NEWS SHORTS FOR THURSDAY
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New Hampshire Defeats Assisted Suicide
I just received private word that the New Hampshire Legislature rejected assisted suicide 242-113. Excellent. Let's keep holding the line as we push back with medical non cooperation in Washington, Montana, and Oregon. The battle continues.
Click here for the full article.
Abortion Coverage Remains Among Major Questions In Health Reform Talks
Although more extensive negotiations on abortion coverage issues likely will not occur until more is known about a final health reform bill, opposition to the Senate bill (HR 3590) from antiabortion-rights House members, Roman Catholic bishops and other groups threaten to put House leaders in a "jam," Roll Call reports. Coverage of abortion in health plans that receive federal subsidies is among several unresolved differences in the House (HR 3962) and Senate versions of the legislation. A group of antiabortion-rights House members led by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) are opposed to allowing insurance plans that receive federal subsidies to cover abortion services, while abortion-rights supporters are threatening to vote against any bill that includes Stupak's language.
Click here for the full article.
Abortionist Eugene Glick is dead
At age 80, abortionist Eugene Glick died on January 10 in Chico, CA.
Glick segued from obstetrician to abortionist in part, according to the New York Times, after watching his then girlfriend, now widow, get an infection after illegally aborting their baby in 1951.
Glick started by committing illegal abortions in the 1960s after graduating medical school, as quoted from Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health...
In a 2003 PRCH documentary, Glick described a patient he saw after she attempted to self-abort...
Click here for the video.
I started looking for ways to circumvent the law. When I first got involved, it was for personal friends or people I knew who were having a problem. The first abortion that I remember performing was on a woman who was a girlfriend of my best friend. She was able to walk out about an hour later. They were both desperate not to be pregnant.
Click here for the full article.
Obama's TSA Nominee Characterized Groups That Were Domestic Security Threats as 'Anti-Abortion' and Having 'Christian Identity'
Errol Southers, who President Barack Obama has nominated to head the Transportation Security Administration, described groups that were a domestic security threat as being "anti-abortion" and "Christian-identity oriented."
The TSA, an element of the Department of Homeland Security, is responsible for the security of the nation's transportation systems, including commercial air travel. Southers made the remarks in question in a 2008 video interview with the Videojug.com Web site.
Click here for the video.
Click here for the full article.
UN: Elderly to Outnumber Children for First Time in 2045
A new report from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs concludes that the number of elderly people worldwide will outnumber children for the first time in 2045, forecasting the start of a "demographic winter" some experts say could constitute the biggest international crisis in the coming century.
According to the report, "World Population Ageing 2009," 22% of the world's population will be older than 60 years within forty years - a jump from 11% in 2009, and 8% in 1950.
A trend of low birth rates perpetuated worldwide with the ascendancy of contraception and abortion has caused the elderly population to increase by 2.6% per year - three times faster than the overall world population growth. The 60+ age group will triple its size at the beginning of the millenium, reaching 2 billion by 2050.
Click here for the full article.
Christendom College Closes to Protest Abortion at March for Life
Christendom College, a private Catholic college located in Virginia, says that it will close its doors on Friday, January 22 and its Student Activities Council will charter busses enabling the entire student body to attend the 2010 March for Life in Washington D.C.
"This is one of my favorite things about Christendom," said Cyrus Artz, a senior and President of Students for Life. "This college recognizes our responsibility to the unborn and enables the entire College community to participate each year in one of the most important witnesses to the value of human life."
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.)
New Hampshire Defeats Assisted Suicide
I just received private word that the New Hampshire Legislature rejected assisted suicide 242-113. Excellent. Let's keep holding the line as we push back with medical non cooperation in Washington, Montana, and Oregon. The battle continues.
Click here for the full article.
Abortion Coverage Remains Among Major Questions In Health Reform Talks
Although more extensive negotiations on abortion coverage issues likely will not occur until more is known about a final health reform bill, opposition to the Senate bill (HR 3590) from antiabortion-rights House members, Roman Catholic bishops and other groups threaten to put House leaders in a "jam," Roll Call reports. Coverage of abortion in health plans that receive federal subsidies is among several unresolved differences in the House (HR 3962) and Senate versions of the legislation. A group of antiabortion-rights House members led by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) are opposed to allowing insurance plans that receive federal subsidies to cover abortion services, while abortion-rights supporters are threatening to vote against any bill that includes Stupak's language.
Click here for the full article.
Abortionist Eugene Glick is dead
At age 80, abortionist Eugene Glick died on January 10 in Chico, CA.
Glick segued from obstetrician to abortionist in part, according to the New York Times, after watching his then girlfriend, now widow, get an infection after illegally aborting their baby in 1951.
Glick started by committing illegal abortions in the 1960s after graduating medical school, as quoted from Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health...
In a 2003 PRCH documentary, Glick described a patient he saw after she attempted to self-abort...
Click here for the video.
I started looking for ways to circumvent the law. When I first got involved, it was for personal friends or people I knew who were having a problem. The first abortion that I remember performing was on a woman who was a girlfriend of my best friend. She was able to walk out about an hour later. They were both desperate not to be pregnant.
Click here for the full article.
Obama's TSA Nominee Characterized Groups That Were Domestic Security Threats as 'Anti-Abortion' and Having 'Christian Identity'
Errol Southers, who President Barack Obama has nominated to head the Transportation Security Administration, described groups that were a domestic security threat as being "anti-abortion" and "Christian-identity oriented."
The TSA, an element of the Department of Homeland Security, is responsible for the security of the nation's transportation systems, including commercial air travel. Southers made the remarks in question in a 2008 video interview with the Videojug.com Web site.
Click here for the video.
Click here for the full article.
UN: Elderly to Outnumber Children for First Time in 2045
A new report from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs concludes that the number of elderly people worldwide will outnumber children for the first time in 2045, forecasting the start of a "demographic winter" some experts say could constitute the biggest international crisis in the coming century.
According to the report, "World Population Ageing 2009," 22% of the world's population will be older than 60 years within forty years - a jump from 11% in 2009, and 8% in 1950.
A trend of low birth rates perpetuated worldwide with the ascendancy of contraception and abortion has caused the elderly population to increase by 2.6% per year - three times faster than the overall world population growth. The 60+ age group will triple its size at the beginning of the millenium, reaching 2 billion by 2050.
Click here for the full article.
Christendom College Closes to Protest Abortion at March for Life
Christendom College, a private Catholic college located in Virginia, says that it will close its doors on Friday, January 22 and its Student Activities Council will charter busses enabling the entire student body to attend the 2010 March for Life in Washington D.C.
"This is one of my favorite things about Christendom," said Cyrus Artz, a senior and President of Students for Life. "This college recognizes our responsibility to the unborn and enables the entire College community to participate each year in one of the most important witnesses to the value of human life."
Click here for the full article.
