Pro-Aborts At New York Times Don't Like Pro-Life Subway Ads
The woman in the ad is young and has a short, hip haircut, the kind you see all over the East Village. Her solemn face is half in shadow. "I thought life would be the way it was before," the copy reads. And then: "Abortion changes you." The campaign, which has run in New York subways for the past month, makes a sweeping claim, but as anti-abortion strategies go, it is relatively oblique — a far cry from a brick in the window or a death threat to a member of Congress. A young woman pondering a difficult choice might check out the Web site abortionchangesyou.com, highlighted on the ad, which would lead her to the personal narrative of a woman troubled by her own abortion.
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School's Abortion Referral Puts Spotlight On School-Based Health Centers
County health officials say they will try to spell out more clearly the range of services available to minors after an incident in which a pregnant Ballard High student got an abortion, apparently without her mother's knowledge, some time after visiting a school-based health-care center. The consent form parents and guardians sign for children to use the county-administered health centers states, "Youth may independently access reproductive-health care at any age," but it does not explicitly cite abortion. "Not every individual is aware of what is included in 'reproductive-health care,' " acknowledged T.J. Cosgrove of Public Health — Seattle & King County, which runs the centers for the school district. "We're going to work constructively with our partners and experts in adolescent health to strategize the best ways to communicate that."
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Abortion Activists Protest Lackadaisical Enforcement of Killing Regulation in Baton Rouge
About 10 anti-abortion activists protested Thursday what they called lackadaisical enforcement by state government of abortion clinics. Alan Levine, secretary of state Department of Health and Hospitals, said he wants the Louisiana Legislature to change state law and give him more authority to shut down abortion facilities. "I'm pro-life but that has no relevance to this. I have to enforce the law," Levine said. "I'm willing to take the action but I can't overstep my boundaries." Protest leader Richard Mahoney wasn't buying that explanation. "DHH has egg on their face," Mahoney said. "These people got away with crime after crime with only a slap on the hand." Pointing at the abortion facility on Colonial Drive, Mahoney said DHH officials have had knowledge of improper staffing, dangerous procedures and mishandling of prescription drugs for years yet refused to shut down the Delta Clinic of Baton Rouge Inc.
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Our Society Will Be Worse Off If We Reject Down Syndrome Children
We like to think we care deeply about those who suffer. We like to believe we are willing to do whatever we can to help those burdened by intellectual or physical disability. It seems to resonate with the way we believe we ought to act towards our fellow human beings. But there are indications our society is moving towards avoiding having to associate or engage with the disabled, particularly the intellectually impaired. The situation of the disappearing Down syndrome babies in Australia in the past few decades is a case in point. Of about 300 pregnancy terminations in NSW every year due to detected birth defects, 77 per cent are associated with a chromosomal abnormality. The most common is Down syndrome.
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Personhood Is Certified To Be On Ballot In Colorado
The Colorado Personhood Amendment's signatures have been certified, and the Personhood Amendment will be on the Colorado ballot in November. Personhood Colorado has sponsored a ballot initiative to amend the State Constitution recognizing the Personhood rights of all humans, from their biological beginning to their natural death. The Amendment states: "Section 32. Person defined. As used in sections 3, 6, and 25 of Article II of the state constitution, the term "person" shall apply to every human being from the beginning of the biological development of that human being."
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Planned Parenthood Says It Will Fight Against Personhood in Colorado
After many attempts, abortion is back on the ballot. A Colorado anti-abortion organization submitted enough valid signatures to put an anti-abortion initiative on the November ballot. Personhood USA failed to get the initiative approved back in February when the Secretary of State Office's said most of the signatures were invalid. Since then, the organization has collected 76,000 signatures, which is 20,000 more than the requirement. Personhood's effort wasn't easy. A similar measure was attempted in 2008. But 73 percent, or 1.7 million voters rejected the measure. The amendment would give unborn fetuses human rights in the state constitution. Planned Parenthood, a pro-choice health care organization, said they are willing to fight until the measure, once again, dies. "This is much more dangerous than it sounds. With this campaign, whether we're fighting a legal challenge or campaign, we are certainly prepared to fight this measure once again," Monica McCafferty said, a spokesperson with Planned Parenthood Rocky Mountains.
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