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Community Outreach: Center Takes Steps To Assist Planned Parenthood to Target Hispanics for Population Reduction
Clinic outreach workers for Thomason Hospital Women's Health Center have been touring the area's closed Planned Parenthood offices in a large white RV since the longtime women's health service called it quits in El Paso on June 30. The workers' hope is that women who don't know where to go for medical services will find a new home and not neglect their health. They hope the large vehicle helps grab patients' attention. "We are going to different sites of Planned Parenthood to talk to patients and let them know we're here to help," said Lelia Onsurez, community health educator for Thomason Hospital Women's Health Centers. "They're not going to be left out in the cold." Planned Parenthood provided family planning and primary care services and services for people living with AIDS and HIV.
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Vandals Hit Oregon Pregnancy Support Center With Graffiti
Graffiti vandals have targeted a local support center for pregnant women. The phrases "kill us now", "give us your eggs", "freedom", and a swastika cover the glass windows at the front of the Lane Pregnancy Support Center on 13th Avenue in Eugene. The vandalism occurred late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. According to a news release, Lane Pregnancy Support Center is a non-profit, privately funded pro-life community outreach serving over 300 clients in Lane County each month.
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'Cardiac Death' Allows One to Kill the Organ Donor
In 2006, research done by Dr. Gerald Buckberg, a cardio-thoracic surgeon and UCLA expert, demonstrated that a person can survive cardiac arrest for an average of 72 minutes if they are given the following treatment: cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, the use of a heart-lung machine to keep blood and oxygen circulating, and gradual restoration of blood and oxygen flow.
This research was done at hospitals in Alabama and Ann Arbor, Michigan and also in Germany. Of 34 patients, seven died, only two had permanent neurological changes and 25 recovered completely. One patient had been in cardiac arrest for two and a half hours. Similar results were obtained by research in Japan, Taiwan, and elsewhere in Asia.
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The Most Pro-Life State Gains Momentum for Personhood Initiative as Lt Governor Signs On
The Personhood Initiative in Mississippi has recently gain significant momentum because of national personhood efforts emerging around the country. Mississippi has long been known as the most "pro-life" state in America and could be the first state to affirm the personhood rights of all humans.
Lt Governor Phil Bryant also gave this effort a boost by endorsing the effort and signing the petition. He joined a growing and diverse group of political, church, and community leaders from across the state who are getting behind this effort.
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Abortion Pills Administered Incorrectly
The protocol at Planned Parenthood clinics for administering RU-486, the drug that causes medical abortions, was officially changed in order to reduce the resulting serious infections and deaths. Planned Parenthood is now trying to claim kudos for making medical abortions safer, for the mother. When the FDA first approved RU-486 — a combination of two drugs, mifepristone and misoprostol — as an abortifacient for the general public's use, manufactured by Danco Laboratories, their guidelines suggested oral use as the safest way to effect an abortion. However, Planned Parenthood (PP) had been telling women to use the drug as a suppository, and by their own admission giving it thusly in their clinics. This resulted in serious cases of infection and even death.
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Pro-Life Protester Interrupts Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing
An anti-abortion protester briefly disrupted the opening of Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination hearing.
The outburst came during Sen. Dianne Feinstein's opening statement Monday. A man in room interrupted her remarks by shouting: "Senator. What about the unborn!" He called abortion "genocide.
Capitol Police identified the protester as Robert James, from Virginia. He was charged with unlawful conduct and disruption of Congress.
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