abortion industry that could be endangering the lives and health of thousands of women." The group also says the practice "is bilking insurance companies out of grossly inflated fees."
OR engaged in an undercover investigation of the "telemed abortion" scheme operated by Planned Parenthood of the Heartland in Iowa. Women visit the abortion facility for a drug-induced abortion and they visit with an off-site abortion practitioner who appears on a computer monitor and explains the medical abortion procedure to them before issuing a prescription for the abortion drug. LifeNews
OR engaged in an undercover investigation of the "telemed abortion" scheme operated by Planned Parenthood of the Heartland in Iowa. Women visit the abortion facility for a drug-induced abortion and they visit with an off-site abortion practitioner who appears on a computer monitor and explains the medical abortion procedure to them before issuing a prescription for the abortion drug. LifeNews
Perceptions of Preabortion Counseling Inadequacy
. . . and Decision Disagreement as Predictors of Subsequent Relationship Problems and Psychological Stress in Men and Women. Association for Interdisciplinary Research in Values and Social Change
Editor: This is great stuff, but could there possibly be longer titles?
Editor: This is great stuff, but could there possibly be longer titles?
Why I regret my abortion
Amanda grew up in Ireland, and was shipped to England for an abortion at the age of 16. Here she recalls how her decision was made, the trauma it caused, and the regret she's felt ever since. The Site
AUL’s Reproductive Justice Series
This March, in celebration of Women’s History Month, Americans United for Life is taking the phrase “reproductive justice” back from the abortion lobby and restoring its rightful meaning. Real reproductive justice is pro-woman, not pro-abortion. It’s a cause, and a phrase, worth fighting for.
Federally funded abortions are in our future
Prediction: Abortions will be performed at community health centers. You can bet your foreclosed mortgage on that. There was always a will by this administration, and now there's a way. Kathleen Parker
LA women seeking abortions must have ultrasound just before procedure
All women seeking abortions in Louisiana would have to undergo an obstetric ultrasound two hours before the procedure unless there is a medical emergency, under legislation proposed by the Senate's second-ranking lawmaker. Senate President Pro Tem Sharon Weston Broome, D-Baton Rouge, said the bill is designed to make a woman "think twice about having an abortion. This is such a serious decision that a woman makes, the process should be exhausted with all the medical information on the procedure" available. She said she expects anti-abortion advocates to rally around her proposal.
Julie Mickelberry, director of public affairs of Planned Parenthood of Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta, said the bill "is not about health care; it's about shaming women for seeking an abortion." NOLA
Julie Mickelberry, director of public affairs of Planned Parenthood of Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta, said the bill "is not about health care; it's about shaming women for seeking an abortion." NOLA
Abortion and Substance Abuse
April is national Alcohol Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness of the devastating effects of alcohol abuse and encouraging those effected to seek help and treatment. Research shows that women are likely to date the onset of alcohol or drug abuse to a particular stressful event or situation in their lives. For some women, this stressful event may be an abortion. The UnChoice
There's a New Queen in Town
Now that Obamacare is the law of the land, news stories are incorrectly hailing Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as the "most powerful woman in America." Ironically, thanks to the provisions in the health care legislation pushed by Speaker Pelosi and signed into law by President Obama this week, that title now goes to the most pro-abortion Health and Human Services Secretary in America's history, Kathleen Sebelius. FRC
Abortions Drop 9% in Kansas
The Kansas Department of Health & Environment released its preliminary report today on the status of abortion in the state in 2009. In 2009, there were 1,170 fewer total abortions (9,472, down from 10,642) than the year prior -- down nearly 9 percent.
Kansans for Life legislative director Kathy Ostrowski said her group attributes part of the decline to the closing of George Tiller's late-term abortion center midway through the year. Abortions done after 21 weeks of pregnancy dropped from 323 to 121 in 2009.
But Ostrowski credits a pro-life state law and the presence of pregnancy help centers for lowering the numbers as well. “[W]e attribute the reduction in abortion numbers to the dedicated Kansans who maintain 76 no-cost pregnancy assistance centers across this state, of which 19 have free ultrasound services available. Last year approximately 32,000 women contacted these locations and were helped in a variety of ways -- before, during and after delivery.” Ostrowski also says the fact that women can see an ultrasound of their unborn child before an abortion is also having a positive effect on stopping abortions. LifeNews
Kansans for Life legislative director Kathy Ostrowski said her group attributes part of the decline to the closing of George Tiller's late-term abortion center midway through the year. Abortions done after 21 weeks of pregnancy dropped from 323 to 121 in 2009.
But Ostrowski credits a pro-life state law and the presence of pregnancy help centers for lowering the numbers as well. “[W]e attribute the reduction in abortion numbers to the dedicated Kansans who maintain 76 no-cost pregnancy assistance centers across this state, of which 19 have free ultrasound services available. Last year approximately 32,000 women contacted these locations and were helped in a variety of ways -- before, during and after delivery.” Ostrowski also says the fact that women can see an ultrasound of their unborn child before an abortion is also having a positive effect on stopping abortions. LifeNews
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