Fact sheets and handouts from RTL-MI

Factsheets: Right to Life of Michigan has many factsheets and handouts covering a wide range of topics available for your educational efforts. These factsheets are free for download and copying.

Dem Congresswoman's Abortion Clinic Past

Creative Minority Report: Dem Congresswoman's Shocking Abortion Clinic Past: Rep. Allyson Schwartz of Pennsylvania is one of the fastest rising stars in the Democrat Party, taking on a recently announced leadership role at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. A four-term suburban Philadelphia congresswoman, she is taking on the position vacated by Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz who was just tapped to chair the Democratic National Committee.

Beside her perfect pro-abortion record, one fact not mentioned in all the media reports is that Allyson Schwartz co-founded and acted as Executive Director of the Elizabeth Blackwell Center abortion clinic in Philadelphia for 13 years (1975-1988).

Help needed for Spanish version of Forbidden Grief

The Elliot Institute is preparing a Spanish language version of the book Forbidden Grief for publication and looking for someone to help us make adjustments to the layout and cover design. "If you (or someone you know) has experience in this area, works in Adobe InDesign, and can work on a fairly tight schedule, please let us know. If you read Spanish and/or are able to volunteer or discount your services on this project, this would be a real plus!" Contact them for more details.

An end to AIDS?

Special Report: An end to AIDS? | Reuters: This week, dramatic scientific advances since HIV was first discovered 30 years ago mean the virus is no longer a death sentence. Thanks to tests that detect HIV early, new antiretroviral AIDS drugs that can control the virus for decades, and a range of ways to stop it being spread, 33.3 million people around the world are learning to live with HIV.

San Francisco: Latest attack on PCCs

San Francisco would be the first city in California to require that crisis pregnancy centers prominently disclose whether they are antiabortion facilities that don't offer comprehensive health care, under legislation being developed by a city supervisor. SF Chronicle

2 Dems Move to Give More Abortion Rights to Service Women

2 Dem Lawmakers Move to Give More Abortion Rights to Service Women - FoxNews.com: Rep. Louise Slaughter and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, both of New York on Monday announced legislation that they say would put service women on par with other women who get federal funds for abortion services when they face rapes, incest or life risks. That includes, they say, Medicare recipients, federal employees not in the military and women receiving care through the Indian Health Services. The bill would also allow service women to use private funds to access abortion services at U.S. military facilities.

Pro-life horror film?

Pro-life horror film 'The Life Zone' premieres at Hoboken International Film Festival | NJ.com: 'It's like the Twilight Zone. Life, like pro-life; zone, like the Twilight Zone. And if you've seen Twilight Zone episodes, it punches you in the face in the end,' Del Vecchio added, though he was quick to note he still felt the film's presentation of the issues was balanced. 'I think the audience will walk away not knowing what the filmmaker's position is, it gives both sides of the coin.'

Editor: Is it just me, or does this movie seem very ill-conceived to you, too?

Planned Parenthood will close a fourth of Indiana clinics if law stands

Planned Parenthood will close a fourth of Indiana clinics if law stands, attorney says » Evansville Courier & Press: If a federal judge does not block an Indiana law preventing Medicaid dollars from going to Planned Parenthood, it will have to close a fourth of its clinics in the state. That’s what the attorney from the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, which is representing Planned Parenthood, told the judge at a hearing Monday morning.

Editor: Boo hoo.

Related: Terre Haute Planned Parenthood may close

Baltimore pregnancy counseling law being appealed

Baltimore pregnancy counseling law being appealed - Washington Times: A national pro-life group is getting involved in the legal battle over a Baltimore law that would require faith-based pregnancy centers to post notices stating they do not offer abortion referrals. Americans United for Life filed a brief Tuesday in the US Court of Appeals. They believe the case has national implications.

The language of abortion

Video from The Signal Hill

TX Abortion Clinic Broke the Law

Texas Environmental Authorities Say Abortion Clinic Broke the Law, Verify Operation Rescue’s Findings :Operation Rescue: The Texas Commission of Environmental Quality has determined that Whole Women’s Health of McAllen has violated Texas laws regarding the disposal of fetal remains from abortions. The matter has been referred to formal enforcement.

Operation Rescue’s investigators had discovered packets containing the refuse from several abortions in an open, public dumpster behind the abortion clinic. Read the TCEQ Complaint Report

MSNBC Allows Planned Parenthood President to Mislead on Abortion

MSNBC Allows Planned Parenthood President to Mislead on Abortion | LifeNews.com: Martin Bashir tossed softballs at Planned Parenthood head Cecile Richards on his eponymous MSNBC program on Monday, letting his guest spout her talking points in defense of her abortion-providing organization.

Risk factors for reproductive tract infections among married women in rural areas of Anhui Province, China

Risk factors for reproductive tract infections among married women in rural areas of Anhui Province, China: Multivariate analysis showed that women's age, education, occupation, dysmenorrhea, number of deliveries, personal hygiene habit, menstrual cycle, menstruation, abortion, the interval between abortion and sexual intercourse afterwards, RTI knowledge and the frequency of sexual intercourse per month were all related to RTIs in our sample.

Editor: That's a lot of risk factors. I wish I could see more of the results.

Planned Parenthood Funding: What About the Fraud?

Planned Parenthood Funding: What About the Fraud? | ALL.org: The question nobody wants to ask: How can Planned Parenthood continue to get taxpayer money when it has been found repeatedly guilty of filing fraudulent claims for government reimbursement? We are not talking a simple mistake by a rogue employee. We are talking about mounting evidence of the systematic overbilling of taxpayers in states all across the country.

Nonsurgical abortions increasing

Nonsurgical abortions increasing - LivewellNebraska.com: As states such as Nebraska place more restrictions on abortions, a form of chemically induced abortion available in the United States since 2000 has given women another way to end pregnancies. There has been a nationwide increase in abortions performed with a combination of pills, and in Iowa and Nebraska, the increase has been substantial. In Nebraska, 746 women had abortions through the pill regimen in 2010, up from 70 in 2004. In Iowa, 2,666 had medication abortions in 2009, up from 1,653 in 2004.

Serial abortion clinic protester released from jail

Serial abortion clinic protester released from jail | Holy Post | National Post: A 62-year-old grandmother released from jail after 28 months for picketing a Toronto abortion clinic says she promised her mother she would stay out of trouble long enough to visit her in British Columbia. But Linda Gibbons vowed to return to the front lines of anti-abortion protests even if it almost certainly means an immediate return to jail.

Editor: "Serial . . . protestor"? Is that like "serial murderer"?

Late-Term Abortion Plans at U of Wisconsin Stopped

Late-Term Abortion Plans at University of Wisconsin Stopped | LifeNews.com: Over the weekend, the Joint Finance Committee in the Wisconsin legislature approved a provision that would limit the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority Board on late-term abortions. The measure specifically prohibits the UW board from paying physicians or surgeons or a hospital, clinic or other medical facility for the performance of an abortion except as specified in Wisconsin’s current abortion-funding law. State law prohibits the funds of the state or of a state agency from being spent on the performance of an abortion.

Extreme Couponing: Free Exam With Purchase of Abortion

Extreme Couponing: Free Exam With Purchase of Abortion - Katie Pavlich: All Women's Health Center of Orlando, Florida, is giving women a 2-for-1 deal: free Pap Smear with purchase of abortion or $125 off of an abortion pill.

A year in the life of a strategic plan

Here's a roadmap to your group's future, from Association News.

The urgency of abstinence education in the Black community

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2009, Black Americans had 8.7 times the reported Chlamydia rates of Whites. (About 48% of all reported Chlamydia cases occurred among Blacks.) Also that year, Black Americans had 20.5 times the reported Gonorrhea rates of Whites. (About 71% of all reported cases of Gonorrhea occurred among Blacks.) Black Americans had 9.1 times the reported Syphilis rates of Whites. (In 2009, 52.4% of all cases reported to CDC were among Blacks and 30.4% of all cases were among Whites.)

Walter Hoye asks, "Are we preaching and teaching abstinence, the only Biblical prescription for sex? God is not wrong. Abstinence works. We need to step up our game. Here's help. Dr. La Verne Tolbert, is the founder of Teaching Like Jesus Ministries, Director of The Society for Children's Spirituality, a former board member of Planned Parenthood, New York City (1975-1980) and a member of the National Black Pro-Life Coalition. As author of Teaching Like Jesus: A Practical Guide to Christian Education and Keeping You & Your Kids Sexually Pure, a life-changing resource for parents and pastors. Professor Tolbert teaches children's pastors and youth pastors as an adjunct at Azusa Pacific University's graduate school."