Vietnamese Abortion Rates Skyrocket; Doctors Anguished by the Killing
Rising abortion rates, especially among unmarried teens, and widespread sex-selective abortions, are causing psychological trauma to many Vietnamese doctors, according to VietNamNet report.
Dr. Nguyen Thi Hong Minh, director of the Central Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital in Hanoi, said she more and more frequently has to confront her "worst fears, having to abort unborn babies that are 20-22 weeks old, when their bodies are fully formed," as the number of mothers seeking abortion steadily increases.
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Are pro-life Democrats becoming extinct?
Is it still possible for an American political leader from the Democratic Party to uphold the pro-life cause? Reflecting in the Wall Street Journal on the recent example of Rep. Bart Stupak, columnist William McGurn reaches a negative conclusion. He adds the sobering note that if pro-lifers act to punish Democrats who abandon their cause, they may only succeed in electing pro-abortion Democrats instead. Would that be a step backward?
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Pro-life activist protests Pelosi outside Vatican
A pro-life activist has demanded the excommunication of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a brief protest in Rome outside St. Peter's Square.
For exactly a minute yesterday, Randall Terry and six other protesters held placards a few yards away from the edge of Vatican territory. Terry in the past urged people to burn effigies of Pelosi for her championing of healthcare legislation in Congress.
Terry's placard read "No communion for Pelosi." Other signs urged Washington's archbishop, Donald Wuerl, to excommunicate her.
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FDA Approval for Stem Cell Treatment Trails for Lou Gherig's and Heart Disease
Stem cell treatments continue to gain ground in the United States. Louisiana based TCA Cellular Therapy has 6 FDA clinical trials in progress, the latest of which is the first approved US trial to use stem cells to treat ALS (Lou Gherig's Disease). TCA performs autologous transplants that use a patient's own bone marrow to produce stem cells, culture them, and then inject them back into the body. This avoids the need for donor matching. Among the other FDA approved clinical trials TCA has underway are studies on heart disease and limb ischemia (blood vessel blockages in legs). According to the TCA website, while the limb ischemia trials are still in phase II and phase III of FDA approval, the company hopes to begin treating patients for the condition in 2012.
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'Plan Now for Suicide' Australia's Dr. Death Encourages Elderly Irish
Euthanasia and atheist campaigner Dr. Philip Nitschke, Australia's "Dr. Death," told an audience in Dublin this week that he had traveled to the country after receiving "significant interest" from elderly Irish wanting information on how to end their lives.
Nitschke's visit was opposed by pro-life groups, which have charged that his activities constitute a violation of the country's criminal code that warrants police investigation.
Speaking in Dublin in Thursday night, Nitschke encouraged his audience at the Seomra Spraoi social centre to confirm their plans to commit suicide before they become too infirm. "Don't wait until it's too late, plan ahead and put in place an end-of-life strategy," he said.
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Abortion pill makes big bucks
Planned Parenthood's profits are soaring with use of the abortion drug RU-486.
STOPP International, a project of American Life League, has recently completed its annual review of Planned Parenthood for 2009, "and it confirms that even though the number of Planned Parenthood facilities and affiliates continued to decline, which is wonderful news, Planned Parenthood has actually increased its abortion pill business by 130 percent since 2005," reports STOPP International spokesperson Rita Diller.
She suggests Planned Parenthood is promoting the pill to avoid the cost of abortionists and surgical suites for abortions. So while cutting back on other costs, it does not reduce the non-profit group's profit margin.
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