NEWS SHORTS FOR FRIDAY
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Coming Soon: Planned Parenthood's Inalienable Right - Sexual Freedom for Children
International Planned Parenthood Federation's new document "Sexual Rights: An IPPF Declaration," exposed in American Life League's latest ALL Report, could have a significant impact on health care policy under the presidential administration's new plan. In "A Declaration of Debauchery," ALL's Michael Hichborn analyzed the IPPF declaration released in June. Goals of the declaration include a universal right to tax-funded abortion on demand, granting children autonomous rights to sexual pleasure according to their "capacity," and allowing child predators to conceal past criminal sexual history.
Click here for the full article.
Pelosi's Bill Supported by Partial-Birth Abortionist
The abortionist who failed to overturn a ban on partial-birth abortion prominently sported a sign at a press conference in support of Nancy Pelosi's health care bill that she unveiled today. LeRoy Carhart is currently under investigation by the Nebraska Attorney General for unsafe medical practices.
Concerned Women for America's President Wendy Wright spotted LeRoy Carhart at the press conference.
She stated, "Nancy Pelosi's bill has gained the support of the nation's most notorious partial-birth abortionist who is under investigation for alleged unsafe medical practices. Pelosi's bill can now be rightly called an abortionist's dream. Under her bill, government money will pay for abortions, even the kind that Carhart commits -- late-term abortions against viable babies that put women's health at risk."
Carhart faces criminal allegations of allowing non- licensed persons to give injections, start IVs and administer controlled substances. In 2007, his legal challenge to overturn a federal ban against partial- birth abortions failed at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Click here for the full article.
It's Alive! End-of-Life Counseling in Health Bill
The Medicare end-of-life planning provision that 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said was tantamount to 'death panels' for seniors is staying in the latest Democratic health care bill unveiled Thursday.
The provision allows Medicare to pay for voluntary counseling to help beneficiaries deal with the complex and painful decisions families face when a loved one is approaching death.
Click here for the full article.
Compromised Care: Psychotropic Drugs Given to Illinois Nursing Home Patients Without Cause
Many Illinois residents get medications they don't need or want. The result? A threat to the lives of our elderly. Frail and vulnerable residents of nursing homes throughout Illinois are being dosed with powerful psychotropic drugs, leading to tremors, dangerous lethargy and a higher risk of harmful falls or even death, a Tribune investigation has found. Thousands of elderly and disabled people have been affected, many of them drugged without their consent or without a legitimate psychiatric diagnosis that would justify treatment, state and federal inspection reports show.
Click here for the full article.
UK Abortion Guidelines for Northern Ireland Ignore Province's Pro-Life Laws
Recently issued physicians' guidelines from the UK's Department of Health ignore the fact that abortion is illegal in Northern Ireland and presume that abortion is a legitimate form of healthcare for women say pro-life campaigners, who are in court today arguing their side of the issue.
The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) is in the second day of a judicial review, where they are making the case that the "guidance effectively turns the law on its head."
SPUC's Liam Gibson spoke to LSN minutes before going into court in Belfast today. He said that SPUC is making the case that the guidelines have ignored the law in Northern Ireland and will put pressure on doctors and health trusts to "put in place procedures which will facilitate abortion." SPUC and other pro-life campaigners in Ireland say that the guidelines effectively knock down existing legal protections for the unborn and are a threat to the pro-life laws in the Republic of Ireland as well.
Click here for the full article.
West African Health Ministers Call for Legalization of Abortion
Ministers of health from West African countries are calling for the legalization of abortion. A statement from the Health Ministers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a group of 15 West African countries, said that member states should make abortion "safe" by legalization. They claim that legal prohibitions on abortion have contributed to high maternal mortality rates.
Using the language common to international population control groups like the United Nations Population Fund, the ECOWAS ministers proposed a special summit of heads of state to discuss "maternal, newborn and child health issues."
Click here for the full article.
(Referral to Web sites not produced by The Illinois Federation for Right to LIfe is for informational purposes only and does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of the sites' content.)
Coming Soon: Planned Parenthood's Inalienable Right - Sexual Freedom for Children
International Planned Parenthood Federation's new document "Sexual Rights: An IPPF Declaration," exposed in American Life League's latest ALL Report, could have a significant impact on health care policy under the presidential administration's new plan. In "A Declaration of Debauchery," ALL's Michael Hichborn analyzed the IPPF declaration released in June. Goals of the declaration include a universal right to tax-funded abortion on demand, granting children autonomous rights to sexual pleasure according to their "capacity," and allowing child predators to conceal past criminal sexual history.
Click here for the full article.
Pelosi's Bill Supported by Partial-Birth Abortionist
The abortionist who failed to overturn a ban on partial-birth abortion prominently sported a sign at a press conference in support of Nancy Pelosi's health care bill that she unveiled today. LeRoy Carhart is currently under investigation by the Nebraska Attorney General for unsafe medical practices.
Concerned Women for America's President Wendy Wright spotted LeRoy Carhart at the press conference.
She stated, "Nancy Pelosi's bill has gained the support of the nation's most notorious partial-birth abortionist who is under investigation for alleged unsafe medical practices. Pelosi's bill can now be rightly called an abortionist's dream. Under her bill, government money will pay for abortions, even the kind that Carhart commits -- late-term abortions against viable babies that put women's health at risk."
Carhart faces criminal allegations of allowing non- licensed persons to give injections, start IVs and administer controlled substances. In 2007, his legal challenge to overturn a federal ban against partial- birth abortions failed at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Click here for the full article.
It's Alive! End-of-Life Counseling in Health Bill
The Medicare end-of-life planning provision that 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said was tantamount to 'death panels' for seniors is staying in the latest Democratic health care bill unveiled Thursday.
The provision allows Medicare to pay for voluntary counseling to help beneficiaries deal with the complex and painful decisions families face when a loved one is approaching death.
Click here for the full article.
Compromised Care: Psychotropic Drugs Given to Illinois Nursing Home Patients Without Cause
Many Illinois residents get medications they don't need or want. The result? A threat to the lives of our elderly. Frail and vulnerable residents of nursing homes throughout Illinois are being dosed with powerful psychotropic drugs, leading to tremors, dangerous lethargy and a higher risk of harmful falls or even death, a Tribune investigation has found. Thousands of elderly and disabled people have been affected, many of them drugged without their consent or without a legitimate psychiatric diagnosis that would justify treatment, state and federal inspection reports show.
Click here for the full article.
UK Abortion Guidelines for Northern Ireland Ignore Province's Pro-Life Laws
Recently issued physicians' guidelines from the UK's Department of Health ignore the fact that abortion is illegal in Northern Ireland and presume that abortion is a legitimate form of healthcare for women say pro-life campaigners, who are in court today arguing their side of the issue.
The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) is in the second day of a judicial review, where they are making the case that the "guidance effectively turns the law on its head."
SPUC's Liam Gibson spoke to LSN minutes before going into court in Belfast today. He said that SPUC is making the case that the guidelines have ignored the law in Northern Ireland and will put pressure on doctors and health trusts to "put in place procedures which will facilitate abortion." SPUC and other pro-life campaigners in Ireland say that the guidelines effectively knock down existing legal protections for the unborn and are a threat to the pro-life laws in the Republic of Ireland as well.
Click here for the full article.
West African Health Ministers Call for Legalization of Abortion
Ministers of health from West African countries are calling for the legalization of abortion. A statement from the Health Ministers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a group of 15 West African countries, said that member states should make abortion "safe" by legalization. They claim that legal prohibitions on abortion have contributed to high maternal mortality rates.
Using the language common to international population control groups like the United Nations Population Fund, the ECOWAS ministers proposed a special summit of heads of state to discuss "maternal, newborn and child health issues."
Click here for the full article.
