“Assisted Suicide Advocates Seek to Euthanize the Rule of Law”
I was asked to write a piece for an online magazine called The Church Report. I decided to expand my criticism of the lawsuit in Connecticut to redefine the word “suicide” in the assisted suicide context to “aid in dying.” The suit wants a judge to rule that when the suicidal person is terminally ill and is assisted in self-killing by a lethal prescription from a physician, it is not assisted suicide, in short, a blatant attempt to legalize by lexicon that which could not be done by legislation.
I get into the history of “aid in dying” as an advocacy term coined to overcome poll results showing that people have a negative attitude toward suicide. From the column:
Never mind that it is accurate. The dictionary definition of “suicide” is “the act or an instance of taking one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally.” http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suicide And forget for the moment that fear of stigma can save lives. C & C is blatantly promoting a postmodern word engineering scheme that would sacrifice accurate and precise legal lexicon on the altar of emotional personal narratives.
Lest you think such subterfuge cannot succeed, it already has. Under Washington State’s newly legalize assisted suicide regime, participating doctors are legally required to lie on the death certificate by listing the cause of death as the underlying disease rather than the prescribed suicide drug overdose.
Redefining the term in order to legalize assisted suicide by judicial fiat would have consequences:
Consider the surrealistic possibilities: If the lawsuit succeeded and I gave a terminally ill friend in Connecticut an overdose with which to intentionally end his life, it would remain a crime. But if my friend consulted a doctor he doesn’t know who is affiliated with Compassion and Choices to obtain the overdose—as happens with most assisted suicides in Oregon— it would merely be legal “aid in dying”—this, even though the act, the motive, and the lethal consequence would be precisely the same in each instance. That’s not only nuts, it is blatantly Orwellian.
But the issue is bigger than just assisted suicide:
It is also dangerous beyond the issue of assisted suicide. The United States, we are often told, is a nation of laws and not of men. If we are to be governed by the rule of law, words have to matter and definitions must be capable of being relied upon. But if a commonly understood term can simply be tossed out in order to legalize what the people’s elected representatives made a crime, why couldn’t a judge similarly criminalize an otherwise legal act via the same sleight of hand machination? Indeed, should judges decide they can unilaterally change the rules by simply redefining terms, what law could permanently be relied upon?
The case should be a slam-dunk, the lawsuit thrown forcefully out of court. But the way things are in the courts today, you never know what will happen. In this sense, the assisted suicide lawsuit in Connecticut not only threatens to remove a vital legal protection from vulnerable patients, it is a lethal threat to the rule of law itself.
And frankly, I don’t think that assisted suicide advocates much care.
Contact: Wesley J. Smith
Source: Secondhand Smoke
Publish Date: October 19, 2009
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October 22, 2009
"Assisted Suicide Advocates Seek to Euthanize the Rule of Law"
Pro-Life Student Forced into Isolation on Day of Silent Witness by School Principal
Pro-Life Student Forced into Isolation on Day of Silent Witness by School Principal
Principal says the right to free speech does not apply to school property
16-year-old high school student Jennifer Rankin fully intended to unite her voicelessness with that of the unborn as part of the annual Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity when she arrived at school yesterday, reports Bill Henry of Sun Media.
She was impeded, however, by her school principal, who stated that the right to free speech does not apply on school property and who forced Rankin to remain in isolation for the entire day as long as she participated in the event.
During the annual Day of Silent Solidarity international campaign, which is organized by Stand True Ministries, students don red bands on their arms and red duct tape on their mouths, remaining silent while passing out fliers about the atrocity of abortion.
Rankin, 16, arrived at Peninsula Shores District School in Wiarton, Ontario yesterday morning, with the red tape over her mouth and with the simple word 'life' written upon it. She and her mother were stopped at the door, however, by school principal Patricia Cavan, while police cruisers stood nearby. Cavan initially told Rankin that she could not enter school property, but then consented to allowing her in the building, separated from other students.
"I was taken directly into a small room that was opposite the vice-principal's office and I was in there all day," Rankin told Sun Media. "I wasn't allowed to speak with or see any other students and students were not allowed to come and see me and I was isolated in that room for the entire day."
While Cavan had informed students in advance that their pro-life witness would not be allowed, Rankin insists that her Charter right to free expression was infringed. "I felt very discriminated by it," she said. "I don't think it was right at all what happened."
Several students had joined her in the event last year, but this time Rankin was alone. "I think a lot of people got scared and backed out," she said. "I would like to have the ability to correct this. I don't think it should be just left alone."
The youth pastor at Rankin's church, Ken Holley, expressed disappointment and insisted that the school's actions violated her rights. "It's a day of silence and basically they lose their voice for those that never had a voice," he said. "It's pro-life. There's no arguing. They can't talk all day. They just stay silent and if anybody asks why they're silent they hand out a little sheet that says this is why."
"I guess I am disappointed that they're not allowed to have a voice, or not have a voice, actually," he said.
Cavan, who did not return a message left by LifeSiteNews.com, told Sun Media that the right to free speech does not apply on school property. "School property is not a public place," she said. "So while absolutely we support the right to free speech in a public space, that's not school property." She said that school policy prohibits the dissemination of one-sided information on religious, political, or other issues that are controversial.
Pastor Holley pointed out that the school does an annual 'Gay Pride' day "where everybody wears pink shirts," and that the school allows nude pictures on the wall to stand as 'art'. "My students have to go to school and deal with that," he said, "and as soon as they try to stand up for anything, it's like, well, just be quiet, go home. I don't think that's right."
Cavan maintains that the 'Gay Pride' event is a different issue because it is about fighting homophobia and supporting rights guaranteed in the Charter. Jennifer Rankin's cause, however, "is not an issue under human rights," Cavan said. "It's an ethical/moral decision and everyone has the right to their view, absolutely. And I commend the students for their personal views and their desire to share their beliefs. I just want to assure that every student feels supported when those beliefs are shared."
Mary-Ellen Douglas of Campaign Life Coalition expressed dismay that the school shut down Rankin's message. "You would think a school, as a facility of education, would be the place where free speech would flourish, not the opposite," she said. Regarding the school's 'Gay Pride' day, she said, "There's only one side on that one, I guess, too, eh? They're just trying to make sure that the truth doesn't get out."
David Cortman, senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defence Fund, told LSN that "the school should be ashamed of its hypocrisy."
"On the one hand, the school first of all is apparently picking and choosing which parts of the Charter that it wants to comply with," he said. "It hides behind the Charter to justify its blatant promotion of the homosexual agenda, while at the same time it ignores the students' rights to free expression under the Charter."
"In my opinion, the policy and their actions, violate the Charter," he continued. "If homosexual behaviour is a human right, even more so is life itself a human right. ... I think it's just another instance of government indoctrination that's aimed at the suppression of religious speech."
Contact: Patrick B. Craine
Source: LifeSiteNews.com
Publish Date: October 21, 2009
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Police: 15-Year-Old Was Killed After Refusing to Get Abortion
Royce Mitchell was pressuring 15-year-old Tiffany Wright to end her pregnancy - and took her to an abortion clinic - according to new court documents that may shed light on why police say Mitchell should be prosecuted for statutory rape. The documents, released Tuesday, say Mitchell took Tiffany - his adopted sister - to a Charlotte abortion clinic in mid-July but was turned away because, at 21 weeks of pregnancy, she was too far along. Within days, Mitchell planned a trip to an Atlanta clinic where Tiffany's pregnancy could be terminated, the documents say. Tiffany refused to go. On Sept. 14, Tiffany, a Hawthorne High junior, was fatally shot as she waited for her school bus on Mallard Creek Road. Doctors delivered her baby girl, but the infant died.
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Sheriff's Pre-Pay Abortion Policy Overturned
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio cannot force jail inmates who want an abortion to pay up front for transportation and security, a Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Robert Oberbillig sided with the American Civil Liberties Union, which challenged the sheriff's policy as an obstacle to a timely abortion. The judge said, however, that the inmates could eventually be billed for the transportation and security costs. Alessandra Solar Meetz with the ACLU said the decision removed an obstacle for inmates seeking an abortion. "It's pretty obvious that the judge recognized there was no legitimate jail interest in continuing to put forth this argument," Meetz said. Darrell Manhart, attorney for the sheriff, said, "This means the county will, in very many instances, likely not be paid at all and, therefore, it will have to be making transports for abortion services, that it otherwise is not required to do.
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200 abortionists, Jeanne Tiller get aborted eye-full at National Abortion Federation event
On October 17, the National Abortion Federation held a "Remembering Dr. Tiller" event at the Westin Hotel in Denver, with 200 abortionists from around the world attending. I simply can't imagine being in a room full of abortionists. Their hands, yuck. What did they talk about? Although the thought of all this truly creeps me out, this is the sort of event where I'd like to be a fly on the wall.
Jeanne Tiller accepted the award on behalf of her husband George, who was murdered May 31.
American Right to Life got wind of the event beforehand and were able to strategically place cars across the street from the Westin, honoring one of their maxims, "no child killing with tranquility."
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Archdiocese laments feminist praise for 30,000 legal abortions performed in Mexico City
The Archdiocese of Mexico City has criticized the so-called “success” celebrated by abortion supporters in the country after it was announced that 30,000 abortions have been performed in the capital since the practice was legalized.
The archdiocesan newspaper, “Desde la Fe,” published the statistics that were released by the Mexico City Institute of Women.
“These figures were presented as a triumph for the rights of women against the ‘shadowy interests’ of ‘the right and of conservatives,” the newspaper said.
“What are these people celebrating this as a triumph?” the article questioned. “Nothing less than the annihilation of more than 30,000 human lives, with the medical, technical, legal and economic support of the Federal District’s government, where not only the Legislative Assembly, but also the head of the government and supposed defender of Human Rights have actively intervened to carry out this massacre, an embarrassment for our times.”
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Oklahoma law that collects abortion stats won’t violate privacy
Proponents of Oklahoma legislation that would ban sex-selective abortions and would require the collection and internet publication of statistics on abortions in the state are denying critics’ claims that the bill would violate the privacy of women seeking abortions.
Statistical Reporting of Abortions Act is slated to take effect on Nov. 1, but it may be held up in court.
The Act requires the Oklahoma Department of Health to publish data online on all abortion patients, including the woman’s race, marital status, financial circumstances, years of education, number of previous pregnancies and her reason for seeking the abortion.
The law does not allow women’s names to be posted, but it requires women to answer 37 questions, including a question about the county in which the abortion is performed. Sen. Todd Lamb (R-Okla.) told CNN on Wednesday that the questions were derived from questionnaires used by the Guttmacher Institutehe, the former research arm of Planned Parenthood.
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Cord-Blood Clinic to Open in Arizona
The Celebration Stem Cell Centre in Gilbert, Ariz. is nearing completion.
The center will be a cord-blood donation facility, research lab for adult stem-cell treatments and offer genetic counseling. It will also serve as a private storage facility for cord blood.
Dawn Vargo, bioethics analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said adult stem cells derived from cord blood allow researchers to find treatments for diseases without harming a human embryo in the process.
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October 21, 2009
ObamaCare = Coerced Abortions
Health care bill that funds abortion and rations care will lead to women being coerced into abortions
Today Concerned Women for America will join in a press conference on health care with numerous groups including Focus on the Family Action, National Right to Life, and Family Research Council as well as Representatives Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina,) Tom Price (R-Georgia) and Eric Cantor (R-Virginia.) The press conference will be held in the House Triangle.
"Women are generally the primary decision-makers in the family when it comes to health care. However, our ability to make health care decisions will be snatched away and given to bureaucrats empowered to ration care and pay for abortion," stated Wendy Wright, President of Concerned Women for America.
"The current bill sets up a system whereby bureaucrats decide what health care we can receive, with cost as a major factor. It also will fund abortion. Since abortion costs less than prenatal care, delivery and post-natal care, especially if the mother or child has special needs, it is not unlikely that bureaucrats will put on their green-eye shades and decide that abortion will be covered but expensive maternal and child care is not.
"Amendments to ensure access to health benefits regardless of age, expected length of life or disability were defeated along party lines. This means that the most vulnerable -- unborn and premature babies, and those with special needs -- will be discriminated against if this bill passes.
"This bill gives czar-like power to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who has a history of siding with abortionists over women. President Obama's appointees who have little regard for the value of life are far less qualified than mothers to make health decisions for our families."
Contact: Demi Bardsley
Source: Concerned Women for America
Publish Date: October 21, 2009
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Obamacare: "Harardous Pathway," The Road to Death Panels
I have a piece in today's NRO about the Liverpool Care Pathway, which we have discussed here previously at SHS. From my column:
The United Kingdom continues to provide vivid warnings about the dangers of centralized health-care planning — a real possibility under Obamacare. Within the last few years, the U.K.'s notorious rationing board, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), urged hospitals, nursing homes, and hospices to follow an end-of-life protocol known as the Liverpool Care Pathway. The Pathway's guidelines instruct doctors to put patients thought to be near death into a drug-induced coma, after which all food and fluids, as well as medical treatments such as antibiotics, are withdrawn until death.
The problem with such a protocol is that no matter how well motivated — and undoubtedly, the Pathway's creators had good intentions — follow-the-dots medical protocols often lead to patients' being treated as members of a category rather than as individuals. At that point, nuance often goes out the door, and mistakes, neglect, and even oppression frequently follow.
I get into some of the horror stories, such as the man put into a coma and dehydrated who turned out not to have cancer. And then I tie the Pathway into Obamacare:
This is precisely the paint-by-the-numbers medical approach that Obamacare threatens to bring across the pond to our shores. Indeed, former senator Tom Daschle — whom the New York Times called the most influential adviser to the president in the health-care debate — has long urged that America adopt NICE-style centralized medical planning. Indeed, according to Scott Gottlieb, writing in the Wall Street Journal, Daschle "argues that the only way to reduce spending is by allocating medical products based on 'cost effectiveness.' He's also called for a 'federal health board' modeled on the Federal Reserve to rate medical products and create central controls on access."
Chillingly, current Obamacare plans call for the creation of many cost/benefit/best-practices boards, the full power of which won't be fully known until the bureaucrats promulgate tens of thousands of pages of regulations between now and 2013, when the law would go into effect. Making matters more alarming, these boards would not only govern treatment provided in any public-option health plan, but would also be empowered to set the standards of care paid for by private insurance. Unless the final version of Obamacare is amended explicitly to prohibit such centralized health planning, don't be surprised if an American version of the Liverpool Care Pathway comes soon to a hospital or nursing home near you.
Obamacare is intent on cutting costs. The great danger is that while the government will never ration its own spending, never cut its own perks, never decide that a program has outlived its usefulness, it will readily cut the most vulnerable among us out of life itself.
Contact: Wesley J. Smith
Source: Secondhand Smoke
Publish Date: October 20, 2009
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Witness found in 'forced pregnancy test'
Lawsuit seeks apology for counselor's demands
A witness has been found who supports the claim by a 12-year-old girl that a school counselor in Nevada City, Calif., forced her to take a pregnancy test after hearing rumors she might be pregnant, according to a law firm working on the case.
WND reported in February on the civil rights case filed by the Pacific Justice Institute against the Nevada City School District.
The organization took the action after failing to obtain an apology from the district for the counselor's actions in requiring the test without the consent from the girl's parents – or even their knowledge.
"Parents have enough to worry about with sex education being taught in public schools without now having to wonder whether their daughters will be forced to take pregnancy tests," Pacific Justice President Brad Dacus said at the time. "This was a clear breach of parental trust."
The case alleges the school counselor demanded that C.R., as she is being referred to in court documents in order to maintain her privacy, take a pregnancy test after hearing rumor that she might be pregnant. Even though C.R. denied that she was pregnant, claiming that false rumors had been spread about her in the past, her word was not good enough.
"Instead of accepting C.R.'s denial, or contacting her parents, the counselor got a pregnancy test from the school nurse and ordered C.R. into a bathroom to give a urine sample. Feeling that she did not have a choice, C.R. reluctantly complied," the Pacific Justice Institute said.
The test results came back negative, however C.R. was embarrassed and humiliated.
When the girl later told her parents about the incident, they were livid and eventually contacted Troy Vahidi, an affiliate attorney with Pacific Justice.
"The school counselor had no right to force an emotionally fragile 12-year-old to take a pregnancy test," Vahidi said. "She was humiliated, and her privacy rights were trampled. Every minor has the right to make sensitive decisions such as taking a pregnancy test in consultation with her parents and medical providers."
School spokesman Roger Steel told WND the school denied the allegations as without merit and never has had pregnancy tests on campus.
The law firm said, however, that during a deposition another student verified the claims by C.R. She said she was present in the school office on the day that C.R. was forced to take the test. She claims that the counselor told her that he had tested C.R., but that the results came back negative.
The firm also said there is evidence in this case backing the claim that another student at the school also was forced to take a pregnancy test.
The case is scheduled for trial in March of next year.
Pacific Justice Institute staff attorney Matthew McReynolds attended the deposition and concluded, "We felt the evidence in this case is compelling, and last week's testimony by a former classmate with no stake in this lawsuit confirms our suspicions. We are also concerned that there may be more victims who have yet to come forward."
Dacus said, "This case could have been quickly resolved at the outset with a simple apology and policy change. Since the school district has chosen to deny any wrongdoing, we will continue to fight to ensure that what happened to this 12-year-old girl never happens again in this or any other California school district."
Contact: Kathleen Farah
Source: WorldNetDaily
Publish Date: October 20, 2009
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Fetal Cell Experiments on Patients: Not Learning Their Lessons
The journal Science reports that scientists in Europe, in collaboration with American researchers, are planning new trials using aborted fetal tissue in an attempt to treat Parkinson's disease, despite what is termed a "growing scepticism" among the scientific community about the wisdom of such fetal cell trials.
Scepticism indeed. Perhaps they need to be reminded of the last few times when fetal cells were used in attempts to treat patients for neurological conditions, especially Parkinson's. Most prominent was the 2001 published report of the clinical trial showing that Parkinson's patients not only did not improve, but a significant number of the transplants were deleterious to the patients. The New York Times story called the outcome "devastating"; "the patients writhed and jerked uncontrollably." Or there was the other large clinical trial published in 2003, showing similar results, with significant numbers of patients with worsened conditions. Or the followup report on some of the patients who did not worsen immediately, published in 2008, showing that those fetal grafts had developed Parkinson's characteristics. And then there are the papers showing "graft overgrowth" (interesting euphemism) in a Parkinson's patient and a Huntington's patient, both treated with injections of fetal cells into their brains.
According to the story in Science, even the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research has become much more cautious about cell therapy, noting the foundation is now funding new drug development and very little stem cell research.
Another feature of the "graft overgrowth" that has been seen is tumors. In February 2009 the story broke that a young Israeli boy had developed tumors, from a fetal stem cell transplant.
All of this endangering of patients with fetal cells, while adult stem cells already have shown real promise. An Australian group has successfully treated Parkinson's in mice using adult stem cells. And in February 2009, Levesque et al. published a case study showing a Parkinson's patient's own adult stem cells ameliorated his symptoms for almost five years. It would seem the payoff is already coming from adult stem cells.
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Publish Date: October 21, 2009
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Population control advocates neglect concrete health problems, Steve Mosher says
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Researchers who claim that an increased human population size harms the environment have written an editorial in a prominent British medical journal promoting contraceptive use in the Third World, leading Steve Mosher of the Population Research Institute to warn that concerns about population control and climate change neglect the concrete health problems of people.
Leo Bryant, who is a researcher at the World Health Organization and an advocacy manager for the international pro-abortion group Marie Stopes International, authored an editorial in The Lancet claiming that increased access to contraceptives would slow population growth and curtail climate change, Reuters reports.
He claimed that two hundred million women want access to birth control but cannot get it. This reportedly results in 76 million unintended pregnancies every year.
His study on the relationship between climate change and population growth in the world's 40 poorest countries reportedly indicated that rapid population growth puts pressure on the environment.
Though population growth in poor nations with low carbon emissions is considered unlikely to increase global warming significantly, Bryant said that overpopulation combined with climate change will worsen living conditions and degrade natural resources, Reuters says.
The research, to be published in the World Health Organization Bulletin in November, reports that population growth in countries such as Ethiopia and Rwanda is exacerbating drought and straining fresh water supplies.
Bryant told Bloomberg that the "environmental relevance of family planning" should be examined.
"Reproductive health services ought to be integrated into the climate adaptation strategy," he said.
Advocates of population control claim that contraceptive family planning is five times cheaper than "green" technologies intended to fight climate change.
According to Reuters, policymakers neglect family planning in order to avoid being associated with efforts like China's one-child policy, whose implementation has included coercive abortions and sterilizations.
Bryant told Reuters that researchers are not advocating that governments instruct people how many children they can have.
"The ability to choose your family size… is a fundamental human right," he claimed. "But lack of access to family planning means millions of people in developing countries don't have that right."
Steve Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute (PRI), commented on the Lancet essay in an e-mail to CNA. He charged that population control advocates blame people as the economy sours.
Claims in the article's subtitle calling climate change "the biggest global health threat" of the century, in Mosher's view, are "simply not true."
"Everyone reading the Lancet article will be dead in a hundred years, and I guarantee that they will not die from 'climate change.' Rather, they will die from infectious diseases, from cancers, from heart attacks, from strokes, and so on."
"These are the real health threats of our age," Mosher claimed. "These are the threats to our lives and wellbeing that should command our attention and our resources, not some vague, unpredictable and indirect health consequences of supposed 'global warming.'"
Population control advocates are distracting from "more immediate threats" to human health and are delaying the discovery of cures for fatal illnesses, he charged.
The immediate health concerns of Africans, particularly HIV/AIDS, is a topic that has been raised by bishops at the synod for Africa in recent days.
Many Catholic prelates in Africa have criticized the distribution of contraceptives, the use of which Catholic teaching considers to be a sin against marriage.
Bishop of Capra, Namibia Joseph Shpandeni Shikongo addressed the Synod for Africa, meeting in Rome this month, on the topic of condoms.
He stated that they spread a "secular and relativistic vision of sexuality" and encourage promiscuity.
He also criticized the government in his country for undermining the Church's promotion of abstinence in the face of HIV/AIDS, adding that the Namibian government is much better financed, has international advisors and better access to the media than the Church.
Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, who is Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana, has also reported that faulty condoms imported to Ghana often break and give a "false sense of security" in fighting HIV/AIDS.
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Publish Date: October 20, 2009
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Pregnancy resource centers save lives
Mallory Hitt could have been aborted after her mother was raped but instead was placed for adoption because her mother chose to go to a pregnancy resource center. Now she is a dean's list student hoping to achieve a law degree.
Hitt shared her story at the National Press Club, where the Family Research Council released a new report detailing the impact of pregnancy resource centers nationwide in curbing the abortion epidemic and improving the lives of pregnant women in need.
"Had my birthmother not turned to the pregnancy center for help, I might not have left her womb intact. I am glad to be alive and feel an obligation to let people know that pregnancy centers are good for America because they really help women and children," Hitt, a student at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va., said.
The FRC report, "A Passion to Serve, A Vision for Life," is available at www.aPassionToServe.org and includes information on how pregnancy resource centers in the United States and worldwide have made a difference. Release of the report coincided with the 40-year anniversary of the pregnancy resource center movement in the U.S.
With more than 2,300 U.S. centers affiliated with national organizations, pregnancy resource centers assist about 5,500 Americans daily with concerns related to sexuality and pregnancy, in addition to serving in more than 40 countries, according to the report, which was released Sept. 30.
"This report lays out the untold story of centers that provide caring and compassionate services to at least 1.9 million people each year at little or no cost to the clients and the taxpayers, in large part thanks to private charity and the high proportion of trained volunteers who work at the centers," Tony Perkins, FRC's president, said.
One way some pregnancy resource centers assist pregnant women is by providing free ultrasounds. Women who are at risk to have an abortion, the report said, are twice as likely "to express their intent to carry their baby" to term if they receiving counseling and an ultrasound than if they only receive counseling.
Another way pregnancy resource centers assist women is by connecting with them online, the report said.
The 24/7 Option Line contact center, a website that assists people with pregnancy-related and abortion-recovery needs, is operated by Care Net, a nonprofit organization that supports a large network of pregnancy centers, and joint venture partner Heartbeat International, an association of such centers, the report said.
"The Option Line is giving us the opportunity to reach 93 percent of those women, our youngest demographic, who will only go online to find their answers, to connect with a real person and get them in a door where the loving care and support is there for her," Melinda Delahoyde, Care Net's president, said at the news conference.
Pregnancy resource centers help women attain better health for themselves and for their children by providing abortion alternatives such as pregnancy support and adoption, Freda McKissic Bush, medical advisor for Heartbeat International, said.
Among services provided by many pregnancy resource centers, according to the report, are pregnancy testing, ultrasounds, prenatal care, childbirth classes, testing for sexually transmitted diseases, abstinence education, post-abortion counseling and material assistance.
Pregnancy resource centers not only provide for needs from resources within the centers but by connecting women to free clinics, community health centers and other services, which usually result in positive maternal and child health effects, the report said. Examples of community, social and support agencies are listed in the document, which is available for download at www.aPassionToServe.org.
Sandy Christiansen, national medical consultant to Care Net, said she has performed hundreds of ultrasounds at pregnancy resource centers.
"I never tire of observing the look in that woman's eye or the man's eye ... when they first see that baby.... When they see a flickering heartbeat, they make a connection," Christiansen said.
Only 13 percent of counties in the United States have an abortion facility, but 65 percent of all U.S. women live in those counties, Margaret Hartshorn, president of Heartbeat International, said.
Although pregnancy resource centers make positive contributions in their communities, the centers face challenges.
"Any health care reform, any public policy that inhibits the centers is undercutting the wellbeing of mothers, babies and families," said Charles Donovan, senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation's DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society.
In addition, an FRC staff member said the Obama administration sees an unborn child as a commodity for use in embryonic stem cell research. FRC, an organization that promotes marriage, family and the sanctity of human life in national policy, rejects such a view, said Rob Schwarzwalder, FRC's senior vice president.
"The Obama administration has made a very studied and deliberate choice in the use of the term the 'need for abortion,' implying that such a need ever exists," Schwarzwalder said.
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Source: BP
Publish Date: October 19, 2009
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Lack of Truth in Advertising at IVF Clinics
A paper published in the journal Fertility and Sterility by researchers at Columbia University finds that most IVF clinics fail to mention negatives associated with genetic testing of embryos.
Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is used to test for various genetic disorders, as well as to choose the sex of an infant. However the eugenic procedure, which involves removing one or two cells from an early embryo for the genetic testing, is not completely reliable and can harm or destroy the embryo. The researchers looked at websites of 83 IVF clinics that offered PGD; 22 of the clinics were hospital- or university-based, while 61 were private clinics. Only 1/3 of the clinic websites mentioned the possibility of misdiagnosis, and only 14% mentioned the risk to the embryo.
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Sheriff Sued Again For Restricting Inmate Abortion
The popular elected official who operates the prison system in one of the nation's largest counties is being sued for unconstitutionally restricting the rights of inmates to have abortions. Well known nationally for conducting effective immigration raids that have cleaned up the Phoenix metropolitan area, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio illegally obstructs inmates' access to abortion care, according to a 22-page lawsuit filed on behalf of a prisoner in Arizona Superior Court. In doing so the sheriff violates protection against cruel and unusual punishment guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution's Eighth Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment's right to access reproductive healthcare.
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Thousands of Colombians stand up for life, women and the family in Medellin
Medellin, Colombia - At least 10,000 Colombians took to the streets of Medellin on October 17 for the March for Life, Women and the Family to voice support for the unborn in response to plans to build an abortion clinic in the city with public funds. The number of protestors who came out for the event surpassed even the organizers' expectations.
Young people, children, the elderly and entire families marched from the Explora Park to Cisneros Square carrying signs and chanting pro-life slogans. At the conclusion of the march, various pro-life leaders addressed the crowd on abortion and adoption, with some women sharing personal testimonies.
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Pro-Life Supporters Rally in Helena
Pro-life supporters wrapped up a weekend-long tour of several cities to introduce a new initiative they hope to get on the 2010 general election ballot on Sunday. CI-102 would add unborn babies to the definition of "person" under the Montana code. The initiative's creators held a meeting in Great Falls last week to start to gather signatures for a petition to get the initiative included in the next election. Then after a stop in Missoula, the group wrapped up the weekend with a meeting in Helena on Sunday.
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Peruvian Congress continues forward with measure to legalize abortion
Lima, Peru. - A new bill that would legalize abortion in cases of rape and fetal deformation has moved through a Congressional committee in Peru and will be sent to the floor of the Peruvian Congress in the coming months, despite widespread opposition to the measure among voters.
Various lawmakers from the ruling party in Peru—which has expressed opposition to abortion—voted to move the bill through committee, including Representative Jose Vargas, who recently during a radio interview called those who defend the unborn hypocrites. "Nobody defends life without restriction because, for example, a vegetable is life and therefore you shouldn't eat salads," he argued
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Two High Profile Pro-Life Prelates Appointed to Key Vatican Post
Two prelates who are known for their vocal defence of life and family as well as the defence of traditional liturgical practices have been appointed to one of the most critical offices in the Catholic Church. Archbishop Raymond L. Burke and Antonio Cardinal Canizares Llovera have been appointed to serve in the Vatican's Congregation for Bishops, the group that oversees the selection of bishops around the world.
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October 20, 2009
Students for Life of Illinois to Host Pro-Life Leadership Summit
Pro-Life students will be trained to transform campus culture
CHICAGO.- Loyola University Students for Life will host the third annual Students for Life of Illinois statewide Leadership Summit, with the theme: “Leadership. Media. Activism.” At this event, students will develop the skills necessary for an active pro-life presence on their campuses.
“This summit will inspire and challenge students to effectively present the truth about human life issues on their campuses,” said John-Paul Deddens, Executive Director of Students for Life of Illinois.
The event will take place Saturday Oct. 24th at the Crown Center of Loyola University. Check-in begins at 9:00 a.m., and the event spans 9:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The registration is $30 and includes lunch and conference materials.
The conference features nationally known speakers David Bereit, the founder of 40 Days for Life; Kristan Hawkins, Executive Director of Students for Life of America; and Eric Scheidler, Communications Director of the Pro-Life Action League.
“The right to life is the human rights issue of our generation,” Deddens said. “Students must be involved in order to change our society. This conference will be a catalyst for that change.”
To learn more information about the conference, visit the web site at: www.prolifeillinois.com/summit.
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Source: Students for Life of Illinois
Publish Date: October 20, 2009
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More questions arise about HPV vaccine
Gardasil, the vaccine given to girls to prevent a sexually transmitted disease that can cause cervical cancer, is continuing to be questioned on its safety and efficacy.
Representatives of the Population Research Institute attended an international conference on vaccination recently and listened to a presentation on Gardasil by an expert. One of the PRI representatives, Joan Robinson, noted the vaccine is designed for 9- to 13-year-old girls. She examined the research, and found that little to no impact would be made on cervical cancer rates.
"In 60 years of vaccination of at least 70 percent of the female population, [coupled] with all of those women also getting annual pap smears and monitoring as well as booster shots," Robinson explains, "they will only have reduced, at the most, a minimal decrease of cervical cancer."
Besides the usefulness of Gardasil, questions have arisen about its safety. In fact, 44 girls died after getting Gardasil shots while 15,000 reported adverse side effects -- and that figure could actually be higher because some countries do not gather or report the statistics. Now Merck, which manufactures Gardasil, is proposing to give the vaccinations to boys.
Robinson wonders at the logic of offering to boys now. "It's an interesting thing...since HPV is transmitted through the male carrier to a woman," she said. "I was actually curious why they didn't start with a vaccination for boys."
She suggests it may be because there is insufficient research. All in all, Robinson encourages people considering the vaccine for their children to be aware of the research and the difficulties with Gardasil before proceeding.
Contact: Charlie Butts
Source: OneNewsNow
Publish Date: October 20, 2009
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Pro-life supporters observe day of silence
Today is the sixth annual Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity.
The pro-life observance is intended as a day of prayer and a day of solidarity with young people around the world who believe that life is precious. Students wear a piece of tape across their mouths and red armbands demonstrating their pro-life stance.
"Students around the world will be taking a vow of silence in solidarity with the almost 4,000 children who die from abortion every day," says Bryan Kemper of Stand True ministries. "We have students from over 4,700 schools in 25 countries who participated last year, and we expect even more this year."
Kemper, founder of the annual event, says they often hear stories of the effects the day of silence has on others. "Last year we heard back from 58 girls who cancelled their abortions that day," he explains. "That's 58 human beings that we know of who are alive today because of these students taking a stand."
The event website offers numerous resources for participants, including a letter written by the Alliance Defense Fund that explains to schools their students' right to stage such an event. The letter is designed to assist students if their school harasses them about participating in the Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity.
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Publish Date: October 20, 2009
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YouTube video records attack on pro-life advocate near abortuary
The pro-abortion woman who harassed pro-lifers in Fresno
Fresno, Calif. - A Latino pro-life advocate participating in the 40 Days for Life campaign outside a California abortion clinic was assaulted last Thursday by a pro-choice woman who cut his arm while going on an obscene tirade. Video of the attack has been posted on YouTube.
Victor Fierro, director of Latinos4Life, was outside the Planned Parenthood Mar Monte affiliate in Fresno, California when a woman passed by and shouted obscenities at him. She also called him a “fascist” who “hates women’s rights.”
According to audio of the off-camera incident posted on YouTube, one man chuckled in reply, saying “Thank you very much and God bless you.”
Soon after, the woman returned. She cut Fierro's arm with an unknown object, drawing blood, before returning to her car and fleeing the scene. The attacker’s face and license plate were captured on camera.
Asked by someone if these attacks happened often, a man replied, “That’s the first time this year.”
A police report was filed concerning the incident.
Right to Life of Central California (RLCC) condemned the attack and alleged there is a pattern of threats and intimidation against pro-life volunteers.
“We’re just trying to hold a peaceful prayer vigil out here. We’re law-abiding citizens, standing on a public sidewalk, with the full support of the Fresno Police Department, and yet several pro-abortion-choice people have been harassing us since day one. Now it’s turned physical,” said RLCC Education Director Josh Brahm.
RLCC said that another police report has been filed concerning another individual who has stolen signs and made threatening remarks.
Further, a man called the Fresno Right to Life office on Friday, trying to link the protesters with those who “go and shoot doctors.”
“Why don’t you just die,” he reportedly said, alongside several obscenities.
Brahm insisted that Fresno Right to Life has “a long and undeniable history of peaceful pro-life activism, which we will proudly continue even in the face of bullying and intimidation.”
RLCC charged that local media ignored the story of the assault. KMPH Fox 26 told Brahm that they would not cover the story because Fierro “wasn’t stabbed, just scratched.”
Click here to view the uncensored video of the attack, which contains obscene language and gestures.
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Publish Date: October 20, 2009
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Taxpayer-Funded Abortion Key in Health-Care Debate
As health-care reform moves forward, pro-lifers aren’t backing down from their fight to exclude abortion funding from the bill.
The Senate Finance Committee has sent a health-care proposal to its colleagues, but the legislation includes language that would mean taxpayer funding for abortions.
The majority of Republicans are holding fast to their resolve to reject any bill that does not contain specific language denying abortion coverage.
Pro-life groups are also keeping up the pressure for exclusion of abortion from the final draft.
Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., held a town-hall meeting in Colorado Springs today and said a Hyde-type amendment needs to be added to the legislation.
The Hyde Amendment says no federal funding can pay for abortions through the Health and Human Services appropriations bill. Current health-care legislation falls outside of that budget.
“Abortion funding is going to be something that’s going to be outside the annual appropriations process,” Lamborn said, “so if that language isn’t in the bill, then it’s a disaster as far as abortion goes.”
Lamborn predicted it would come down to a few votes.
“Some of these Blue Dog Democrats, they’re going to have to face the choice of whether they follow the people of their district or whether they follow their leadership,” he said, “because they can’t really satisfy both.”
President Barack Obama told a joint session of Congress in September that there would be no federal funding of abortion in health-care reform.
David Bereit, national director of 40 Days for Life and co-founder of the Stop the Abortion Mandate Coalition, told LifeSiteNews.com the current law before the Senate violates that promise.
“Regrettably, abortion industry lobbyists have successfully hijacked the health-care reform debate,” he said, “convincing these bureaucrats to move one step closer to handing the abortion industry a multi-billion-dollar, government-subsidized bailout that could jeopardize the prospects of real health-care reform for the American people.”
The Rev. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, told LifeSiteNews.com a grassroots effort is the only way to stop the legislation.
“If people have already contacted their members of Congress, now’s the time to contact them again,” he said, “because what matters in government is the perseverance of the communication. Send another letter; make another phone call.”
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Publish Date: October 19, 2009
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Fr. Jenkins Reelected as President of Notre Dame
South Bend, IN, - The Notre Dame Board of Trustees has re-elected Fr. John Jenkins to a second five-year term as president of the university, despite severe and widespread criticism of his role in inviting pro-abortion President Obama to speak and receive an award at Notre Dame's graduation this past year.
On the occasion of his election last Friday, both the Board of Trustees of Notre Dame and the Fellows of the University issued resolutions supporting Fr. Jenkins and praising him for his commitment to the Catholic faith.
The Board of Trustees lauded Fr. Jenkins for helping make Notre Dame a place where "the Catholic faith and intellectual tradition are celebrated and lived." Similarly, the Fellows of the University sung their appreciation of Fr. Jenkins' commitment to the "Catholic character of the University."
Despite such lavish praise from Notre Dame's own institutions, many continue to criticize Fr. Jenkins for his decision to allow President Obama to speak at Notre Dame's commencement on May 17th, despite the protestations of over eighty Catholic bishops who opposed the invitation. Many of those bishops argued that invitation ran contrary to the document "Catholics in Political Life," issued by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, which explicitly states that "Catholic institutions should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles. They should not be given awards, honors or platforms which would suggest support for their actions."
Patrick J. Reilly, president of the Cardinal Newman Society, said in a statement issued today: "Notre Dame has suffered terribly in recent years because of a lack of leadership and commitment to its Catholic identity. The Board of Trustees has once again neglected their responsibility to uphold Notre Dame's Catholic mission by reelecting a president who has displayed public disrespect for the bishops and has permitted repeated scandals including the honors to President Obama and performances of The Vagina Monologues."
"The Vagina Monologues," a play that many call pornographic, casts group masturbation, sex between a female adult and a minor, and lesbian activity in a positive light. Bishop John D'Arcy, whose diocese contains Notre Dame University, has criticized Fr. Jenkin's continuing refusal to prevent the showing of "The Vagina Monologues" at Notre Dame, which he called a "sad and immoral play, offensive to the dignity of women."
Bishop D'Arcy also opposed President Obama's appearance at Notre Dame, leading an evening rosary at Notre Dame the day before Commencement. He recently asked in a public letter if Notre Dame has given up its responsibility to "give public witness to the truths revealed by God and taught by the church?"
Shortly after the decision to have Obama speak and receive an award at Commencement was announced, a group of Notre Dame alumni launched a website devoted entirely to ensuring that Jenkins was replaced as the president of the University. The creators of the site, replacejenkins.com, said that, "Although we love Notre Dame, our conscience requires that we withhold all financial support from our University until such time as Father Jenkins is replaced as Notre Dame's President with someone who will be more loyal to the teaching of the Catholic Church."
After its launch, numerous pledges to withhold funding from the university until Fr. Jenkins was replaced poured in. The administrators of replacejenkins.com claimed to have personally verified many of the pledges with the would-be donors, and in April said that the amount of funding lost by the university over the Obama scandal added up to over $8.2 million.
However, Richard C. Notebaert, Chairman of the university's Board of Trustees, defended Fr. Jenkins' decision to invite President Obama as providing "an opening for dialogue on those issues on which the Catholic Church and our president are not in agreement."
Reacting to his re-election, Fr. Jenkins said that he was humbled to have the confidence of the board and said that he would ensure "that our Catholic character informs all that we do." Such statements echo the statement made at his first inauguration, on September 23, 2005, when he said that his presidency would "be driven by a wholehearted commitment to uniting and integrating these two indispensable ... strands of higher learning: academic excellence and religious faith."
Fr. Jenkins recently announced that he will establish a Task Force for Supporting the Choice for Life, and that he will attend the next March for Life in Washington, DC.
Many, however, have said that these words and deeds are empty gestures meant simply to pacify his critics, especially given Jenkins' continued unwillingness to seek leniency for the 88 pro-life protesters arrested on Notre Dame's campus on the day of Commencement. Thomas Brejcha, President & Chief Counsel of the pro-life law firm, the St. Thomas More Society, suggested that Jenkins' participation at the pro-life protest in Washington could be seen as ironical, given his attitude toward the 88 protesters and the fact that one of those arrested is Norma McCorvey, the "Roe" of Roe vs. Wade.
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Publish Date: October 19, 2009
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Wisconsin Right to Life Presents Sarah Palin at Wisconsin Exposition Center, November 6
On Friday, November 6, 2009, Wisconsin Right to Life presents Sarah Palin at the Wisconsin Exposition Center, Hall B, State Fair Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Download the event flier here: www.wrtl.org/pdf/PalinPoster.pdf
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Japan Times: Abortion Still Key Birth Control
People may be surprised to know abortion has been legal in Japan since 1949, more than a decade earlier than in other industrialized countries. In subsequent years, abortion became socially accepted to the point that Japan drew international criticism for attracting foreigners seeking to terminate their pregnancies. Since the turn of the 21st century, around 300,000 abortions have been conducted in Japan each year.
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Florida Plan Advises Hospitals to Bar Some Patients In Event of Severe Flu Pandemic
Florida health officials are drawing up guidelines that recommend barring patients with incurable cancer, end-stage multiple sclerosis and other conditions from being admitted to hospitals if the state is overwhelmed by flu cases. The plan, which would guide Florida hospitals on how to ration scarce medical care during a severe flu outbreak, also calls for doctors to remove patients with poor prognoses from ventilators to treat those who have better chances of surviving. That decision would be made by the hospital.
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Pro-Life Campaigners Compare Abortion to Genocide
The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform had a display of anti-abortion images and pamphlets on Pedestrian Walkway outside of Hodges Library Oct. 14. The images showed first, second and third trimester aborted fetuses, as well as images of genocide and mass murders. Gene, a volunteer for Bio-Ethical Reform, said the goal in showing the abortion pictures on a college campus is to educate. "Abortion is an evil threaded into the fabric of society," Gene said. "My goal is to educate young people and help them see who this child is that is being aborted."
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West Shore Student Will Be Allowed to Wear Pro-Life T-shirt After Federal Judge Agreement
A federal judge approved an agreement Monday between the parent of a middle school student and the West Shore School District that will allow the student to wear an anti-abortion T-shirt to school. Officials at Crossroads Middle School told the student to turn inside out his homemade T-shirt, which read "Abortion is not Healthcare," the day President Barack Obama addressed students nationwide.
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'Personhood' Amendment Goes to Judiciary Committee in Michigan
Both Republicans and Democrats have signed on to a resolution effectively outlawing abortion in Michigan. It is now going into a judiciary committee. It's a controversial topic that has both sides heated and others silent on the issue. The House Joint Resolution II (2009) includes language that says "With respect to the fundamental and inalienable right to life, the word "person" applies to all human beings, irrespective of age, race, gender, health, function, condition of dependency, including physical or mental dependency, or method of reproduction, from the beginning of their biological development, including fertilization." This "personhood" amendment would define life as beginning at conception and essentially ban abortion in Michigan.
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October 19, 2009
Lawsuits continue to block Illinois parental notification law
The ACLU has filed another lawsuit to block Illinois' parental notification law for abortions performed on minors.
The law, passed in 1995, has never been implemented because of numerous lawsuits. Recently, a federal court ordered the law into effect by early November.
Tom Brechja of the Thomas More Society, who has been heavily involved in the litigation, says they are gathering their forces. The attorney argues it is just logical for parents to know about a child's request for an abortion, especially when a child just needing a tonsillectomy requires parental consent.
Tom Brechja (Thomas More Society)"The attorney general of Illinois would be the main counsel defending this case," Brechja says, "but frankly we don't trust him -- and we want to get in there and intervene on behalf of parents of minor girls and some of the states' attorneys of various counties in Illinois and fight this. It's ridiculous.”
He believes the court ought to bring a halt to the challenges and let the law go into effect. Brechja adds that 80 percent of Illinois parents -- whether pro-life or pro-abortion -- want the law to be implemented. He believes they just want to communicate with their children on such an important issue.
Brechja also finds it interesting that the American Civil Liberties Union claims to be all for free speech -- except for speech between parents and their children.
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Publish Date: October 19, 2009
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One million protest abortion in Spain in massive weekend rally
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>From the Christian Post, October 18:
An estimated 1 million people participated in a rally in Madrid Saturday to protest a proposed new law that would expand permission for abortion.
The protest was called to denounce a bill that would allow unrestricted abortion at up to 14 weeks of pregnancy and let girls aged 16 and 17 have abortions without parental consent, a vivid and emotional show of how the issue remains sensitive 2 decades after abortion was legalized in this traditionally Roman Catholic country.
The overwhelmingly Catholic country currently allows only abortion in the cases of rape, fetal abnormality, or when the mother's physical or mental health is at risk....
While Madrid's regional government estimated the crowd to be about 1.2 million and a spokesman for 1 of the rally organizers said that 1.5 million people had attended, police said only 250,000 people participated, according to Agence France Presse.
Pro-lifers know America's "health" loophole allows abortion on demand, although old media never explains that. The Associated Press did admit truth when it came to abortions not so close to home:
Under the country's 1985 abortion law, the procedure is allowed in cases of rape or fetal malformation, or when doctors deem a pregnant woman's physical or mental health to be in danger - a clause that has allowed for abortions to be carried out more or less freely. Most of Spain's yearly 100,000 abortions come under that clause.
Someone on Twitter wondered, "What if we had protests against abortion like this in the US?"
March for Life Roe v. Wade abortion U.S. America
We do, every January, when pro-lifers gather for the March for Life heedless of the freezing weather on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade The photo, left, is of the 2009 March.
Our crowd size is always disputed, as was Spain's. It may or may not have ever reached 1 million, but it is always massive, with several hundred thousand.
Following was CNN's report from Spain's pro-life rally. Would that CNN gave 2:13 to America's annual March for Life.
Note it is Spain's socialist government that is attempting to eradicate abortion laws. Abortion is a child of the Left, pardon the pun.
Also note the incredible lie, which makes no sense even on its face, from the CNN report: "But the government says the reform is part of a broader national strategy on sexual and reproductive health aimed at preventing unwanted pregnancies." Yes, let's see whether the 100k statistic rises or falls if abortion is legalized on demand.
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Source: JillStanek.com
Publish Date: October 19, 2009
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