Ad Showing Woman Seducing Santa Promotes Free Morning-After Pills and Condoms for Christmas A new advertisement from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), sometimes described as the "British Planned Parenthood," depicting a semi-pornographic Christmas scene is being used to tout free morning-after pills and condoms for the Christmas season. The ad shows the lower half of a man clad in "Santa" get-up grasping the rear of a woman in a mini-skirt whose leg is entwined around the "Santa" figure, set against the backdrop of a typical Christmas living room scene. "Santa only comes once a year ... but that's all it takes!" reads the ad, implying that the woman could get pregnant even if she only has sex with Santa once a year, without using contraception. BPAS's website explains that they "recognise that Christmas is a time when people don't think about contraception as a priority, but accidents still happen." In order to remedy the shortened holiday schedule of family planning clinics and pharmacies, BPAS will be providing a "Free Christmas Pack" containing a dose of the abortifacient morning-after pill, three condoms, a leaflet on "what your options are in case the pill doesn't work" and another on general sexual health services. http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/nov/08112803.html Abortion Now Number One Cause of Death in Spain New report reveals immense toll taken by abortion in formerly Catholic country Abortion is now the number one cause of death in Spain, and represents the most common type of violence against women in the formerly Catholic country, according to a new report by the international Institute for Family Policy (IPF). The report, which was issued on the International Day of Violence Against Women, notes that Spain has one of the most liberal abortion laws in Europe, allowing women to kill their unborn child for "psychological" reasons at any time during their pregnancy. Under Spain's practically nonexistent restrictions, abortions have more than doubled since the mid 1990s, climbing from 51,006 in 1996 to over 120,000 in 2007. The abortion rate is now approaching one in five pregnancies (18.3%), according to the report. http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/nov/08112802.html Czech Cabinet Approves Bill Enabling "Abortion Tourism" The Czech cabinet has passed a controversial bill that would allow Czech doctors to kill the unborn children of EU residents from other countries with more restrictive abortion laws. Members of the Christian Democrat party (KDU-ÈSL) on Tuesday asked KDU-ÈSL head Jiri Cunek to begin coalition talks to attempt revision of the bill to change the "abortion tourism" provisions before it is submitted to the Parliament for final approval, according to the Czech News Agency. http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/nov/08112806.html Lawyers Vow to Bring Battle for Pro-Life Illinois License Plates to Supreme Court Attorneys with the Thomas More Society have petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to reinstate a previous district court ruling allowing the distribution of pro-life license plates, stating that otherwise they would appeal to the US Supreme Court. About two weeks ago, the three-Judge panel of the Appeals Court denied the "Choose Life" license plates protection under the First Amendment, stating that the "very contentious and divisive" content on license plates proposed by Choose Life Illinois (CLI) was too controversial. The plates, designed to benefit adoption services, display the words "Choose Life" with drawn images of smiling children. http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/nov/08112604.html Kenny Chesney Song Helps Save Unborn Child, Gives Hope to New Parents A heart-rending tale of a reluctant young father discovering the joy of sacrificial love, Kenny Chesney's hit country song "There Goes My Life" has stunned audiences with its message of the sanctity of human life since its 2003 debut. The song even appears to have saved the life of at least one unborn child, according to a comment posted under the music video on Youtube, and has possibly played a part in saving others. The lyrics, written by Neil Thrasher and Wendell Mobley, capture perfectly the quandary of a young man whose dreams are shattered when he learns his girlfriend is pregnant. "There goes my life," Chesney sings. "There goes my future, my everything. Might as well kiss it all good-bye." In the music video the father of the child is portrayed as a star football player who is forced to give up a promising career to care for his child. |
December 1, 2008
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