abortion
MONTANA: The state Supreme Court has identified a “woman’s right to procreative autonomy” as an argument in favor of physician-assistants performing surgical abortions.
The state Supreme Court has identified a “woman’s right to procreative autonomy” as an argument in favor of physician-assistants performing surgical abortions.
(Reading: “Court: Right to Privacy Means Right to Abortion,” Billings Gazette, 10/29/99; Montana Supreme Court 98-066)
PENNSYLVANIA: Abortionist Steven Brigham is reported to be eyeing a new location for an abortion mill in Erie, Pennsylvania. Brigham’s medical license was revoked in New York and is currently on “inactive status” in Pennsylvania.
(Reading: “Downtown Erie Might Get Abortion Clinic,” Erie Times News, 10/27/99)
STATISTICS: Forbes magazine published a graph depicting results of research the Alan Guttmacher Institute has done examining the characteristics of women who abort their children. One finding among others is that “Catholics are more likely to abort than Protestants.” And although blacks are 12% of the population, they are responsible for 29% of the abortions. This survey of 10,000 women was conducted in 1995. (Reading: “Who Has Abortions?” Forbes, 10/18/99, p. 110)
activism
FLORIDA: An abortion mill, doctors and employees have been ordered to pay all legal fees and costs for Mark Hall, a pro-life advocate who was sued by the abortion facility which is no longer in business.
FLORIDA: An abortion mill, doctors and employees have been ordered to pay all legal fees and costs for Mark Hall, a pro-life advocate who was sued by the abortion facility which is no longer in business.
FLORIDA: An abortion mill, doctors and employees have been ordered to pay all legal fees and costs for Mark Hall, a pro-life advocate who was sued by the abortion facility which is no longer in business.
(Reading: “Federal Court Orders Abortion Clinic to Pay Pro-life Advocate’s Legal Fees,” American Family Association news release, 10/27/99)
adolescent sexuality
CDC ADVICE BAD: Editorial writer Tony Snow suggests that the latest CDC (Centers for Disease Control) programs for teens “weaken family ties.” And he quotes from “Reducing the Risk”: “You could become a hermit who never talks to anyone or does anything. Or, you could avoid pregnancy and STD by being so unpleasant that everyone stays clear of you. Or you could never become involved in a romantic relationship.” Snow says, “Translation: Only geeks, losers and dirtballs avoid teen sex.”
CDC ADVICE BAD: Editorial writer Tony Snow suggests that the latest CDC (Centers for Disease Control) programs for teens “weaken family ties.” And he quotes from “Reducing the Risk”: “You could become a hermit who never talks to anyone or does anything. Or, you could avoid pregnancy and STD by being so unpleasant that everyone stays clear of you. Or you could never become involved in a romantic relationship.” Snow says, “Translation: Only geeks, losers and dirtballs avoid teen sex.”
CDC ADVICE BAD: Editorial writer Tony Snow suggests that the latest CDC (Centers for Disease Control) programs for teens “weaken family ties.” And he quotes from “Reducing the Risk”: “You could become a hermit who never talks to anyone or does anything. Or, you could avoid pregnancy and STD by being so unpleasant that everyone stays clear of you. Or you could never become involved in a romantic relationship.” Snow says, “Translation: Only geeks, losers and dirtballs avoid teen sex.”
(Reading: “The Centers for Disease Control Is Giving Teens Bad Advice,” St. Louis Post Dispatch, 10/21/99; CDC“Reducing the Risk”)
birth control
CORN II: [see communique, 10/29/99] Epidemiologist Joel Brind says: “Although I have not read the primary source for this story, anyone schooled in immunology knows this is a very dangerous business: If you inject antibodies into a woman, which antibodies are cloned from cells of another person-whether or not there is an intermediary vector, be it corn or anything else-will provoke a rejection response. In the case of injectable antibodies (aka, “passive immunity”), it causes a condition called serum sickness. The more times the foreign protein is injected, the worse it gets. I cannot see how this line of research and genetic engineering will lead to effective birth control.”
CORN II: [see communique, 10/29/99] Epidemiologist Joel Brind says: “Although I have not read the primary source for this story, anyone schooled in immunology knows this is a very dangerous business: If you inject antibodies into a woman, which antibodies are cloned from cells of another person-whether or not there is an intermediary vector, be it corn or anything else-will provoke a rejection response. In the case of injectable antibodies (aka, “passive immunity”), it causes a condition called serum sickness. The more times the foreign protein is injected, the worse it gets. I cannot see how this line of research and genetic engineering will lead to effective birth control.”
CORN II: [see communique, 10/29/99] Epidemiologist Joel Brind says: “Although I have not read the primary source for this story, anyone schooled in immunology knows this is a very dangerous business: If you inject antibodies into a woman, which antibodies are cloned from cells of another person-whether or not there is an intermediary vector, be it corn or anything else-will provoke a rejection response. In the case of injectable antibodies (aka, “passive immunity”), it causes a condition called serum sickness. The more times the foreign protein is injected, the worse it gets. I cannot see how this line of research and genetic engineering will lead to effective birth control.”
(Reading: 11/1/99 e-mail from “>Joel Brind, Ph.D.; Dr. Brind is the publisher of the Abortion-Breast Cancer Link)
birth control pill
CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES: Melinda Reist Waterloo has written a comprehensive analysis of moral objections, health concerns and abortive realities connected with birth control pills.
CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES: Melinda Reist Waterloo has written a comprehensive analysis of moral objections, health concerns and abortive realities connected with birth control pills.
CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES: Melinda Reist Waterloo has written a comprehensive analysis of moral objections, health concerns and abortive realities connected with birth control pills.
VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM: Letters to The Lancet confirm the occurrence of venous “thromboembolic disease within the first year of use of combined oral contraceptives.” Researchers also agree that more study is needed at this time.
(Reading: “Venous Thromboembolism and Oral Contraceptives,” The Lancet, 354:10/23/99:1469-70)
congress
DEFUNDING UNFPA: Congress wants to reward the coercive United Nations Population Fund with $25 million for the upcoming year, in spite of admission that “ethnic cleansing” included the promotion of abortion, sterilization and abortive family planning chemicals in Kosovo. To register views regarding the continuation of taxpayer funding for UNFPA contact House of Representatives leadership: Congressmen Frank Wolf (Va.) and Tom Delay (Tex.). UNFPA funding should be eliminated totally.
DEFUNDING UNFPA: Congress wants to reward the coercive United Nations Population Fund with $25 million for the upcoming year, in spite of admission that “ethnic cleansing” included the promotion of abortion, sterilization and abortive family planning chemicals in Kosovo. To register views regarding the continuation of taxpayer funding for UNFPA contact House of Representatives leadership: Congressmen Frank Wolf (Va.) and Tom Delay (Tex.). UNFPA funding should be eliminated totally.
DEFUNDING UNFPA: Congress wants to reward the coercive United Nations Population Fund with $25 million for the upcoming year, in spite of admission that “ethnic cleansing” included the promotion of abortion, sterilization and abortive family planning chemicals in Kosovo. To register views regarding the continuation of taxpayer funding for UNFPA contact House of Representatives leadership: Congressmen Frank Wolf (Va.) and Tom Delay (Tex.). UNFPA funding should be eliminated totally.
(Reading: For background materials, Population Research Institute; for Congressional contact information, see Library of Congress)
imposed death
DUTCH FUTILITY: A Dutch court has ruled that “contrary to the wishes of the next of kin, a hospital is not obliged to return an 80-year-old patient with cancer to intensive care if his condition deteriorates.”
DUTCH FUTILITY: A Dutch court has ruled that “contrary to the wishes of the next of kin, a hospital is not obliged to return an 80-year-old patient with cancer to intensive care if his condition deteriorates.”
DUTCH FUTILITY: A Dutch court has ruled that “contrary to the wishes of the next of kin, a hospital is not obliged to return an 80-year-old patient with cancer to intensive care if his condition deteriorates.”
(Reading: “Doctors Not Obliged to Carry Out Treatment They Think Is ‘Futile,'” British Medical Journal, 1999:319:1088)
PVS PATIENTS MANAGED TO DEATH: Discussing patients who survive “catastrophic brain damage” and are subsequently diagnosed as PVS, this article recommends that once a court agrees to ending the life of such a patient after the physician has presented certain evidence, nutrition and hydration be withdrawn. The “patient’s best interest” is reported to be the main concern in arriving at such a decision.
(Reading: “The Permanent Vegetative State: Practical Guidance on Diagnosis and Management,” British Medical Journal, 1999:319:841-844)
TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL: A clinical review of reasons for removing treatment includes patient autonomy, the timing of withdrawal, and the futility of continuing treatment. Interesting is the writers’ view that even when the family does not wish to end treatment, “the final decision rests with the intensive care team.”
(Reading: “Withdrawal of Treatment,” British Medical Journal, 1999:319:306-208)
personhood
MICHIGAN: Edward C. Lake, M.D., died recently at the age of 84. During a 1980 interview with the Jackson (Michigan) Citizen Patriot he said, “Seeing that baby come, it’s the biggest miracle. Two microscopic cells become a beautiful child. They used to say doctors couldn’t become Christians. I don’t think you can be a doctor without being a Christian.”
MICHIGAN: Edward C. Lake, M.D., died recently at the age of 84. During a 1980 interview with the Jackson (Michigan) Citizen Patriot he said, “Seeing that baby come, it’s the biggest miracle. Two microscopic cells become a beautiful child. They used to say doctors couldn’t become Christians. I don’t think you can be a doctor without being a Christian.”
MICHIGAN: Edward C. Lake, M.D., died recently at the age of 84. During a 1980 interview with the Jackson (Michigan) Citizen Patriot he said, “Seeing that baby come, it’s the biggest miracle. Two microscopic cells become a beautiful child. They used to say doctors couldn’t become Christians. I don’t think you can be a doctor without being a Christian.”
(Reading: “Area Obstetrician Dr. Edward Lake Dies at 84,” Citizen Patriot, 10/21/99) web news
NEW PRO-LIFE SITE: A former assistant to abortionist George Tiller who is now a professional speaker-“>Luhra Tivis Warren-is debuting her Christ-Like Ministry site.
NEW PRO-LIFE SITE: A former assistant to abortionist George Tiller who is now a professional speaker-“>Luhra Tivis Warren-is debuting her Christ-Like Ministry site.
NEW PRO-LIFE SITE: A former assistant to abortionist George Tiller who is now a professional speaker-“>Luhra Tivis Warren-is debuting her Christ-Like Ministry site.
you
AGAINST THE GRAIN: Investigative reporting at its best; to get your subscription contact “>Suzanne Rini.
AGAINST THE GRAIN: Investigative reporting at its best; to get your subscription contact “>Suzanne Rini.
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GOOD IDEA: Kevin Given asks that all pro-lifers request that abortion survivor Gianna Jessen be invited by the Republican National Committee to share her story. Write the RNC at 310 First Street S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 or register the request on the RNC web site.
ROSARY CRUSADE: Hoping to present Mary, the Mother of God with 100,000 Rosaries by December 31, 1999, Our Lady of Angels parish in Woodbridge, Virginia will launch, on December 8, a campaign to enlist volunteers who will pray the Rosary for spiritual renewal. Send your Rosary pledge to “> or “> or “> or mail your pledge to Rosary Crusade, P.O. Box 4253, Woodbridge, VA 22194-4253.
reflection for prayer
The Christian prays in every situation, in his walks for recreation, in his dealings with others, in silence, in reading, in all rational pursuits.
-St. Clement of Alexandria
MONTANA: The state Supreme Court has identified a “woman’s right to procreative autonomy” as an argument in favor of physician-assistants performing surgical abortions.
The state Supreme Court has identified a “woman’s right to procreative autonomy” as an argument in favor of physician-assistants performing surgical abortions.
(Reading: “Court: Right to Privacy Means Right to Abortion,” Billings Gazette, 10/29/99; Montana Supreme Court 98-066)
PENNSYLVANIA: Abortionist Steven Brigham is reported to be eyeing a new location for an abortion mill in Erie, Pennsylvania. Brigham’s medical license was revoked in New York and is currently on “inactive status” in Pennsylvania.
(Reading: “Downtown Erie Might Get Abortion Clinic,” Erie Times News, 10/27/99)
STATISTICS: Forbes magazine published a graph depicting results of research the Alan Guttmacher Institute has done examining the characteristics of women who abort their children. One finding among others is that “Catholics are more likely to abort than Protestants.” And although blacks are 12% of the population, they are responsible for 29% of the abortions. This survey of 10,000 women was conducted in 1995. (Reading: “Who Has Abortions?” Forbes, 10/18/99, p. 110)
activism
FLORIDA: An abortion mill, doctors and employees have been ordered to pay all legal fees and costs for Mark Hall, a pro-life advocate who was sued by the abortion facility which is no longer in business.
FLORIDA: An abortion mill, doctors and employees have been ordered to pay all legal fees and costs for Mark Hall, a pro-life advocate who was sued by the abortion facility which is no longer in business.
FLORIDA: An abortion mill, doctors and employees have been ordered to pay all legal fees and costs for Mark Hall, a pro-life advocate who was sued by the abortion facility which is no longer in business.
(Reading: “Federal Court Orders Abortion Clinic to Pay Pro-life Advocate’s Legal Fees,” American Family Association news release, 10/27/99)
adolescent sexuality
CDC ADVICE BAD: Editorial writer Tony Snow suggests that the latest CDC (Centers for Disease Control) programs for teens “weaken family ties.” And he quotes from “Reducing the Risk”: “You could become a hermit who never talks to anyone or does anything. Or, you could avoid pregnancy and STD by being so unpleasant that everyone stays clear of you. Or you could never become involved in a romantic relationship.” Snow says, “Translation: Only geeks, losers and dirtballs avoid teen sex.”
CDC ADVICE BAD: Editorial writer Tony Snow suggests that the latest CDC (Centers for Disease Control) programs for teens “weaken family ties.” And he quotes from “Reducing the Risk”: “You could become a hermit who never talks to anyone or does anything. Or, you could avoid pregnancy and STD by being so unpleasant that everyone stays clear of you. Or you could never become involved in a romantic relationship.” Snow says, “Translation: Only geeks, losers and dirtballs avoid teen sex.”
CDC ADVICE BAD: Editorial writer Tony Snow suggests that the latest CDC (Centers for Disease Control) programs for teens “weaken family ties.” And he quotes from “Reducing the Risk”: “You could become a hermit who never talks to anyone or does anything. Or, you could avoid pregnancy and STD by being so unpleasant that everyone stays clear of you. Or you could never become involved in a romantic relationship.” Snow says, “Translation: Only geeks, losers and dirtballs avoid teen sex.”
(Reading: “The Centers for Disease Control Is Giving Teens Bad Advice,” St. Louis Post Dispatch, 10/21/99; CDC“Reducing the Risk”)
birth control
CORN II: [see communique, 10/29/99] Epidemiologist Joel Brind says: “Although I have not read the primary source for this story, anyone schooled in immunology knows this is a very dangerous business: If you inject antibodies into a woman, which antibodies are cloned from cells of another person-whether or not there is an intermediary vector, be it corn or anything else-will provoke a rejection response. In the case of injectable antibodies (aka, “passive immunity”), it causes a condition called serum sickness. The more times the foreign protein is injected, the worse it gets. I cannot see how this line of research and genetic engineering will lead to effective birth control.”
CORN II: [see communique, 10/29/99] Epidemiologist Joel Brind says: “Although I have not read the primary source for this story, anyone schooled in immunology knows this is a very dangerous business: If you inject antibodies into a woman, which antibodies are cloned from cells of another person-whether or not there is an intermediary vector, be it corn or anything else-will provoke a rejection response. In the case of injectable antibodies (aka, “passive immunity”), it causes a condition called serum sickness. The more times the foreign protein is injected, the worse it gets. I cannot see how this line of research and genetic engineering will lead to effective birth control.”
CORN II: [see communique, 10/29/99] Epidemiologist Joel Brind says: “Although I have not read the primary source for this story, anyone schooled in immunology knows this is a very dangerous business: If you inject antibodies into a woman, which antibodies are cloned from cells of another person-whether or not there is an intermediary vector, be it corn or anything else-will provoke a rejection response. In the case of injectable antibodies (aka, “passive immunity”), it causes a condition called serum sickness. The more times the foreign protein is injected, the worse it gets. I cannot see how this line of research and genetic engineering will lead to effective birth control.”
(Reading: 11/1/99 e-mail from “>Joel Brind, Ph.D.; Dr. Brind is the publisher of the Abortion-Breast Cancer Link)
birth control pill
CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES: Melinda Reist Waterloo has written a comprehensive analysis of moral objections, health concerns and abortive realities connected with birth control pills.
CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES: Melinda Reist Waterloo has written a comprehensive analysis of moral objections, health concerns and abortive realities connected with birth control pills.
CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES: Melinda Reist Waterloo has written a comprehensive analysis of moral objections, health concerns and abortive realities connected with birth control pills.
VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM: Letters to The Lancet confirm the occurrence of venous “thromboembolic disease within the first year of use of combined oral contraceptives.” Researchers also agree that more study is needed at this time.
(Reading: “Venous Thromboembolism and Oral Contraceptives,” The Lancet, 354:10/23/99:1469-70)
congress
DEFUNDING UNFPA: Congress wants to reward the coercive United Nations Population Fund with $25 million for the upcoming year, in spite of admission that “ethnic cleansing” included the promotion of abortion, sterilization and abortive family planning chemicals in Kosovo. To register views regarding the continuation of taxpayer funding for UNFPA contact House of Representatives leadership: Congressmen Frank Wolf (Va.) and Tom Delay (Tex.). UNFPA funding should be eliminated totally.
DEFUNDING UNFPA: Congress wants to reward the coercive United Nations Population Fund with $25 million for the upcoming year, in spite of admission that “ethnic cleansing” included the promotion of abortion, sterilization and abortive family planning chemicals in Kosovo. To register views regarding the continuation of taxpayer funding for UNFPA contact House of Representatives leadership: Congressmen Frank Wolf (Va.) and Tom Delay (Tex.). UNFPA funding should be eliminated totally.
DEFUNDING UNFPA: Congress wants to reward the coercive United Nations Population Fund with $25 million for the upcoming year, in spite of admission that “ethnic cleansing” included the promotion of abortion, sterilization and abortive family planning chemicals in Kosovo. To register views regarding the continuation of taxpayer funding for UNFPA contact House of Representatives leadership: Congressmen Frank Wolf (Va.) and Tom Delay (Tex.). UNFPA funding should be eliminated totally.
(Reading: For background materials, Population Research Institute; for Congressional contact information, see Library of Congress)
imposed death
DUTCH FUTILITY: A Dutch court has ruled that “contrary to the wishes of the next of kin, a hospital is not obliged to return an 80-year-old patient with cancer to intensive care if his condition deteriorates.”
DUTCH FUTILITY: A Dutch court has ruled that “contrary to the wishes of the next of kin, a hospital is not obliged to return an 80-year-old patient with cancer to intensive care if his condition deteriorates.”
DUTCH FUTILITY: A Dutch court has ruled that “contrary to the wishes of the next of kin, a hospital is not obliged to return an 80-year-old patient with cancer to intensive care if his condition deteriorates.”
(Reading: “Doctors Not Obliged to Carry Out Treatment They Think Is ‘Futile,'” British Medical Journal, 1999:319:1088)
PVS PATIENTS MANAGED TO DEATH: Discussing patients who survive “catastrophic brain damage” and are subsequently diagnosed as PVS, this article recommends that once a court agrees to ending the life of such a patient after the physician has presented certain evidence, nutrition and hydration be withdrawn. The “patient’s best interest” is reported to be the main concern in arriving at such a decision.
(Reading: “The Permanent Vegetative State: Practical Guidance on Diagnosis and Management,” British Medical Journal, 1999:319:841-844)
TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL: A clinical review of reasons for removing treatment includes patient autonomy, the timing of withdrawal, and the futility of continuing treatment. Interesting is the writers’ view that even when the family does not wish to end treatment, “the final decision rests with the intensive care team.”
(Reading: “Withdrawal of Treatment,” British Medical Journal, 1999:319:306-208)
personhood
MICHIGAN: Edward C. Lake, M.D., died recently at the age of 84. During a 1980 interview with the Jackson (Michigan) Citizen Patriot he said, “Seeing that baby come, it’s the biggest miracle. Two microscopic cells become a beautiful child. They used to say doctors couldn’t become Christians. I don’t think you can be a doctor without being a Christian.”
MICHIGAN: Edward C. Lake, M.D., died recently at the age of 84. During a 1980 interview with the Jackson (Michigan) Citizen Patriot he said, “Seeing that baby come, it’s the biggest miracle. Two microscopic cells become a beautiful child. They used to say doctors couldn’t become Christians. I don’t think you can be a doctor without being a Christian.”
MICHIGAN: Edward C. Lake, M.D., died recently at the age of 84. During a 1980 interview with the Jackson (Michigan) Citizen Patriot he said, “Seeing that baby come, it’s the biggest miracle. Two microscopic cells become a beautiful child. They used to say doctors couldn’t become Christians. I don’t think you can be a doctor without being a Christian.”
(Reading: “Area Obstetrician Dr. Edward Lake Dies at 84,” Citizen Patriot, 10/21/99) web news
NEW PRO-LIFE SITE: A former assistant to abortionist George Tiller who is now a professional speaker-“>Luhra Tivis Warren-is debuting her Christ-Like Ministry site.
NEW PRO-LIFE SITE: A former assistant to abortionist George Tiller who is now a professional speaker-“>Luhra Tivis Warren-is debuting her Christ-Like Ministry site.
NEW PRO-LIFE SITE: A former assistant to abortionist George Tiller who is now a professional speaker-“>Luhra Tivis Warren-is debuting her Christ-Like Ministry site.
you
AGAINST THE GRAIN: Investigative reporting at its best; to get your subscription contact “>Suzanne Rini.
AGAINST THE GRAIN: Investigative reporting at its best; to get your subscription contact “>Suzanne Rini.
AGAINST THE GRAIN: Investigative reporting at its best; to get your subscription contact “>Suzanne Rini.
GOOD IDEA: Kevin Given asks that all pro-lifers request that abortion survivor Gianna Jessen be invited by the Republican National Committee to share her story. Write the RNC at 310 First Street S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 or register the request on the RNC web site.
ROSARY CRUSADE: Hoping to present Mary, the Mother of God with 100,000 Rosaries by December 31, 1999, Our Lady of Angels parish in Woodbridge, Virginia will launch, on December 8, a campaign to enlist volunteers who will pray the Rosary for spiritual renewal. Send your Rosary pledge to “> or “> or “> or mail your pledge to Rosary Crusade, P.O. Box 4253, Woodbridge, VA 22194-4253.
reflection for prayer
The Christian prays in every situation, in his walks for recreation, in his dealings with others, in silence, in reading, in all rational pursuits.
-St. Clement of Alexandria
MONTANA: The state Supreme Court has identified a “woman’s right to procreative autonomy” as an argument in favor of physician-assistants performing surgical abortions.
(Reading: “Court: Right to Privacy Means Right to Abortion,” Billings Gazette, 10/29/99; Montana Supreme Court 98-066)
PENNSYLVANIA: Abortionist Steven Brigham is reported to be eyeing a new location for an abortion mill in Erie, Pennsylvania. Brigham’s medical license was revoked in New York and is currently on “inactive status” in Pennsylvania.
(Reading: “Downtown Erie Might Get Abortion Clinic,” Erie Times News, 10/27/99)
STATISTICS: Forbes magazine published a graph depicting results of research the Alan Guttmacher Institute has done examining the characteristics of women who abort their children. One finding among others is that “Catholics are more likely to abort than Protestants.” And although blacks are 12% of the population, they are responsible for 29% of the abortions. This survey of 10,000 women was conducted in 1995. (Reading: “Who Has Abortions?” Forbes, 10/18/99, p. 110)
activism
FLORIDA: An abortion mill, doctors and employees have been ordered to pay all legal fees and costs for Mark Hall, a pro-life advocate who was sued by the abortion facility which is no longer in business.
FLORIDA: An abortion mill, doctors and employees have been ordered to pay all legal fees and costs for Mark Hall, a pro-life advocate who was sued by the abortion facility which is no longer in business.
FLORIDA: An abortion mill, doctors and employees have been ordered to pay all legal fees and costs for Mark Hall, a pro-life advocate who was sued by the abortion facility which is no longer in business.
(Reading: “Federal Court Orders Abortion Clinic to Pay Pro-life Advocate’s Legal Fees,” American Family Association news release, 10/27/99)
adolescent sexuality
CDC ADVICE BAD: Editorial writer Tony Snow suggests that the latest CDC (Centers for Disease Control) programs for teens “weaken family ties.” And he quotes from “Reducing the Risk”: “You could become a hermit who never talks to anyone or does anything. Or, you could avoid pregnancy and STD by being so unpleasant that everyone stays clear of you. Or you could never become involved in a romantic relationship.” Snow says, “Translation: Only geeks, losers and dirtballs avoid teen sex.”
CDC ADVICE BAD: Editorial writer Tony Snow suggests that the latest CDC (Centers for Disease Control) programs for teens “weaken family ties.” And he quotes from “Reducing the Risk”: “You could become a hermit who never talks to anyone or does anything. Or, you could avoid pregnancy and STD by being so unpleasant that everyone stays clear of you. Or you could never become involved in a romantic relationship.” Snow says, “Translation: Only geeks, losers and dirtballs avoid teen sex.”
CDC ADVICE BAD: Editorial writer Tony Snow suggests that the latest CDC (Centers for Disease Control) programs for teens “weaken family ties.” And he quotes from “Reducing the Risk”: “You could become a hermit who never talks to anyone or does anything. Or, you could avoid pregnancy and STD by being so unpleasant that everyone stays clear of you. Or you could never become involved in a romantic relationship.” Snow says, “Translation: Only geeks, losers and dirtballs avoid teen sex.”
(Reading: “The Centers for Disease Control Is Giving Teens Bad Advice,” St. Louis Post Dispatch, 10/21/99; CDC“Reducing the Risk”)
birth control
CORN II: [see communique, 10/29/99] Epidemiologist Joel Brind says: “Although I have not read the primary source for this story, anyone schooled in immunology knows this is a very dangerous business: If you inject antibodies into a woman, which antibodies are cloned from cells of another person-whether or not there is an intermediary vector, be it corn or anything else-will provoke a rejection response. In the case of injectable antibodies (aka, “passive immunity”), it causes a condition called serum sickness. The more times the foreign protein is injected, the worse it gets. I cannot see how this line of research and genetic engineering will lead to effective birth control.”
CORN II: [see communique, 10/29/99] Epidemiologist Joel Brind says: “Although I have not read the primary source for this story, anyone schooled in immunology knows this is a very dangerous business: If you inject antibodies into a woman, which antibodies are cloned from cells of another person-whether or not there is an intermediary vector, be it corn or anything else-will provoke a rejection response. In the case of injectable antibodies (aka, “passive immunity”), it causes a condition called serum sickness. The more times the foreign protein is injected, the worse it gets. I cannot see how this line of research and genetic engineering will lead to effective birth control.”
CORN II: [see communique, 10/29/99] Epidemiologist Joel Brind says: “Although I have not read the primary source for this story, anyone schooled in immunology knows this is a very dangerous business: If you inject antibodies into a woman, which antibodies are cloned from cells of another person-whether or not there is an intermediary vector, be it corn or anything else-will provoke a rejection response. In the case of injectable antibodies (aka, “passive immunity”), it causes a condition called serum sickness. The more times the foreign protein is injected, the worse it gets. I cannot see how this line of research and genetic engineering will lead to effective birth control.”
(Reading: 11/1/99 e-mail from “>Joel Brind, Ph.D.; Dr. Brind is the publisher of the Abortion-Breast Cancer Link)
birth control pill
CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES: Melinda Reist Waterloo has written a comprehensive analysis of moral objections, health concerns and abortive realities connected with birth control pills.
CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES: Melinda Reist Waterloo has written a comprehensive analysis of moral objections, health concerns and abortive realities connected with birth control pills.
CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES: Melinda Reist Waterloo has written a comprehensive analysis of moral objections, health concerns and abortive realities connected with birth control pills.
VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM: Letters to The Lancet confirm the occurrence of venous “thromboembolic disease within the first year of use of combined oral contraceptives.” Researchers also agree that more study is needed at this time.
(Reading: “Venous Thromboembolism and Oral Contraceptives,” The Lancet, 354:10/23/99:1469-70)
congress
DEFUNDING UNFPA: Congress wants to reward the coercive United Nations Population Fund with $25 million for the upcoming year, in spite of admission that “ethnic cleansing” included the promotion of abortion, sterilization and abortive family planning chemicals in Kosovo. To register views regarding the continuation of taxpayer funding for UNFPA contact House of Representatives leadership: Congressmen Frank Wolf (Va.) and Tom Delay (Tex.). UNFPA funding should be eliminated totally.
DEFUNDING UNFPA: Congress wants to reward the coercive United Nations Population Fund with $25 million for the upcoming year, in spite of admission that “ethnic cleansing” included the promotion of abortion, sterilization and abortive family planning chemicals in Kosovo. To register views regarding the continuation of taxpayer funding for UNFPA contact House of Representatives leadership: Congressmen Frank Wolf (Va.) and Tom Delay (Tex.). UNFPA funding should be eliminated totally.
DEFUNDING UNFPA: Congress wants to reward the coercive United Nations Population Fund with $25 million for the upcoming year, in spite of admission that “ethnic cleansing” included the promotion of abortion, sterilization and abortive family planning chemicals in Kosovo. To register views regarding the continuation of taxpayer funding for UNFPA contact House of Representatives leadership: Congressmen Frank Wolf (Va.) and Tom Delay (Tex.). UNFPA funding should be eliminated totally.
(Reading: For background materials, Population Research Institute; for Congressional contact information, see Library of Congress)
imposed death
DUTCH FUTILITY: A Dutch court has ruled that “contrary to the wishes of the next of kin, a hospital is not obliged to return an 80-year-old patient with cancer to intensive care if his condition deteriorates.”
DUTCH FUTILITY: A Dutch court has ruled that “contrary to the wishes of the next of kin, a hospital is not obliged to return an 80-year-old patient with cancer to intensive care if his condition deteriorates.”
DUTCH FUTILITY: A Dutch court has ruled that “contrary to the wishes of the next of kin, a hospital is not obliged to return an 80-year-old patient with cancer to intensive care if his condition deteriorates.”
(Reading: “Doctors Not Obliged to Carry Out Treatment They Think Is ‘Futile,'” British Medical Journal, 1999:319:1088)
PVS PATIENTS MANAGED TO DEATH: Discussing patients who survive “catastrophic brain damage” and are subsequently diagnosed as PVS, this article recommends that once a court agrees to ending the life of such a patient after the physician has presented certain evidence, nutrition and hydration be withdrawn. The “patient’s best interest” is reported to be the main concern in arriving at such a decision.
(Reading: “The Permanent Vegetative State: Practical Guidance on Diagnosis and Management,” British Medical Journal, 1999:319:841-844)
TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL: A clinical review of reasons for removing treatment includes patient autonomy, the timing of withdrawal, and the futility of continuing treatment. Interesting is the writers’ view that even when the family does not wish to end treatment, “the final decision rests with the intensive care team.”
(Reading: “Withdrawal of Treatment,” British Medical Journal, 1999:319:306-208)
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MICHIGAN: Edward C. Lake, M.D., died recently at the age of 84. During a 1980 interview with the Jackson (Michigan) Citizen Patriot he said, “Seeing that baby come, it’s the biggest miracle. Two microscopic cells become a beautiful child. They used to say doctors couldn’t become Christians. I don’t think you can be a doctor without being a Christian.”
MICHIGAN: Edward C. Lake, M.D., died recently at the age of 84. During a 1980 interview with the Jackson (Michigan) Citizen Patriot he said, “Seeing that baby come, it’s the biggest miracle. Two microscopic cells become a beautiful child. They used to say doctors couldn’t become Christians. I don’t think you can be a doctor without being a Christian.”
MICHIGAN: Edward C. Lake, M.D., died recently at the age of 84. During a 1980 interview with the Jackson (Michigan) Citizen Patriot he said, “Seeing that baby come, it’s the biggest miracle. Two microscopic cells become a beautiful child. They used to say doctors couldn’t become Christians. I don’t think you can be a doctor without being a Christian.”
(Reading: “Area Obstetrician Dr. Edward Lake Dies at 84,” Citizen Patriot, 10/21/99) web news
NEW PRO-LIFE SITE: A former assistant to abortionist George Tiller who is now a professional speaker-“>Luhra Tivis Warren-is debuting her Christ-Like Ministry site.
NEW PRO-LIFE SITE: A former assistant to abortionist George Tiller who is now a professional speaker-“>Luhra Tivis Warren-is debuting her Christ-Like Ministry site.
NEW PRO-LIFE SITE: A former assistant to abortionist George Tiller who is now a professional speaker-“>Luhra Tivis Warren-is debuting her Christ-Like Ministry site.
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AGAINST THE GRAIN: Investigative reporting at its best; to get your subscription contact “>Suzanne Rini.
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GOOD IDEA: Kevin Given asks that all pro-lifers request that abortion survivor Gianna Jessen be invited by the Republican National Committee to share her story. Write the RNC at 310 First Street S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 or register the request on the RNC web site.
ROSARY CRUSADE: Hoping to present Mary, the Mother of God with 100,000 Rosaries by December 31, 1999, Our Lady of Angels parish in Woodbridge, Virginia will launch, on December 8, a campaign to enlist volunteers who will pray the Rosary for spiritual renewal. Send your Rosary pledge to “> or “> or “> or mail your pledge to Rosary Crusade, P.O. Box 4253, Woodbridge, VA 22194-4253.
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The Christian prays in every situation, in his walks for recreation, in his dealings with others, in silence, in reading, in all rational pursuits.
-St. Clement of Alexandria