Life & Health

News & Views Index

    Edited by Nic Samojluk

FDA Fumbling Fiasco of Failed Food Safety over Salmonella. Watching the FDA trip over its own clumsy self while groping for answers on Salmonella is a sad affair. Following the FDA-encouraged destruction of tens of millions of dollars of perfectly good tomatoes, this confused, bewildered agency admits that tomatoes may not have been the problem after all, and it has now set its sights on destroying the peppers industry. Is there no vegetable safe from the destruction of the FDA? Tomatoes don't harbor salmonella, by the way. Neither do peppers, onions, cilantro or spinach. Salmonella only festers in factory-farmed animals, folks, and that means the real source of contamination is no doubt some animal factory upstream from the vegetable processing centers. ... Read More: http://www.naturalnews.com/023614.html [Link provided by Wyjoz]

Senator Coburn threatened with censure for delivering babies ... for free. The US Senate ethics committee has threatened Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn, a practicing obstetrician, with censure for delivering babies for free at the Muskogee Regional Medical Center in Muskogee, Oklahoma.  Dr. Coburn is the only obstetrician in the Senate and is a strong pro-life ally. The new effort against him has commenced since the hospital changed from public to private ownership last April.  The ethics committee has raised concerns that people might try to have Dr. Coburn as their doctor in order to have an undue influence on him and his votes in the Senate.  The Senate bans Senators from earning money from a profession that could benefit from Senate business. ... Read More: http://blog.aul.org/2008/08/06/senator-coburn-threatened-with-censure-for-delivering-babiesfor-free/

Cord Blood Stem Cells Reverse Girl's Cerebral Palsy. That was when the Levines heard about an experimental procedure at Duke University in North Carolina where children with cerebral palsy were infused with their own cord blood stem cells in an effort to heal and repair damaged brain tissue. The Levine's remembered they had banked Chole's cord blood when she was born. "It was a miracle," Alvarez said Monday on FOX & Friends. "I congratulate you for banking her cord blood. Stem cells are a new field of medicine and they certainly can rejuvenate the tissue." Two months ago, Chloe, 2, received an infusion of her own stem cells and her progress is remarkable, said her father, Ryan Levine. "Her therapist said she's made a 50 percent recovery," he said. "She can walk, run, and do sign language with her right hand." "It's a miracle," agreed Jenny Levine. ... Read More: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,392061,00.html

Abortion May Cause Psychological Harm to Women. PIERRE, S.D. (AP) � Starting Friday, doctors in South Dakota must tell women seeking abortions that the procedure ends a human life and may cause them psychological harm, the state attorney general said. Planned Parenthood challenged the 2005 law that requires those statements, but a court order that prevented the state from enforcing the law expires Friday. "Any entity to whom the law applies should be in compliance tomorrow," Attorney General Larry Long said Thursday. Planned Parenthood, which operates a women's clinic in Sioux Falls that is South Dakota's only acknowledged abortion provider, will comply with the law, spokeswoman Kathi Di Nicola said. "We will do what the law says, but clearly the law is extreme and flawed and wrong," Di Nicola said. ... Read More: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g2jYvfo6-TsyD1GqFSPf7liDyrogD91VU42O0

Tiller abortion clinic allegedly performs abortion on unwilling sixteen-year-old. Wichita, Jul 18, 2008 / 05:55 pm (CNA).- A sixteen-year-old Kansas girl was allegedly forced by her mother to undergo an abortion on Wednesday at an abortion clinic run by the notorious late-term abortionist George Tiller. Reportedly both the teenage girl and the baby's father, who was also sixteen, objected to the abortion. The young father arrived at the clinic too late to stop the abortion, a pro-life group says. According to an incident report from the Kansas Coalition for Life (KCFL) the sixteen-year-old girl was two months pregnant. Her mother brought her to the Women's Health Care Services clinic in Wichita for the abortion at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday. The KCFL says that Dillon, the reported father of the baby, arrived at the clinic in his own vehicle in the early afternoon. He reportedly told Jennifer McCoy, who was a KCFL pro-life counselor at the site, that his parents were willing to raise or adopt the baby and do whatever they could to help the teenage parents. Dillon claimed that he planned to marry his girlfriend when they graduated from high school and that his parents were supportive of the idea. ... Read More: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=13298

Young Mother at 14! A random act of fate changed one teenage girl's life forever. A random act of kindness changed it further still. After the first time she had sex, Jessica Trevino got pregnant. She was in the eighth grade. She was 14. "I was scared and didn't know what to do. I wasn't even planning on it, it just happened," said Trevino, now 23. "My mom asked me why I did it, as if I had done it deliberately to hurt her, when obviously, you are not thinking of your parents when you have sex." Of course, Trevino's mom was in shock at the news that her baby was having a  baby. "Well, I thought, 'Oh my God, there is a kid having a kid,'" said Lupe Galindo. "I have seen so many other parents kick their kids out, and they wind up on the streets on drugs or shacking up with some guy and getting pregnant over and over. I decided I wanted something better for her. She made a mistake, but she was young." ... Read More: http://www.masbakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/68085

Delaware Didn't "Learn the Lesson" of Schiavo. The Delaware House of Representatives has passed a resolution in support of protecting the life of Loren Richardson, who like Terri Schiavo before her, is the subject of a bitter court fight over removing her feeding tube. The resolution states: This Resolution establishes protections for mentally disabled individuals in the State of Delaware. The impetus for this Resolution comes from the case of Lauren Richardson, a 24-year-old Delaware woman who, after suffering brain injuries and impaired consciousness, now faces the possible removal of her nutrition and hydration, despite the absence of her clearly specified and legal consent to any such a course of action. The State of Delaware has, through recent legislation prompted by the abuses at the Delaware Psychiatric Center, endeavored to protect the rights of mentally disabled patients in the First State. Lauren, as a mentally disabled person, is enumerated those same protection and rights. ... Read More: http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2008/07/good-delaware-didnt-learn-lesson-of.html

Confession Of An Ex-Abortionist. I am  personally  responsible  for 75,000  abortions.  Thislegitimises  my  credentials to speak  to you  with some authority  on the issue.  I was  one of  the founders of  the National Association for the Repeal of the Abortion Laws  (NARAL)  in the U.S.  in  1968. A truthful  poll  of opinion  then  would have  found  that most  Americans  were against permissive abortion.  Yet  within  five  years  we had  convinced  the U.S. Supreme Court to issue  the decision  which legalised abortion  throughout America in 1973 and produced virtual abortion on demand up to birth. How did we do this? It is important to understand the tactics  involved  because these tactics  have been used throughout the western world  with one permutation or another, in order to change abortion law. ... Read More:  ... Read More: http://www.aboutabortions.com/Confess.html

Comments on Planned Parenthood's Endorsement of Barack Obama. �What both Planned Parenthood and Obama don't realize is that we do not have to kill our children to have fruitful, successful lives. But it doesn't matter. Even though blacks make up only 13% of the population, they make up over 36% of all abortions done in this country. Planned Parenthood's endorsement of Barack Obama reminds me of a quote from Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, on the logistics of how she wanted to wipe out the black population: , "We should hire three or four colored ministers, preferably with social-service backgrounds, and with engaging personalities. The most successful educational approach to the Negro is through a religious appeal. We don't want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population." ... Read More: http://www.nationalblackprolifeunion.com/?p=32

Adventist "Family" Views Are Similar to U.S. Evangelicals'.  Adventists varied on lifestyle issues, as well. Seventh-day Adventists in the survey were split on the issue of abortion, with 26 percent arguing that it was legal in most cases and 29 percent believing it illegal in most cases; the Protestant faith also disagreed, with 31 percent believing it legal in most cases and 30 percent declaring it illegal in most cases. On homosexuality, 67 percent of Seventh-day Adventists surveyed believed it should not be accepted, as opposed to only 23 percent who said that it should be accepted. And, survey results showed 57 percent of Seventh-day Adventists believed stricter environmental laws and regulations would be worth the cost of possible economic setbacks or jobs, overshadowing the 31 percent concerned that laws would hurt the economy or cost too many jobs. ... Read More: http://www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=1962

Obama denies protection for infants of botched abortions. Pro-life blogger Jill Stanek recently wrote a column for WorldNetDaily.com titled "Obama's biggest lie about supporting infanticide." She points out Obama actively opposed the Born Alive Infants Protection Act for three years in the Illinois senate. "He voted against it. He was the sole senator speaking against it on the [Illinois] senate floor [for] two years. And the third year, he held the bill from being considered altogether in committee and killed the bill," Stanek contends. She says Obama's explanation for opposing the Illinois bill does not pass the straight-face test because, as a committee chairman, he blocked the measure's sponsor from adding the federal language protecting Roe vs. Wade. That federal provision says the bill does not deny or add rights to the species Homo sapiens before birth. ... Read More: http://www.onenewsnow.com/Election2008/Default.aspx?id=164320

The Population Control Trap. Mosher says, thanks to years of voluntary birth control, the native European population is dying off. In Europe, all the way from Ireland and Great Britain in the west to European Russia in the East, you've got kind of a voluntary one-child policy where the average family size is a mother, father, and one child...," he explains. Mosher says one has to ask why Europeans do not have more children. "In part, this is what you get when you have a post-Christian, secular society where the emphasis is on me me me and where the government supposedly provides a cradle-to-grave welfare system, so you don't need children to support you in old age," he contends. "There is no practical way for Italy or Spain, I think, to turn around its falling population at this point," adds Mosher. Read more: http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=162810

Is Artificial Sweetener Sweet Poison? In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick. She had stomach spasms and she was having a hard time getting around. Walking was a major chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed; she was in so much pain. By March 2002, she had undergone several tissue and muscle biopsies and was on 24 various prescription medications. The doctors could not determine what was wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so sick she just knew she was dying. She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance, etc., in her oldest daughter's name, and made sure that her younger children were to be taken care of. ... Read More? Click on ==>

Man's survival spawns 'Jesse's Law'. The miraculous story of a Gulf War veteran on the verge of death following a serious accident has sparked the Arizona legislature to protect incapacitated patients from hasty decisions designed to accelerate their deaths. Jesse Ramirez made it through a war, but he almost died as the result of not having a living will. Just ten days after a severe car crash, Ramirez' estranged wife ordered his food, water, and antibiotics terminated. He was then transferred to a hospice to die. Gary McCaleb is senior counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, which helped save Jesse's life. He says Ramirez was within hours of dying when they were able to get his food and water restored. "And within a matter of months, he walked out of the hospital -- and now he's almost fully recovered and living at home," the attorney reports. ... Read More: http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=162062

Court affirms law calling unborn 'living human beings'. A federal court ruled against Planned Parenthood and rejected an injunction against a state law requiring doctors to tell women seeking abortions that they may face serious medical conditions and will "terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being." The court said U.S. Supreme Court rulings allow a state to "use its regulatory authority to require a physician to provide truthful, non-misleading information relevant to a patient's decision to have an abortion, even if that information might also encourage the patient to choose childbirth over abortion." The South Dakota act defines a human being as "an individual living member of the species Homo sapiens, including the unborn human being during the entire embryonic and fetal ages from fertilization to full gestation." ... Read more: http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=68387

A Posthumous Interview by Tim Russert. When I was alive I loved to eat. As a child I ate hearty: the butcher, I recall, had a display case that perfectly evoked Buffalo's (New York) version of multiculturalism and good health, full of pork neck bone, smoked pork neck bone, jellied tongue, Polish bacon, slab bacon, double smoked hunter bacon, German-style wieners, Italian sausage, pork roll sausage, hot or mild beef sausage, barley sausage, beer sausage, double smoked hunter bacon . . . chopped ham, smoked hocks, turkey gizzards, smoked turkey parts, chicken feet, chicken liver, chicken fat, fresh ox tails, and ribs of every type.  Boy did I like to eat at those tailgates. I used to fly in wings, Buffalo wings, from Frank and Teresa's in Buffalo because people in Boston couldn't do a good wing. I miss my diet coke and licorice, "the breakfast of champions." It was my secret for staying up all night and alert. McDougall: And you say no one has figured out why you died of a heart attack?  ... Read More:  http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2008nl/jun/russert.htm [Link provided by Wyjoz]

Cure for Parkinson's right under their noses. Mackay-Sim's team had developed a technique that extracts stem-cells from the olfactory nerves of patients in a harmless ten-minute procedure. Unlike unethical embryonic stem-cells - which have yielded no cures despite the investment of hundreds of millions of research dollars - these stem-cells from a patient's nose do not develop into tumours, are compatible with a patient's immune system and therefore do not require dangerous immuno-suppressant drugs. Mackay-Sim's latest discovery in the little-recognized field of adult stem-cell research is the work of the National Centre for Adult Stem Cell Research, part of Griffith University's Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies. ... Read more: http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=136626

Stephanopoulos Asked to Correct Reporting of Terri Schiavo's Medical Condition. TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 19 /Standard Newswire/ -- Yesterday on This Week, George Stephanopoulos, in an interview with Senator Fred Thompson, commented that Terri Schiavo's autopsy proved she was "brain dead."  The New York Times also reported on this interview, repeating that the autopsy proved Terri was "brain dead." This is patently false and Terri's family is requesting that the media immediately stop using this offensive and inaccurate expression to describe her condition. Terri's brother, Bobby Schindler, says "Brain death is an authentic diagnosis, not some catch phrase that should be loosely used based upon a 'summary of widespread response' or opinions that have been written about my sister.  We are requesting that the media take a few minutes to research the facts regarding Terri's case and, more importantly, her condition.  In doing so they would learn that not one doctor ever diagnosed Terri as being 'brain-dead.' This includes those who wrote her autopsy report. All of this information is easily available and accessible." ... Read more:  http://www.standardnewswire.com/news/887931879.html

Teenager died two weeks after abortion. A TEENAGE Christian who had an abortion to avoid conflict with her Muslim boyfriend�s family died a fortnight after the procedure, an inquest heard today. After terminating the pregnancy at six weeks, A-level student Manon Jones, 18, became increasingly ill and in the days following the procedure told family members she felt light-headed and was bleeding heavily. Miss Jones, who studied and lived in Bristol, returned home alone from a holiday abroad as her condition deteriorated, the inquest heard. The teenager, from south Caernarvon, in Wales, booked a taxi and admitted herself to Southmead Hospital, in Bristol, on June 23 2005. She was pronounced dead four days later. ... Read more:  http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/06/12/teenager-died-two-weeks-after-abortion-91466-21064503/

British mum overjoyed miracle baby survived abortion. LONDON - A British baby has now become a cause celebre for his mother and pro-life advocates in the United Kingdom for miraculously defying twin death sentences from abortion and genetics. Finley Crampton's birth has overwhelmed his mother, Jodie Percival, who is happy that in the end her baby beat the enormous odds against him to be born a healthy boy. Percival, 25, had decided to abort baby Finley at 8 weeks, because she carries a gene which triggers multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) - a condition where cysts grow on the kidneys of an unborn baby. The condition is fatal when it affects both kidneys; however patients who have MCDK in one kidney can live normal lives, provided the other is healthy. ... Read more: http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=131106

Drug Companies Are Killing You Legally. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that drug overdoses killed 33,000 people in 2005, second only to car accidents in the category of accidental deaths. In 1999, the number was 20,000, and in 1990, 10,000 died. As this excellent commentary in Better Body Journal points out, the huge increase in people dying is not because of a heroin or crack epidemic. These deaths are largely due to prescription drugs. Consider that 46 percent of Americans take at least one prescription pill daily. Are these drugs really solving all your problems? If so, then why is the pharmaceutical industry growing every single year, with some of the biggest profit margins of any industry? ... Read more: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/06/12/drug-companies-are-killing-you-legally-while-robbing-you-blind.aspx?source=nl  [Link provided by Wyjoz]

To Drink, or Not to Drink. THE SHARING OF A GLASS OF WINE has long been considered sociable and sophisticated. In recent years, however, research has suggested that moderate drinking may also be good for you! Can this be true? Or could the widely publicized benefits of a daily glass of wine or a can of beer be largely the product of hype? Is it possible that the advice to drink in moderation--"for your health"--is all a mistake? It all started some 18 years ago with the description of the "French Paradox." Why, some scientists wondered, did the French have so few heart attacks when they were not exactly committed to enthusiastic exercise and they ate a diet high in both cholesterol and fat? The scientists concluded that this had to do with the type of fat (monounsaturated olive oil) that the French ate, and the fact that they drank alcohol daily, often in the form of red wine. ... Read more: http://www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=276

The Adventist Drug Problem. BELIEVERS WHO JOIN THE FELLOWSHIP of the Seventh-day Adventist Church pledge their agreement with certain fundamental beliefs, including this statement: "Since alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and the irresponsible use of drugs and narcotics are harmful to our bodies, we are to abstain from them as well." Naturally enough, drunkenness, tobacco use, marijuana smoking, and cocaine sniffing are uncommon among members in good and regular standing. Yet Seventh-day Adventists do have a "drug problem," one I see evidence of almost every day as a physician who treats many Adventist patients. The real Adventist "drug problem" is the confusion shared by many Adventists about drugs, and particularly how to apply Ellen White's counsels about their use. ... Read more: http://www.adventistreview.org/2002-1517/story1.html

Is tobacco usage really the leading cause of preventable deaths? Silver Spring, Maryland�In support of World No Tobacco Day on May 31, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is joining the World Health Organization (WHO) in calling for a total ban on the marketing, advertising, promotion, and sponsorship of tobacco and tobacco-related products. "Tobacco usage is still the leading cause of preventable deaths around the world," said Charles Sandefur, president of ADRA International. "ADRA is committed to reducing and, ultimately, eliminating the number of deaths caused by tobacco consumption. For this reason, ADRA is working around the world to save lives, by raising awareness about the dangers of smoking, helping smokers quit, and ensuring that millions of others never start." ... Read more: http://www.adra.org/site/PageServer [It seems to me that ADRA is ignoring the fact that the most preventable cause of deaths is not smoking, but rather abortion, and the SDA church is silent about this!]

Love Song to the Son I Never Knew. It all began in 1981, I was dating an incredible girl, and we planned to eventually marry. We had been together over a year, and we were crazy in love. Then one September day she approached me with tears in her eyes and told me she was pregnant. You could have knocked me over with a feather.  After the shock wore off, I suggested we get married and start our family. I was stunned when she refused. I tried to tell her she would love our baby so much, and most of all, that abortion is murder. She cried at me to stop, saying that she had made up her mind, it was her body, and this was the "easy" solution to her problem.  ... Read more:  http://www.newswithviews.com/Roberts/carey190.htm

Miracle Child Once Scheduled For Abortion is Now Saving Lives! Donna Joy was once scheduled for abortion at Tiller's late-term abortion mill after having been prenatally diagnosed with severe fetal anomalies, conditions the doctors said were "incompatible with life." Thankfully, her mother refused the abortion. Today, Donna Joy is very much alive and will join her mother, Lori, outside Tiller�s abortion clinic where they hope to help other women chose life for their pre-born babies. Tiller specializes in late-term abortion for fetal anomaly, even though Kansas law prohibits such abortions after 22 weeks. He currently faces 19 criminal charges for committing illegal late-term abortions and a grand jury investigation that could net additional indictments. ... Read more: http://www.operationrescue.org/?p=934

Pro-life movements to propose amending Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Rome, May 13, 2008 / 01:38 pm (CNA).- A coalition of European pro-life and family organizations, led by the Italian organization Movement for Life, will present a proposal to amend the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to include recognition of the rights of the unborn. Carlo Casini, president of Movement for Life, said on Monday after a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI that various pro-life groups in Europe will present the petition called "For The Sake of Life and the Dignity of Man" in December to a host of European institutions, coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights. The proposal would amend the declaration to recognize the right to life of the unborn and would acknowledge marriage as the union between a man and a woman. ... Read more: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12627

Lauren Richardson Needs Your Help! Lauren's life is endangered by a recent court decision made by Delaware Court of Chancery Master Sam Glasscock, III by which her feeding tube will be removed. As a disabled citizen, she is defenseless against the court-approved, imposed act of dehydration and starvation intended to cause her death. Lauren gave birth to a baby girl during this ordeal, and has not been allowed to see her child. This little baby girl needs a chance to know her mother. Lauren's family appeals to each person with compassion and love to understand why they wish to bring Lauren home and care for her. Lauren's situation is more critical than you can imagine. Her story should be told, and we pray that it has a happy ending. Read & Watch==> click here to go to the Life for Lauren website and read how you can help.

ABORTION - THE SILENT SCREAM #1. Here is your chance to watch three short videos showing the truth about what happenss when an abortion is performed. Watch and decide for yourself whether these aborted fetuses are human beings or not. Words may lie, but visual images tell the truth of what is taking place. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THS2zZ4m260&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T33BpDzkDOs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JOOcS2Q_is&NR=1

For other videos, slide shows, and and power point presentations, click on the following Internet Link: ======>

Is Senator Barack Obama Pro-life? In his interview with Fox News Cris Wallace, Senator Obama stated that he would have voted for the partial birth abortion ban had it had a provision for saving the life of the mother. I am an independent voter, and have not yet decided who to vote for. I do like Obama; he is an eloquent speaker and he sounded like he was pro-life, but his position on abortion is not clear to me. Why would he support the partial birth abortion whose goal is the killing of a baby? If he is truly concerned about saving the life of the mother, then we already have a well known delivery method designed for saving the life of both the mother and the baby: It is called Cesarean Section! Can someone clarify this for me? I did write a letter to Obama and another to Cris Wallace, but have not received a response yet!  Read more? Click here: ==>

Girl in trouble for planning anti-abortion protest. A planned anti-abortion protest has an Albuquerque 8th grader in trouble with school officials. The James Monroe Middle School student wants to hold an anti-abortion protest at school by duct taping her mouth shut in a day of silence. But the school is dead-set against the idea. Janelle Bushnell's adopted father, Scott Bushnell, said he got an irate phone call from the principal of the school Tuesday. He said the principal threatened to punish his daughter if she went through with the protest. Janelle, who is a 4.0 student, decided to plan a silent protest at school after she found out that doctors had encouraged her biological mother to have an abortion. ... Read more: http://kob.com/article/stories/S422592.shtml?cat=504

Obama, Clinton accused of holding a 'Dred Scott' view on abortion. Rob Schenck, president of the conservative National Clergy Council, says the event last night reaffirmed that neither Obama nor Clinton are "in the most important ways" compatible with the core beliefs of Evangelicals or core convictions of Christian traditionalists of any kind. "There was no room in either the thinking of Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama for anyone who truly believes that all human life is precious at all stages of development from conception until natural death," explains Schneck. "They have a stratified philosophy of the value of human life," he continues, describing that philosophy as one that believes "there are some humans who are more valuable than others; there are humans who are not really human persons. "Now that's Dred Scott language," he adds. "That's what the pro-slavers believed." ... Read more: http://www.onenewsnow.com/Election2008/Default.aspx?id=76183

Big rise in Italian doctors refusing to perform abortions. ROME (AFP) � Nearly 70 percent of Italian gynecologists now refuse to perform abortions on moral grounds and the number is increasing, a report by the country's ministry of health said Tuesday. Abortion was legalised in 1978 in Italy but pressure from the Vatican -- which is strongly opposed to abortion -- enabled doctors to claim a "conscientious objection" clause and refuse to carry out terminations. Between 2003 and 2007 the number of gynecologists claiming the conscience clause to avoid carrying out abortions rose from 58.7 percent to 69.2 percent, according to the report. For anesthetists helping in abortions, the figure of those refusing to participate rose from 45.7 percent to 50.4 percent. "In the south, this increase is even more pronounced and in certain areas the rate has almost doubled," the report adds. In Campania, the region around Naples, the proportion of gynecologists refusing to carry out the procedure reached 83 percent, and in Sicily 84.2 percent. ... Read more: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gOEw41SaaJxBKRCmVHDX79xnlwPQ

Reaction to Obama -- babies are God's gift, not a 'punishment'. Senator Obama (D-Illinois) was giving his opinion on abstinence-only education at a recent town hall meeting in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, when he said: "Look, I got two daughters -- nine years old and six years old. I am going to teach them first about values and morals, but if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby. I don't want them punished with an STD at age 16." Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America, says Obama professes to be a Christian, yet equates contracting a sexually transmitted disease with giving life to a child -- intended or not. She says precious, innocent children are not punishment, even if the parents did not make the right choices to begin with. ... Read more: http://www.onenewsnow.com/Election2008/Default.aspx?id=74609

Bill on forced abortions advances. The Missouri House passed a bill this week that would make it a crime to coerce a woman into getting an abortion. In addition, it would also make it a crime for a doctor to perform an abortion with the knowledge that the woman has been coerced. HB1831 passed with a vote of 108-33, with 20 abstentions. It is sponsored by Rep. Robert Onder, R-Lake St. Louis. Mike Hoey, assistant director of the Missouri Catholic Conference, public policy arm of the state�s bishops, said the legislation is a major step forward for the pro-life movement. Several of the bill�s provisions had been eliminated during an earlier committee hearing, according to the conference. ... Read more: http://www.stlouisreview.com/article.php?id=15212

Punished With a Baby? "... And last week's mistake about his daughters and hypothetical pregnancy issues showed just how extreme the man is. The line was quick - a throwaway, actually - but Sen. Obama said that he would never want his own daughter, in the event of a 'crisis pregnancy', to be 'punished with a baby.' I guess 'crisis pregnancy' is one of those convenient Planned Parenthood-type terms that make people feel more comfortable about aborting a baby. Perhaps I'm just a little naive in believing that there's nothing crisis-like about bringing an innocent, beautiful baby into the world, even through an unplanned pregnancy. But 'punished with a baby?' Wow. Obama's characterization of the miracle of birth is enough to make even the looniest of radicals cringe. ..." Read more? Click Here ==>

Man killed pregnant wife. BEIJING, March 20 -- A local man in Shanghai went on trial yesterday for killing his pregnant wife last year. Shanghai No. 1 Prosecutors' Office said 30-year-old Chen Min stabbed his wife more than 30 times last August because he suspected the baby wasn't his. However a posthumous DNA test proved that the baby was Chen's. The victim, identified as Xiao Ying from Jiangsu Province, was five months pregnant when she was killed, prosecutors said. During the trial, Chen admitted his suspicions were without foundation. The office said Chen's immaturity had led to the tragedy. A report said he did not suffer from mental illness. ... Read more: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/20/content_7826818.htm

Governor Doyle Forces Chemical Abortion on Wisconsin's Hospitals. Governor Doyle today signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) 377, also known as the Chemical Abortion Hospital Mandate. The law mandates that all Wisconsin hospitals, regardless of religious affiliation, inform an alleged victim of sexual assault about "emergency contraception" and provide it upon her request. "It's a sad day for Wisconsin," said Peggy Hamill, state director of Pro-Life Wisconsin. "Governor Doyle has shamefully ignored the fate of embryonic children by forcing Wisconsin hospitals to dispense a known abortion-causing drug to vulnerable women. In so doing, he has trampled upon the conscience rights of hospitals and hospital workers in blatant disregard of our federal and state constitutions which guarantee freedom of religious expression and liberty of conscience."  ... Read more: http://www.prolifewisconsin.org/news_story.asp?id=221

Obama's Greatest Regret. CLEVELAND (BP)--Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama said during a debate Feb. 26 that he regrets his 2005 vote allowing Congress to get involved in the case involving Terri Schiavo, the severely disabled woman from Florida who died of starvation and dehydration after her feeding tube was pulled. Obama made the comments during a Democratic debate with Hillary Clinton. Both were asked if there were any words or votes they'd "like to take back." Clinton cited her vote authorizing the war in Iraq; Obama, his Schiavo vote. In March 2005, the Senate passed a bill by unanimous consent allowing Schiavo's parents to take their case to federal court seeking to keep their daughter alive; they had exhausted all legal options within the Florida state courts. Although the parents said Schiavo would have wanted to live, Schiavo's husband disagreed, saying his wife previously had told him she would not want to remain in such a condition. ... Read more: http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/BPnews.asp?ID=27500

A Pro-life Statement from a General Conference Official! "Freedom is a very precious thing—but all liberties have limits. Have we gone too far when we value reproductive freedom over the lives of unborn children? As we consider the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, I have to ask myself some very difficult questions. What does it mean to sit silently as more than a million healthy babies in healthy pregnancies are killed in America each year? ... But on this 35th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, it is hard to ignore the reality around us. This year more than 1.2 million American babies will be aborted. Of these, approximately 92% will be healthy babies conceived consensually to healthy moms. Over 500,000 of these babies will be at or past the point of development where they have little faces, arms, legs, fingers and toes. ..." ... Read more? Click here: ==> or there: http://www.religiousliberty.info/blog/?p=58#comments

'Miracle' baby arrives after abortion recommended. An urgent review has been ordered into hospital procedures after an unborn baby diagnosed with rhomboencephalosynapsis, a rare and serious brain disease, was born without handicap to parents who now call him their "miracle." The case developed in the Fetal Medicine Unit at University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, where doctors first thought the baby known as Brandon Kramer, and who now is teething and trying to talk, had Down's Syndrome, according to a new report in the Daily Mail in the United Kingdom. ... The report said, however, Brandon was born naturally and quickly given a clean bill of health after being examined by a team of specialists. ... Read more: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=57500

Congressmen Call for Defunding Planned Parenthood. After reviewing materials posted on Planned Parenthood's teenwire.com Web site at the request of Cybercast News Service, three House Republicans are calling for the termination of Planned Parenthood's federal funding. Among other things, teenwire promotes the use of pornography by teenagers. Rep. Doug Lamborn (R.-Colo.) said teenwire "is another reason we should pull all federal funding from Planned Parenthood," a group that also performs abortions. "There should be no money that goes to any Internet site that promotes promiscuity or sexual license in any way," Rep. Steve King (R.-Iowa) told Cybercast News Service. ... Read more:  http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200802/NAT20080228b.html

Obama Said his First Priority is Killing Unborn Babies. Barack Obama before Planned Parenthood said "The First Thing I'd do as President is, is Sign the Freedom of [Abortion] Choice Act. ... I think the Constitution can be interpreted in so many ways. And one way is a cramped and narrow way in which the Constitution and the courts essentially become the rubber stamps of the powerful in society. And then there's another vision of the court [sic] that says that the courts are the refuge of the powerless. Because oftentimes they can lose in the democratic back and forth. They may be locked out and prevented from fully participating in the democratic process. That's one of the reasons I opposed Alito, you know, as well as Justice Roberts. When Roberts came up and everybody was saying, 'You know, he's very smart and he seems a very decent man and he loves his wife. [Laughter] You know, he's good to his dog. [laughter] He's so well qualified." ... Read more: http://fredmartinez.blogspot.com/2008/02/abortionist-obama-first-thing-id-do-as.html

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Mother speaks for life after daughter's death during abortion.  SANDWICH, MA--When Laura Hope Smith requested extra spending money, her mother Eileen had no idea she planned to use it for an abortion �- nor that it would be their last conversation. Laura, 22, died from complications that arose during her abortion in Hyannis, Mass., last Sept. 13. Eileen, an evangelical who reared Laura in a Christian home, never even knew her daughter was pregnant and was devastated by the news that her daughter died on an abortion table. Read more:  http://www.churchexecutive.com/news.asp?N_ID=1074

Without Natural Affection. The desire of a mother to defend her child is a natural thing. Watch any animal and notice how the mother naturally does all that she can to protect her babies. The Women�s Liberation movement in America has taken from our young mothers their natural affection for their babies. Those who kill their children have been stripped of their �natural affection.� They love themselves, their bodies, and their freedom more than they love their baby. Is this what evolution has given us? Just as startling is the number of grandmothers who have accompanied their daughters to the killing center to become an accessory to the murder of their own grandbaby.  ... Read more:  http://www.newswithviews.com/Daubenmire/dave103.htm [Link submitted by wyjoz]

The Baby Who Survives Abortion. "Forty-five million have been aborted since the Supreme Court legalized it 35 years ago. But there is one among these millions I personally will never forget, because I saw him do the seemingly impossible - he survived his abortion. "When I met him in the operating room, he was moving his arms and legs and looked as if he wanted to cry. The abortionist seemed uncomfortable. "He was a tiny human being who just minutes before had been legally a 'non-person' and had no rights. Now, after surviving the procedure, he had become a legal 'person' and had a right to have us try to save him. ... We did everything we could, but over time our efforts proved futile. His breathing grew labored. "Abortion is now an intensely personal issue for me. I believe it is an offense against the most vulnerable among us. My little patient put a face on it for me." ... Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/columnists/bud_kennedy/story/441362.html

Milpitas teacher placed on leave for showing anti-abortion film. A Milpitas science teacher has been placed on leave after showing parts of the graphic anti-abortion film "The Silent Scream" to five eighth-grade classes. On Jan. 23, after students at Russell Middle School finished a chemistry test on acids and bases, first-year teacher Randy Yang showed clips from the controversial film, which depicts an 11-week-old fetus being dismembered during an abortion. Some students did not like what they saw. "They're like, 'Ewww, that's gross, why do we have to see that?' " said eighth-grader Xhynah Cabugao. "Everybody was kind of disgusted." When some students asked why they had to watch, Xhynah said, the teacher told them to avert their eyes if they didn't want to see it. Yang, who is not a tenured teacher, could not be reached for comment. ... Read more: http://origin.mercurynews.com/valley/ci_8244797 

Tiller's Illegal Late-Term Abortions. "Tiller's effort to deny the grand jury necessary evidence in a criminal investigation is a last desperate act of a man who is destined to go to jail," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. "Tiller expects the court to help him hide incriminating evidence from people who have the legal ability to indict him. This judge has already rejected a similar motion to deny other subpoenas issued by the grand jury. We are praying, for the sake of truth and justice, that this ploy is denied as well." ... Read more: http://www.operationrescue.org/?p=846  

The  Communist Origin of Abortion. So, you see, it doesn't matter that Hillary Clinton, just like her husband, are dedicated Marxists pushing the communist agenda disguised as liberalism, just so long as it's a female. ... The Free Market Case Against Abortion. "Legalized abortion has it roots in Marxism, socialism, and egalitarianism. Lenin and his communist Bolsheviks were the first ones to widely and openly legalize and advocate abortion as a woman's right. Communism viewed abortion as a vital part of implementing Marx�s and Engel�s Communist Manifesto and their desire for the �Abolition of the family!� and liberation of women who were oppressed by capitalism, marriage, and the family."  ...  Read more:  http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd340.htm  [Link sent by Wyjoz] 

Possible motive found for clinic fire. Investigators say Baca's girlfriend was planning to have an abortion. Police say Baca and Altman threw a gas can through the window of the building and lit it with a match. The clinic was destroyed in the fire. Since the fire at the clinic, two Planned Parenthood facilities have been targeted with fire attacks and vandalism. In the wake of these property crimes, new security measures are being looked at by Planned Parenthood. ,,, Full story: http://kob.com/article/stories/S297920.shtml?cat=517

Planned Parenthood challenges abortion ballot proposal.  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Planned Parenthood sought Monday to strike down a Missouri ballot proposal by claiming that its new requirements for abortion providers would make almost all abortions illegal. A proposal targeted for the November 2008 ballot would make it an act of “medical negligence” to perform or refer someone for an abortion without first determining it is warranted to prevent death, serious injury or other health risks from the pregnancy.The proposal lays out no criminal penalties. Rather, it would let a woman who later regrets an abortion sue the doctors or nurses on allegations they failed to screen her for risk factors, evaluate whether she was coerced into having the abortion or allow her 48 hours to reflect upon the information. ... Full story: http://www.dailyjournalonline.com/articles/2007/12/25/news/doc476fdd00a0064585509072.txt

Can Eating Pork and Shellfish Destroy Your Health? This topic is one that some will disagree with, others may not want to hear, or in some cases with Christians, they will take offense with because they believe Jesus doesn’t care what we eat. I’m not trying to be legalistic when it comes to why we should avoid pork and shellfish. I’m trying to be realistic and share some health insights into why these foods could be dangerous to your health. If you want to live a long, disease-free life while you’re occupying your body, then this issue is one you need to pay close attention to. ... Full story: http://www.newswithviews.com/Ciola/greg8.htm

Iowan questions Clinton and Obama on abortion. But Duncalf refused to sit down, which made Clinton chuckle. Duncalf explained that if Americans hadn't aborted about 50 million babies since 1973, they would've been alive to pay into the Social Security pool, and the benefit for retired Americans wouldn't be in trouble. "I'm very disappointed," Duncalf said, as Clinton kept a composed smile on her face and nodded gently, "we're not doing more to save those babies." ... "I respect very much your deep feelings," Clinton continued. "I hope we get to the point where we make abortion safe, legal and rare." ... Full story: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071220/NEWS/71220010/-1/SPORTS01 [I posted the following comment below the article: "Attention pro-lifers: Those who defend abortion will abort themselves out of existence!]

FDA Sleeps While Common Medications Poison the Elderly. The use of drugs as a primary tool of health care in our society is a hundred-billion-dollar-a-year scam, as well as a direct and dire danger to the health of anyone taking almost any medication for any period of time. On top of that, American citizens are being raped by excessive drug prices compared to any other country in the world. It is an acknowledged fact that the FDA has almost no clue of the actual risks of commonly used drugs on the market today and has totally failed the American public on post-market safety of drugs. Drug companies do everything in their power to suppress risk information and paint a false picture of benefits – even when they know their drugs needlessly kill or injure. ... Full story: http://www.newswithviews.com/Richards/byron43.htm

What Women Want: Not Reproductive Oppression. Pat then went right to the heart of the "reproductive health care" controversy. " "If I could provide a way for you to have fewer children, or no more children, or to not be pregnant if you are pregnant, would you be interested?" she asked them. The atmosphere in the room, pleasant up to that point, instantly turned chilly. The women whispered among themselves, shooting Pat looks that were no longer friendly. Then one woman, her voice rising in indignation, spoke for all: "Sabe nada, estupida Americana!" Up to this point in the interview, Pat had been relying on translators to help with her halting Spanish, but this stinging barb came through loud and clear: "You understand nothing, stupid American!" These refugee women had no use for contraceptives, sterilizations, or abortions and rejected Pat's offer of "reproductive health care" out of hand. ... Full story: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/nov/07113009.html

Abortion clinic accused of flushing foetuses down the drain. Police investigating four abortion clinics in Barcelona used frequently by British women have been horrified to find purpose-built machines attached to the drains that were used to crush foetuses. The clinics allegedly performed illegal abortions on women into their eighth month of pregnancy. Police have arrested Carlos MorÍn, the Peruvian head of the clinics, his wife and four other colleagues after a lawsuit by a Christian organisation, e-Cristians. Mr MorÍn reportedly has refused to answer police questions. ... Full story: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2971379.ece

Remembering Henry Hyde. Henry Hyde, former longtime Illinois Representative and stalwart defender of life, passed away early this morning. Hyde, 83, had recently brought a long political career to an end, retiring at the conclusion of the last session. In that time, he earned a reputation as the most committed and uncompromising opponent of abortion in national office. Since learning of his death, we've sought the reflections and brief tributes from those who knew and worked with Congressman Hyde. We will continue adding to the list as other remembrances come in. Full story: http://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1712&Itemid=48

Ron Paul's Sanctity of Life Act.  Accordingly, Ron Paul has introduced and reintroduced the Sanctity of Life Act (including in the current Congress). If passed, this Bill would recognize the personhood of all unborn babies by declaring that "human life shall be deemed to exist from conception." The Bill also recognizes the authority of each State to protect the lives of unborn children. In addition, this Bill would remove abortion from the jurisdiction of the Court, thereby nullifying the Roe v. Wade decision. The Bill would also deny funding for abortion providers. In plain language, the Bill would overturn Roe v. Wade and end abortion-on-demand. ... Full story: http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin415.htm

Good bye to Cloning! But the topic has bubbled up again with the report from London's Daily Telegraph that Ian Wilmut, the cloner of Dolly the sheep and the world's most famous biological researcher, is abandoning cloning. Instead, he's chosen to follow Mr. Yamanaka's lead: "a way," as the Telegraph explained, "to create human embryo stem cells without the need for human eggs, which are in extremely short supply, and without the need to create and destroy human cloned embryos, which is bitterly opposed by the prolife movement." ... Full story: http://www.opinionjournal.com/federation/feature/?id=110010915 [Link submitted by Hugo Schmidt]

Scientists Bypass Need for Embryo to Get Stem Cells. Two teams of scientists reported yesterday that they had turned human skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells without having to make or destroy an embryo — a feat that could quell the ethical debate troubling the field. All they had to do, the scientists said, was add four genes. The genes reprogrammed the chromosomes of the skin cells, making the cells into blank slates that should be able to turn into any of the 220 cell types of the human body, be it heart, brain, blood or bone. ... Full story: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/21/science/21stem.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin [Link submitted by Hugo Schmidt]

Stephanopoulos Asked to Correct Reporting of Terri Schiavo's Medical Condition. TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 19 /Standard Newswire/ -- Yesterday on This Week, George Stephanopoulos, in an interview with Senator Fred Thompson, commented that Terri Schiavo's autopsy proved she was "brain dead."  The New York Times also reported on this interview, repeating that the autopsy proved Terri was "brain dead." This is patently false and Terri's family is requesting that the media immediately stop using this offensive and inaccurate expression to describe her condition. ... Full story: http://www.standardnewswire.com/news/887931879.html

Right to Life of Unborn is Debated at High Level in UN. NEW YORK November 16, 2007 (C-FAM.org) – Perhaps for the first time ever, a debate about protecting the unborn child from abortion erupted in the UN Third Committee of the General Assembly yesterday. Led by mostly Muslim states, the effort was at least partly an attempt to strike at the efforts of the European Union-led resolution condemning the death penalty. Several sponsors of the death penalty resolution argued that the right to life amendments were not in keeping with the main focus of the text and that they were merely introduced to sow confusion and division. The representative of Egypt stated that since the resolution was aimed at respecting life, it was appropriate to widen the scope to include protection of innocent human life. ... Full story: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/nov/07111607.html

Initiative Would Define a Fertilized Egg as a Person.  The wording of a proposed initiative that would define a fertilized egg as a person in Colorado won an OK from the state Supreme Court on Tuesday. The 7-0 decision sent abortion opponents into the streets to begin collecting 76,047 signatures in the next six months, enough to put the constitutional amendment on the November 2008 ballot. A jubilant group of about 40 supporters, including anti-abortion leaders from across the country, gathered at the Timbers Hotel in northeast Denver to cheer the ruling. They believe passage of the measure could lead to the eventual overturning of Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion. "The right to life is not a right that comes to us when we're born but when we're created," said GOP presidential candidate Alan Keyes,  ... Full story: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5746927,00.html

Ron Paul on Abortion. Ron Paul is a physician who has delivered more than 4,000 babies. He not only opposes federal funding of embryonic stem cell research and partial-birth abortion, he is against abortion itself. As he himself has said: In 40 years of medical practice, I never once considered performing an abortion, nor did I ever find abortion necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman. In Congress, I have authored legislation that seeks to define life as beginning at conception, H.R. 1094. I am also the prime sponsor of H.R. 300, which would negate the effect of Roe v Wade by removing the ability of federal courts to interfere with state legislation to protect life. This is a practical, direct approach to ending federal court tyranny which threatens our constitutional republic and has caused the deaths of 45 million of the unborn. I have also authored H.R. 1095, which prevents federal funds to be used for so-called "population control."  Full story: http://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance127.html

The World War Diet & Health. During the war years people walked more, ate less, and consumed a generally healthier and better balanced diet. Meat was in short supply and people ate a greater proportion of vegetables, many of which were home-grown! Butter was measured in mere fractions of a half-pound block per person per week. Yellow fats, as we know them, didn't really exist - and what was called 'margarine' was still unpleasant enough that there was little incentive to consume a great deal of it! ... Full story: http://www.newstarget.com/022231.html [Link submitted by Wyjoz]

The Global Baby Bust. The root cause of these trends is falling birthrates. Today, the average woman in the world bears half as many children as did her counterpart in 1972. No industrialized country still produces enough children to sustain its population over time, or to prevent rapid population aging. Germany could easily lose the equivalent of the current population of what was once East Germany over the next half-century. Russia's population is already contracting by three-quarters of a million a year. Japan's population is also falling and is expected to fall by as much as one-third over the next 50 years — a decline equivalent, the demographer Hideo Ibe has noted, to that experienced in medieval Europe during the plague. ... Full story: http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/population/pc0044.htm

Breast Cancer Epidemic Linked to Abortion. A new UK study says that induced abortion is the “best predictor” of breast cancer, and calls the current widespread incidence of breast cancer “epidemic.” The study appears in the Fall edition of The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, and is authored by Patrick Carroll, M.A., who is the Director of Research for the Pension and Population Research Institute in London. ...  Induced abortion. Induced abortion is given as the number one risk-raising factor, especially when a woman has never given birth to a child because, the researchers said, such an abortion “leaves breast cells in a state of interrupted hormonal development in which they are more susceptible.” ... Full story: http://www.newsmax.com/health/breast_cancer_abortion/2007/11/07/47415.html

Are abortion and the Holocaust comparable? Fact: Many of the death camp experiments were run by respected German scientists researching major health threats of the day, such as typhus and hypothermia. Much of the data was either captured and utilized by the Allies or was quietly published in German medical journals in the post-war years, sometimes by the very doctors who had assisted in the prison camp experiments. In fact, the saline abortion procedure used in the U.S. through the early 1980's was developed in the Nazi death camps for use on Jews, Slavs, and Poles. U.S. doctors simply lifted it from the Nazis. ... Full story: http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/kellmeyer/071101

Don’t Feed the Hand that Bites You. It is also common for pro-lifers to attack abortion by saying we may have aborted the next Beethoven, or Mother Teresa, or the doctor who would have discovered a cure for cancer.  While this sentiment is understandable, it is inconsistent with the pro-life position.  The unborn child who might grow up to cure cancer has no more right to life than the unborn child who will spend his life on welfare and living under bridges.  The “aborted Beethoven” argument suggests that it is a bigger tragedy to kill Baby A than Baby B because Baby A is more valuable to society.  Clearly, that is not what the pro-lifer meant to say, but that is certainly what the listener might conclude. Full story: http://www.markcrutcherblog.com/index.cfm/2007/11/1/Dont-Feed-the-Hand-that-Bites-You

Protecting the Human Dignity of the Girl Child Worldwide. One of the most prominent forms of discrimination against girls exists even before they exit their mother�s womb. That is the issue of sex-selection abortion. The notion of sex-selection abortion challenges the liberal concept of abortion as an innate human right. Sex-selection abortion is practiced in countries where cultural norms dictate that a man is more prized than a woman. ... Wealthy and upper middle-class women of India and China do have an option though. They can simply come to sunny California and go to The Fertility Institutes of Los Angeles. For approximately $18,000, women can have their abortion at this self-proclaimed world largest and most successful sex-selection program. ... Full story: http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenBlackwell/2007/11/01/protecting_the_human_dignity_of_the_girl_child_worldwide

New Poll Shows 50% of Americans Pro-Life, 44% Pro-Abortion. LOS ANGELES, October 31, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new poll has shown that the US public is continuing to move towards the pro-life position with 44 percent support for abortion remaining legal. The total pro-abortion position – abortion should “always be legal” – was supported by 31 per cent and 13 per cent responded that abortion should be “legal most of the time”. The Los Angeles Times poll shows that 50 per cent responded that abortion should be outlawed. This number breaks down to 40 per cent being in favour of legal abortion only in cases of conception due to rape or medical threats to the life of the mother. 10 per cent thought abortion should be illegal in any situation.
... Full story: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/oct/07103105.html

Awakenings from a Comatose State. On October 19, only months after being nearly dehydrated to death when his feeding tube was removed, Jesse Ramirez walked out of the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix on his own two legs. Ramirez is lucky to be alive. Early last June, a mere one week after a serious auto accident left him unconscious, his wife Rebecca and doctors decided he would never recover and pulled his feeding tube. He went without food and water for five long days. But then his mother, Theresa, represented by lawyers from the Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund, successfully took Rebecca to court demanding a change of guardianship on the grounds that Rebecca and Jesse's allegedly rocky marriage disqualified her for the role. The judge ordered that Jesse be temporarily rehydrated and nourished. Then Jesse regained consciousness. ... Full story: http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/282dwxzn.asp?pg=1

Did Progress Begin with Roe v. Wade? In a speech delivered in Atlanta over the weekend, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg declared that banning abortion “would have a devastating impact on poor women.” Bader’s suggestion, that abortion is a solution to the problems of poor women, is on a par with Jonathan Swift’s long-ago solution to the Irish poverty problem in his essay, A Modest Proposal. But at least Swift was writing satire. ... Full story: http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/JaniceShawCrouse/2007/10/26/did_progress_begin_with_roe_v_wade

Operation Rescue Calls for Nationwide Suspension of Planned Parenthood's Federal Funding. OVERLAND PARK, Kansas, Oct. 24 /Christian Newswire/ -- Operation Rescue announces today that it is calling for an emergency suspension of Federal funding to all Planned Parenthood organizations nationwide in light of the recent 107 criminal charges filed against an affiliate clinic in Overland Park, Kansas, and the imminence of a grand jury investigation there."All Planned Parenthood organizations are required to adhere to standardized policies and procedures. If there have been 107 criminal charges after reviewing just 29 records from one year, then it is reasonable to have concern that others are also violating the law. Tax payers should not be forced to fund an organization that is operating outside the law," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. ... Full story:

Abortion Business Death Raises Questions. HYANNIS, Mass. — Pro-life activists and relatives of a woman who died as the result of an abortion here want the state to pursue a criminal investigation into the tragedy. The reason for the death of Laura Hope Smith, 22, of Sandwich, went unreported in the local media, although 600 people attended her funeral. At least one girl decided against a scheduled abortion after hearing Smith’s story. Smith was reportedly 13 weeks pregnant when she underwent the abortion Sept. 13 at the Women Health Center office of Dr. Rapin Osathanondh. ... Full story: http://ncregister.com/site/article/6336/

Comatose Mesa man walks out of hospital. Doctors said he had only a small chance of recovery. His own wife pulled his feeding tube after a week. But Friday, Jesse Ramirez walked out of the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, alive and recovering. It has been an amazing five months for the US postal employee and father of three who was literally at death's door when he was critically injured in a horrific accident. Jesse and his wife Rebecca were in their SUV when Jesse lost control and crashed into a Chandler pottery store. Rebecca suffered only minor injuries, but Jesse was airlifted to a hospital with a fractured skull and face, punctured lungs and broken ribs. ... Rebecca then made the decision to pull his feeding tube and Jesse went six days without food or water. ... Full story: http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/jesseramirezwalks10192007-CR.html

Public Funding of Planned Parenthood Challenged. Planned Parenthood promotes itself as the protector of women and their rights. It says it desires for every child to be a wanted child. Hollywood celebrities and leading politicians laud its services, which are underwritten by more than $300 million in government funds annually. To pro-life advocates, however, Planned Parenthood is the United States' No. 1 abortion chain, producing more than a quarter of a million dead babies in a year. It is a leading policy advocate for abortion rights without restrictions. Its clinics sometimes, if not often, cover up the sexual abuse of underage girls who seek their help. If a child is unwanted, PPFA typically promotes abortion, not adoption. Full story: http://adventistreview.org/article.php?id=1433

You May Be Funding Illegal Abortions. Planned Parenthood purposefully performed illegal late term abortions in violation of Kansas State law and unlawfully falsified documents in order to conceal that fact. They are also accused of failing to comply with the required medical reporting guidelines. The complaint alleges 29 misdemeanor counts of performing “unlawful late term abortions,” 29 misdemeanor counts of “unlawful failure to determine viability for late term abortion,” 23 felony counts of “making a