The Struggle and the Savior
The Struggle and the Savior: The defense (Part 2) | Evangelism.net: Deceptions are tough to spot sometimes. Christians are told to “test” ideas and actions against the Word of God in the Bible. We are to evaluate what the culture believes based on what God has told us. Here are some examples of false ideas in our culture against the truth from God’s Word.
Campus resource: You Can Stop Injustice
Welcome to Human Life Alliance: You Can Stop Injustice highlights abortion as the greatest social injustice of all time. Through personal stories, hard facts, and shocking statistics, You Can Stop Injustice encourages young people to take action, giving the child in the womb the rights and opportunities all people deserve as human beings in a just society. It's an eye-catching, engaging publication designed to appeal particularly to college students. While offering students a pro-life understanding of abortion and its consequences, it also asks them to consider these issues from a new perspective - social justice.
Doctor jailed for spiking pregnant lover's drinks
Dr Edward Erin was found guilty last month of spiking Bella Prowse's coffee and orange juice to make her miscarry. But she spotted that her drinks had been tampered with and took them to the police. Tests showed they contained drugs which induced abortion. Miss Prowse later gave birth to a healthy boy, Ernie. Now Erin faces six years in jail and the end of his high-flying career.
Russian women tell of abortion dilemmas
BBC NEWS | Europe | Russian women tell of abortion dilemmas: A mother and daughter in Moscow tell of their differing experiences of unwanted pregnancy and attitudes on abortion. Olga is of a generation of Russian women who often had several abortions - in their youth, abortion had largely taken the place of birth control. Her daughter Maria's generation has better access to contraception and is perhaps becoming more influenced by moral or religious concerns.
Related: Russia turns spotlight on abortion Russia is currently estimated to have nearly 13 terminations for every 10 live births, and the highest abortion rate in Europe after Romania.
Shooting Threat Raises Question Of Coerced Abortion
Shooting Threat Raises Question Of Coerced Abortion :Operation Rescue: Police were called to the scene where they discovered that Cox was in immediate possession of a magazine filled with bullets. They also discovered a number of firearms in the trunk of his vehicle. Police confiscated the weapons. “This raises an important question of whether or not this young lady held any fear for her armed father, and whether she was seeking an abortion of her own free will,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “We know that there is a silent epidemic of coerced abortions and even forced abortions going on in this country.”
Editor: Familiarize yourself with the facts about forced abortions at the UnChoice.com.
Man Rapes Partner After She Refuses Abortion Demand
Man Rapes Partner in Front of Their Children After She Refuses Abortion Demand: A Pennsylvania man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting his partner in front of their children after she refused his demand to get an abortion. The man reportedly raped his partner on Sunday after she disclosed that she was newly pregnant.
Study on Forced Pregnancy
Study on Forced Pregnancy: Help for Women Who Face Threat - TIME: Researchers who work in family planning and with victims of domestic violence say women are now being threatened with pregnancy by their partners. Reproductive coercion, as it's known, takes several forms. Partners may verbally or physically threaten women if they use birth control or seek abortions, or they may throw away or damage birth control and remove condoms during sex. It usually takes place within an already abusive relationship, especially those that are emotionally abusive.
Editor: Hey, TIME! How about some equal attention on forced abortion?
Abortion Profiteers Relying on False Claims
Abortion Profiteers Relying on False Claims to Attack Colorado Personhood Amendment 62 - Christian Newswire: Personhood Colorado and Colorado Right to Life, co-sponsors of Colorado's Personhood Amendment 62, have discovered that their only opposition, 'Protect Families Protect Choices', is backed by abortion profiteers Planned Parenthood and NARAL, two of the largest pro-abortion organizations in the United States. Planned Parenthood has reportedly brought in over $1.02 billion dollars in recent years, and NARAL's financial reports have shown over $6 million.
Gov. rejects $850,000 federal grant for sex ed
Pawlenty rejects $850,000 federal grant for sex ed | StarTribune.com: Gov. Tim Pawlenty has rejected a federal teen pregnancy prevention grant worth $850,000, with no strings attached, while giving his approval for $500,000 in abstinence-only money that will cost the state $379,000 in matching funds.
A spokesman for Pawlenty said the governor turned down the larger grant because 'he is striving to find ways to stop' the implementation of health reform in Minnesota, even though both grants were funded by the health care legislation.
A spokesman for Pawlenty said the governor turned down the larger grant because 'he is striving to find ways to stop' the implementation of health reform in Minnesota, even though both grants were funded by the health care legislation.
Medical images and animations
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Congress Is Listening: Speak Out for Life!
AUL invites all who care about defending life to make their voice heard on Capitol Hill by contacting the House GOP website America Speaking Out. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) instituted the site to give voters an easy and direct way to help set a “new American agenda.”
As the government begins to implement the new health care reform law -- which, as it stands, would effectively insert the federal government into the abortion business -- it is more important than ever before that Congress prevent taxpayer money from funding the destruction of unborn life. By making the Hyde Amendment permanent, through the bipartisan bill introduced by Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Congress can block the use of tax dollars for abortion procedures. Join pro-lifers across the country in telling Congress, via America Speaking Out, that enshrining the Hyde Amendment in law should be at the top of legislators’ priorities.
As the government begins to implement the new health care reform law -- which, as it stands, would effectively insert the federal government into the abortion business -- it is more important than ever before that Congress prevent taxpayer money from funding the destruction of unborn life. By making the Hyde Amendment permanent, through the bipartisan bill introduced by Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Congress can block the use of tax dollars for abortion procedures. Join pro-lifers across the country in telling Congress, via America Speaking Out, that enshrining the Hyde Amendment in law should be at the top of legislators’ priorities.
Maryland Orders Abortionist To Stop Practicing Illegally
Maryland Orders Dangerous Abortionist To Stop Practicing Illegally :Operation Rescue: Troubled abortionist Steven Chase Brigham has been issued a cease and desist order by the Maryland State Board of Physicians ordering him to stop the illegal practice of medicine, including abortions, at five locations throughout Maryland because he does not and never has been licensed in that state. The order, dated August 25, 2010, indicates that Brigham has been practicing illegally in Maryland since January, 2010.
The Maryland locations involved are located in Baltimore, Cheverly, Fredrick, College Park, and Elkton. Currently, all the clinics remain open and staffed by other abortionists. He operates a number of abortion mills in several states under the name American Women’s Services.
Brigham has been under investigation and discipline throughout his entire 20-year career. He voluntarily retired his medical license in Pennsylvania while under investigation just six years after graduating from medical school. Since then, Brigham had medical licenses revoked in New York and Florida, and received disciplinary action in California and New Jersey. He served 120 days in jail in 1998 for Medicaid fraud. A judge once ordered him to stop advertising his abortions as “painless” and “safe.”
The Maryland locations involved are located in Baltimore, Cheverly, Fredrick, College Park, and Elkton. Currently, all the clinics remain open and staffed by other abortionists. He operates a number of abortion mills in several states under the name American Women’s Services.
Brigham has been under investigation and discipline throughout his entire 20-year career. He voluntarily retired his medical license in Pennsylvania while under investigation just six years after graduating from medical school. Since then, Brigham had medical licenses revoked in New York and Florida, and received disciplinary action in California and New Jersey. He served 120 days in jail in 1998 for Medicaid fraud. A judge once ordered him to stop advertising his abortions as “painless” and “safe.”
Operation Rescue
Operation Rescue: A man was arrested Saturday, August 28, outside Southwestern Women’s Options, a late-term abortion clinic operated by Curtis Boyd in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after he threatened to shoot two pro-life women who were offering help to abortion-bound women.
The unidentified man and his wife were escorting their daughter into the abortion clinic when the wife and daughter walked over to the pro-life women to discuss alternatives to abortion. The man became angry and ushered his family toward the clinic.
“When we come out, I’m going to put a bullet in your head if you talk to her,” the man told the pro-life women. Witnesses said the man then lifted his shirt to show the women a dark object partially tucked into his trousers. The women recognized the object as a gun and called the police.
The unidentified man and his wife were escorting their daughter into the abortion clinic when the wife and daughter walked over to the pro-life women to discuss alternatives to abortion. The man became angry and ushered his family toward the clinic.
“When we come out, I’m going to put a bullet in your head if you talk to her,” the man told the pro-life women. Witnesses said the man then lifted his shirt to show the women a dark object partially tucked into his trousers. The women recognized the object as a gun and called the police.
Inside a failed PP affiliate
Planned Parenthood Clinics Are Stripped of Affiliation After Complaints - NYTimes.com : A financial and administrative meltdown in recent years has led to the end of one of the largest Planned Parenthood affiliates in the United States. Patients visiting Planned Parenthood’s eight clinics in San Francisco and four other Bay Area counties often encountered wait times exceeding two-and-a-half hours. Shortages of critical supplies, including intrauterine devices, meant some patients were turned away. Doctors, nurses, midwives and physician’s assistants complained to the national organization about low morale and a hostile work environment at Planned Parenthood Golden Gate, the local affiliate that owned and operated the clinics.
Interviews with current and former staff members and executives of Planned Parenthood Golden Gate, as well as documents obtained by The Bay Citizen, show a health organization that was unraveling under the strain of financial distress, even as it portrayed itself as a robust institution that attracted high-profile supporters. Planned Parenthood Golden Gate’s leaders said the organization was undermined by a poor economy and lack of support from the national organization.
More than 100 local affiliates pay dues to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, which operates an (800) number and a Web site connecting patients to the clinics in their area. Affiliates use the Planned Parenthood name, as well as the organization’s medical standards, guidelines and educational materials; they get discounts on supplies, like contraceptives, and support with fund-raising.
CEO Harrison won the admiration of wealthy donors and board members, who praised her as an innovative leader whose vision for social justice extended far beyond the Bay Area, even leading her to forge a partnership in Ethiopia to try to improve reproductive health care there. Yet many staff members saw Ms. Harrison and her team as out of touch with their daily realities, creating a dysfunctional corporate culture. Some former employees still hold occasional get-togethers dubbed the “P.P.G.G. P.T.S.D. Support Group.”
Financially, Planned Parenthood Golden Gate did not measure up to its public profile. According to a 2007 internal report by the national organization, its finances were the worst among the top 10 largest affiliates in the country. Planned Parenthood Golden Gate failed to meet four out of nine indicators of financial health that year, the report said. Some of those benchmarks — like maintaining 60 days of cash on hand — had not been met for years.
Interviews with current and former staff members and executives of Planned Parenthood Golden Gate, as well as documents obtained by The Bay Citizen, show a health organization that was unraveling under the strain of financial distress, even as it portrayed itself as a robust institution that attracted high-profile supporters. Planned Parenthood Golden Gate’s leaders said the organization was undermined by a poor economy and lack of support from the national organization.
More than 100 local affiliates pay dues to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, which operates an (800) number and a Web site connecting patients to the clinics in their area. Affiliates use the Planned Parenthood name, as well as the organization’s medical standards, guidelines and educational materials; they get discounts on supplies, like contraceptives, and support with fund-raising.
CEO Harrison won the admiration of wealthy donors and board members, who praised her as an innovative leader whose vision for social justice extended far beyond the Bay Area, even leading her to forge a partnership in Ethiopia to try to improve reproductive health care there. Yet many staff members saw Ms. Harrison and her team as out of touch with their daily realities, creating a dysfunctional corporate culture. Some former employees still hold occasional get-togethers dubbed the “P.P.G.G. P.T.S.D. Support Group.”
Financially, Planned Parenthood Golden Gate did not measure up to its public profile. According to a 2007 internal report by the national organization, its finances were the worst among the top 10 largest affiliates in the country. Planned Parenthood Golden Gate failed to meet four out of nine indicators of financial health that year, the report said. Some of those benchmarks — like maintaining 60 days of cash on hand — had not been met for years.
Planned Parenthood Blocks Release of Papers on Telemed Abortion Practitioner
Planned Parenthood Blocks Release of Papers on Telemed Abortion Practitioner: The Iowa-based Planned Parenthood affiliate that has the nation's first abortion practitioner overseeing the new telemed abortion concept has filed a lawsuit to block Operation Rescue's request for papers on the abortion practitioner's medical license. OR is also concerned that the Iowa Board of Medicine tipped off Planned Parenthood officials to its request for the documents. The latest developments come after the IBM announced it would create a committee that would possibly study telemed abortions.
Study on Later Abortions
Study on Later Abortions: A study of women who had abortions has found that women undergoing later abortions face increased psychological risks, are more likely to be ambivalent about having an abortion and are more likely to need counseling and support.
The results came from an online survey of 374 women who answered a detailed questionnaire about the circumstances leading to their abortions, their previous mental health history, history or physical or sexual abuse and emotional state following abortion. The small study, published in the Journal of Pregnancy, is the first to compare the experiences of women having early abortions compared to women having later abortions (in the second or third trimester).
My Friend is Pregnant. What do I Say? Should I Say Anything?
My Friend is Pregnant and Considering Abortion, What do I Say to Her? Should I Say Anything to Her? � Social Justice Begins in the Womb – Daily Pro-life Updates from the BK Lounge: I have received a lot of e-mails and facebook messages recently asking me how to talk to a friend who is considering abortion, or if they should say anyting at all. This is probably one of the hardest questions I have to answer, and unfortunately it is asked too often.
5-day pill moves emergency contraception back to doctor's office :: Aug. 30, 2010 ... American Medical News
amednews: 5-day pill moves emergency contraception back to doctor's office :: Aug. 30, 2010 ... American Medical News: When the Food and Drug Administration approved Plan B in 1999, some doctors objected on moral grounds to prescribing the emergency contraceptive. Much of the controversy faded when Plan B went to over-the-counter status in 2006. Today, the drug is available OTC for women 17 and older, but younger patients still need a prescription.
Now that the FDA has approved ella (ulipristal acetate), a prescription-only emergency contraceptive, the debate about whether to prescribe such drugs is moving back to the doctor's office. With it comes ethical and legal questions for physicians, particularly those who object to emergency contraception for various reasons.
Now that the FDA has approved ella (ulipristal acetate), a prescription-only emergency contraceptive, the debate about whether to prescribe such drugs is moving back to the doctor's office. With it comes ethical and legal questions for physicians, particularly those who object to emergency contraception for various reasons.
Some employed physicians were pressured by their employers to offer Plan B when it was a prescription-only drug. Doctors may take issue with the similarities between ella and RU-486. Most ethicists agree that physicians who consider contraception immoral do not need to provide emergency contraceptives. Instead, they can refer patients to physicians who will prescribe such drugs. If a patient requests ella during an office visit, he said a physician should tell her, with compassion and sensitivity, "This is something I can't participate in."
Professor Acknowledges Induced Abortion-Preterm Birth Associaton
Prolife OBGYNS – AAPLOG – American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians & Gynecologists � OSU MFM Professor Acknowledges Induced Abortion-Preterm Birth Associaton: This is an extremely informative article on preterm birth, an issue that complicates 1 in 8 pregnancies in the U.S.A. Because of associated morbidity and expense, preterm birth is of intense interest to the medical community.
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