Themelios | Article: The Beauty Of Biblical Balance - The Gospel Coalition: Balance is not always a virtue. For example, when Scripture commands us to love God with our whole being (Deut 6:4-5; Mark 12:29-30), it does not add, "Of course, all things in moderation: one must balance love for God with other priorities." Applied in the wrong contexts, the appeal for balance may be a mask for moral indifference and spiritual compromise. But let me assume that we have heeded the warning and turn to some of the different axes around which we need to maintain balance.
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Newborn baby girl discarded in bin and left to die in plastic bag... with her throat cut
Daily Mail: An abandoned newborn baby is recovering in hospital after having her throat cut, being put in a plastic bag and thrown into a garbage bin in China's Liaoning province. The female baby - so newborn that her placenta and umbilical cord were still attached -was discovered by a man who was searching a bin for recyclables.
Note the ironic subheading -- "FAMILY PLANNING ON A BIBLICAL SCALE: PREVENTING 400 MILLION BIRTHS"
Judge rules Ariz. 20-wk. abortion ban may take effect
Judge rules Ariz. 20-wk. abortion ban may take effect - CBS News: Arizona's ban on abortions starting at 20 weeks of pregnancy will take effect this week as scheduled after a federal judge ruled Monday that the new law is constitutional, but reproductive rights groups hope to challenge the decision with an emergency appeal.
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Courts Continue Glacial Pace As Kansas Abortion Clinics Run Amok
Courts Continue Glacial Pace As Kansas Abortion Clinics Run Amok :Operation Rescue: Pro-life groups in Kansas have been trying to pass clinic licensing requirements since 2003 in order to add a layer of protection for women seeking services at abortion clinics that have never been inspected or accountable to any safety standards.
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Finding the right people for your board
For an in-depth guide on board recruitment attend the free webinar, Strategies for Success: Board Member Recruitment & Retention, presented by Emily Davis tomorrow, August 1st at 1:00 pm Eastern time (10:00 am Pacific time).
Plus more from IdeaEncore:
Former cop paid for abortion to hush up 15-year-old
Former cop paid for abortion to hush up 15-year-old girl, police say | LifeSiteNews.com: The office of Sierra County Sheriff Joe Baca said Noah Pestak met the minor after he picked her up as a runaway while serving in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. After learning of her pregnancy, Pestak paid $425 for an abortion, scheduled to take place on May 23 or 24 – but the teen changed her mind after missing the appointment. Prosecutor Scot Key said Pestak hoped the abortion would “get rid of potential evidence” of a criminal sexual relationship with a minor. The age of consent in New Mexico is 16, or 18 if the adult is in a position of authority.
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Pro-life summer camp
Pro-life summer camp | todaysthv.com: A group of Arkansas teenagers are working to advance the pro-life movement. Topics covered in Camp Joshua include: Abortion 101, Euthanasia 102, Pro-Life Persuasion, and The Impact of Abortion.
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Ex-prosecutor: Victim's miscarriage won't affect homicide charges in Colo. theater shooting
Ex-prosecutor: Victim's miscarriage won't affect homicide charges in Colo. theater shooting: A former prosecutor said Sunday the man accused of shooting and killing 12 people and wounding 58 others at a Colorado movie theater won't face an additional homicide charge after one of the victims who was critically injured suffered a miscarriage. Defense attorney Karen Steinhauser, a former prosecutor and current adjunct professor at the University of Denver, said homicide charges in Colorado only apply to those "who had been born and alive. Legally, it doesn't fit the definition."
The family of Ashley Moser, who was critically wounded in the July 20 shooting in Aurora, said in a statement Saturday she is recovering from surgery but the trauma caused the miscarriage. Moser suffered gunshot wounds to her neck and abdomen. Her daughter, 6-year-old Veronica Moser-Sullivan, was the youngest person killed in the attack.
Editor: Interesting to read the headlines from around the world on this story. About half refer to this loss at 8 weeks gestation as a "miscarriage" and half as an "unborn baby."
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The family of Ashley Moser, who was critically wounded in the July 20 shooting in Aurora, said in a statement Saturday she is recovering from surgery but the trauma caused the miscarriage. Moser suffered gunshot wounds to her neck and abdomen. Her daughter, 6-year-old Veronica Moser-Sullivan, was the youngest person killed in the attack.
Editor: Interesting to read the headlines from around the world on this story. About half refer to this loss at 8 weeks gestation as a "miscarriage" and half as an "unborn baby."
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New survey on teen sexual activity fails to present whole story
New survey on teen sexual activity fails to present whole story | LifeSiteNews.com: Perhaps abstinence and sexual restraint are playing a greater role in the teen abortion decline than many in the mainstream media are willing to admit.
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Induced abortion and maternal suicide
Prolife OBGYNS – AAPLOG – American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians & Gynecologists » Induced abortion and maternal suicide: For those who believe in "evidence based medicine," the evidence for abortion associated complications is abundant. Increased mental health effects (depression, PTSD, anxiety), preterm birth, breast cancer, placenta previa, and SUICIDE all have a well documented evidence trail.
SUICIDE?? Did you not know about abortion and suicide? You do now. Two huge studies are noted on our website, both with prospective data, computer based. The Finnish study by Gisler includes 697,000 pregnancies, and looks at maternal health status one year after delivery and one year after abortion. The suicide rate is six times higher after abortion. A second study by Reardon in southern California, involving 173,000 pregnant women over an 8 year period, showed a the suicide rate for women who had abortions to be 3.1 times higher than women who delivered.
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SUICIDE?? Did you not know about abortion and suicide? You do now. Two huge studies are noted on our website, both with prospective data, computer based. The Finnish study by Gisler includes 697,000 pregnancies, and looks at maternal health status one year after delivery and one year after abortion. The suicide rate is six times higher after abortion. A second study by Reardon in southern California, involving 173,000 pregnant women over an 8 year period, showed a the suicide rate for women who had abortions to be 3.1 times higher than women who delivered.
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Black Pro-Life Leaders Call for Planned Parenthood to be Held Accountable
Black Pro-Life Leaders Call for Planned Parenthood to be Held Accountable - Christian Newswire: The National Black Prolife Coalition expresses heartfelt sympathy to the family of Tonya Reaves -- the most recent victim of a botched abortion performed at a Chicago Planned Parenthood facility. Abortion, the most unregulated surgical procedure in the nation, has left a trail of dead women and over 54 million babies in its wake.
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Planned Parenthood Waited Five Hours Before Sending Abortion Victim to ER
Planned Parenthood Waited Five Hours Before Sending Abortion Victim to ER | LifeNews.com: Steve Miller of the CBS news affiliate WBBM has released a new report showing documents released in the botched abortion death of Tonya Reaves that alarmingly shows Planned Parenthood delayed summoning emergency care for the dying woman for five and a half hours after the abortion failed.
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Tonya Reaves: Her death is not an argument for banning abortion
Tonya Reaves: Her death is not an argument for banning abortion: Editor: Just saying it's not an argument is not an argument.
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Documents Reveal Tonya Reaves Suffered Incomplete Abortion, Perforated Uterus, and Fatal Delay in Emergency Care Access at Hands of Planned Parenthood
Documents Reveal Tonya Reaves Suffered Incomplete Abortion, Perforated Uterus, and Fatal Delay in Emergency Care Access at Hands of Planned Parenthood :Operation Rescue: New documents released in the Tonya Reaves tragedy reveal a timeline leading to her death that clearly shows Planned Parenthood delayed summoning emergency care for the dying woman for five and a half hours after a severely botched abortion.
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Skin cream made from aborted fetal skin cells
KLTV: Back in 2004, a married couple in Switzerland became pregnant. The couple's fetus was diagnosed with posterior encephalocele. The brain was deformed, the brain stem was underdeveloped and the retinas were not formed correctly.
Doctors said the fetus wouldn't survive, so the parents decided to terminate the pregnancy. But before doing so, the parents sent some of the fetus' cells to a cell bank. And cloned proteins from those cells were used to make NeoCutis skin cream.
. . . "Most physicians aren't going to know for sure how this was developed in its early stages," said Dr. Charles Kay, bioethicist at Wofford College. "It's important to note that fetal tissues, stem cells - these are not ingredients in these preparations. These are simply the origins of the cells which produce the proteins, and are in turn, the ingredients."
. . . NeoCutis is quite blunt about the use of fetal skin cells on their website. . . . The letters "PSP" on the front of the tube indicate the cream was made from "processed skin cell proteins."
Pregnancy Center Coming to Most Downtrodden Part of Austin, Texas
Pregnancy Center Coming to Most Downtrodden Part of Austin, Texas | LifeNews.com: The intersection of 12th Street and Chicon is known to be one of the most crime-ridden corners of the city, where drug-dealing and prostitution are rampant. Debi Wehmeier will bring a message of hope to that area of Austin on September 9, 2012. “For many years Christian leaders in and around Austin have prayed for God to make a way for a pregnancy resource center to be opened at 12th and Chicon,” Debi said. ”It is an area of gentrification. There is a huge need to serve the families in that area.”
Chicon Pregnancy Resource Center has partnered with Mission Possible and Christian Women’s Job Corps to help start the new pregnancy ministry.
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Chicon Pregnancy Resource Center has partnered with Mission Possible and Christian Women’s Job Corps to help start the new pregnancy ministry.
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Obama gives $426,000 to North Carolina Planned Parenthood after state votes to defund
Obama gives $426,000 to North Carolina Planned Parenthood after state votes to defund | LifeSiteNews.com: The Department of Health and Human Services has given $426,000 in Title X funding to Planned Parenthood. Earlier this month, North Carolina lawmakers voted to override a veto by Democratic Governor Beverly Perdue and end all family planning grants, effectively depriving Planned Parenthood of $125,000 in state taxpayer dollars.
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Congress Asked to Investigate Planned Parenthood Abortion Death
Congress Asked to Investigate Planned Parenthood Abortion Death | LifeNews.com: In response to news that a young woman, Tonya Reaves, died after a botched abortion at Planned Parenthood, the Susan B. Anthony List renewed the call for a congressional investigation into the abortion provider.
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Pro-Abortion Vandalism in Seattle
Brainstorming: How Do We Respond to This Act of Pro-Abortion Vandalism in Seattle?: Pro-abortion activists are praising someone who vandalized a pro-life pregnancy resource center’s advertisement on a major bus route in Seattle, WA with this sticker: “Be advised: this is an anti-choice organization. They will NOT present you with all your legal & medical options. Call Planned Parenthood instead: [number].”
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Congressman Introduces PRO-LIFE Act
Randy Neugebauer Introduces PRO-LIFE Act: U.S. Representative Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) introduced H.R. 6173, the PRO-LIFE Act (Protecting Life in Funding Education Act). The bill restricts federal funding to state and local educational agencies that contract with school-based health centers, unless those centers certify they will not perform abortions or provide abortion-related materials or suggestions to any student.
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