chemical [medical] abortion
MISOPROSTOL I: Researchers report on a meta-analysis designed to study the results when misoprostol (Cytote) is used alone to abort babies younger than ten weeks gestational age. Their conclusion is that though the published studies do not provide a consistent record of success, “a regiment of misoprostol alone seems to hold promise as a solo method of medical abortion.”
Researchers report on a meta-analysis designed to study the results when misoprostol (Cytote) is used alone to abort babies younger than ten weeks gestational age. Their conclusion is that though the published studies do not provide a consistent record of success, “a regiment of misoprostol alone seems to hold promise as a solo method of medical abortion.”
(Reading: “Misoprostol used alone for the termination of early pregnancy,” Contraception, 1999, pp. 209-217; for details, contact Pharmacists for Life International)
MISOPROSTOL II: Researchers have indicated that by using 800 mg of misoprostol, inserted vaginally, a preborn child nine weeks of age or younger can be successfully aborted. The process can take three separate insertions, one every 24 hours for three days. And they conclude “although mifepristone [RU-486] remains unavailable, given the low price and easy availability of misoprostol in more than 72 countries of the world, this latter drug constitutes an abortion alternative, provided that a minimum clinical network is nearby or accessible.”
(Reading: “Early abortion with 800 mg of misoprostol by the vaginal route,” Contraception, 1999, pp. 219-225)
TAMOXIFIN: Researchers used Tamoxifin, a breast cancer treatment drug, in a trial involving women requesting termination of pregnancy at seven weeks gestational age or less. The control group comprised women in the same category who were aborted with methotrexate. 198 women were involved. The conclusion was that “Tamoxifin is less effective than methotrexate at 40 mg given as a single dose but is similar when given at 20 mg twice daily for 4 days for medical abortion.”
(Reading: “Tamoxifin Compared to Methotrexate When Used with Misoprostol for Abortion,” Contraception, 1999, pp. 265-270)
human experimentation
VOLUNTEERS FOR EXPERIMENTATION: In a paper funded by the U. S. National Institutes of Mental Health and Drug Abuse, Yale’s Dr. Robert Levine argues that “the Declaration of Helsinki rules, which require human volunteers in experiments receive the best medical care available, can be impractical and too costly.” He further argues that such rules discriminate against the less developed nations and should be revised. In particular, he argues for using a placebo for some women at risk of transmitting AIDS to their preborn children so that the efficacy of short-term treatment with zidovudine can be measured. However, Peter Lurie, M.D. says that the NIH “is trying to do for research ethics what Nike has done for wages and working conditions in developing countries. . . . We are witnessing a race to the ethical bottom.”
VOLUNTEERS FOR EXPERIMENTATION: In a paper funded by the U. S. National Institutes of Mental Health and Drug Abuse, Yale’s Dr. Robert Levine argues that “the Declaration of Helsinki rules, which require human volunteers in experiments receive the best medical care available, can be impractical and too costly.” He further argues that such rules discriminate against the less developed nations and should be revised. In particular, he argues for using a placebo for some women at risk of transmitting AIDS to their preborn children so that the efficacy of short-term treatment with zidovudine can be measured. However, Peter Lurie, M.D. says that the NIH “is trying to do for research ethics what Nike has done for wages and working conditions in developing countries. . . . We are witnessing a race to the ethical bottom.”
VOLUNTEERS FOR EXPERIMENTATION: In a paper funded by the U. S. National Institutes of Mental Health and Drug Abuse, Yale’s Dr. Robert Levine argues that “the Declaration of Helsinki rules, which require human volunteers in experiments receive the best medical care available, can be impractical and too costly.” He further argues that such rules discriminate against the less developed nations and should be revised. In particular, he argues for using a placebo for some women at risk of transmitting AIDS to their preborn children so that the efficacy of short-term treatment with zidovudine can be measured. However, Peter Lurie, M.D. says that the NIH “is trying to do for research ethics what Nike has done for wages and working conditions in developing countries. . . . We are witnessing a race to the ethical bottom.”
(Reading: “U. S. Government Proposes Legalizing Unethical Research,” LSN News service, 8/13/99; “Doctors Debate Ethics of Human Experimentation,” Nandotimes, 8/11/99; “The Need to Revise the Declaration of Helsinki,” New England Journal of Medicine, 8/12/99, pp. 531-534)
imposed death
NETHERLANDS: As the nation moves closer to legalizing suicide for patients as young as 12, Holland’s daily newspaper deTelegraaf has condemned the suggested change in the law, stating that “our country has a flourishing euthanasia practice.” Philippe Schepens, M.D., general secretary of the World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, reports to communique that the people of the Netherlands are prepared to oppose this new legislative proposal, which has been proposed by the nation’s health agency and is due to be voted on in 2000.
NETHERLANDS: As the nation moves closer to legalizing suicide for patients as young as 12, Holland’s daily newspaper deTelegraaf has condemned the suggested change in the law, stating that “our country has a flourishing euthanasia practice.” Philippe Schepens, M.D., general secretary of the World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, reports to communique that the people of the Netherlands are prepared to oppose this new legislative proposal, which has been proposed by the nation’s health agency and is due to be voted on in 2000.
NETHERLANDS: As the nation moves closer to legalizing suicide for patients as young as 12, Holland’s daily newspaper deTelegraaf has condemned the suggested change in the law, stating that “our country has a flourishing euthanasia practice.” Philippe Schepens, M.D., general secretary of the World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, reports to communique that the people of the Netherlands are prepared to oppose this new legislative proposal, which has been proposed by the nation’s health agency and is due to be voted on in 2000.
(Reading: e-mail from Philippe Schepens, M.D., 8/12/99; “Dutch Gov’t Legalizes Mercy Killing,” AP, 8/10/99. for a comprehensive report on the situation, see International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force)
NEW YORK: 75 year-old Peter Florio has been charged with second-degree manslaughter. He allegedly helped his sick wife take her life by fixing a rope into a noose and fastening the rope to a ceiling beam so that she could hang herself.
(Reading: “Man accused of assisting wife’s suicide,” New York Times, 8/7/99)
intra-uterine device (IUD)
ABORTS? Two clinicians opine that “all types of IUD induce a local inflammatory reaction inside the endometrial cavity that has a variable but deleterious effect on reproduction. . . . In support of the lack of abortifacient activity of the IUD is the finding that embryonic loss, as estimated by use of sensitive human chorionic gonadotropin measurements, is much more common among nonusers than among women with an IUD in place.”
ABORTS? Two clinicians opine that “all types of IUD induce a local inflammatory reaction inside the endometrial cavity that has a variable but deleterious effect on reproduction. . . . In support of the lack of abortifacient activity of the IUD is the finding that embryonic loss, as estimated by use of sensitive human chorionic gonadotropin measurements, is much more common among nonusers than among women with an IUD in place.”
ABORTS? Two clinicians opine that “all types of IUD induce a local inflammatory reaction inside the endometrial cavity that has a variable but deleterious effect on reproduction. . . . In support of the lack of abortifacient activity of the IUD is the finding that embryonic loss, as estimated by use of sensitive human chorionic gonadotropin measurements, is much more common among nonusers than among women with an IUD in place.”
COMMENT: Hypothetical comments aside, at least the two clinicians admit that if the embryo is negatively effected, the result is abortion. What is missing from the article, of course, is conclusive evidence that, as they argue, the IUD is not abortifacient.
(Reading: “The Intrauterine Contraceptive Device: An Often-Forgotten and Maligned Method of Contraception,” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7/99, pp. 1-5)
politics
KEYES: “If the Declaration of Independence states our creed, there can be no right to abortion, since it means denying the most fundamental right of all, to human offspring in the womb. The Declaration states plainly that we are all created equal, endowed by our Creator with our human rights. . . . Medical procedures resulting in the death of an unborn child, except as a collateral and unintended consequence of efforts to save the mother’s physical life, are therefore impermissible.”
KEYES: “If the Declaration of Independence states our creed, there can be no right to abortion, since it means denying the most fundamental right of all, to human offspring in the womb. The Declaration states plainly that we are all created equal, endowed by our Creator with our human rights. . . . Medical procedures resulting in the death of an unborn child, except as a collateral and unintended consequence of efforts to save the mother’s physical life, are therefore impermissible.”
KEYES: “If the Declaration of Independence states our creed, there can be no right to abortion, since it means denying the most fundamental right of all, to human offspring in the womb. The Declaration states plainly that we are all created equal, endowed by our Creator with our human rights. . . . Medical procedures resulting in the death of an unborn child, except as a collateral and unintended consequence of efforts to save the mother’s physical life, are therefore impermissible.”
(Reading: Alan Keyes for President web site)
population
INDIA: Commenting on the news that India’s population is about to exceed one billion, Jim Sedlak of Stop Planned Parenthood International points out that “when India reaches its one billionth person, it will have a population density of 788 people per square mile. The state of New Jersey has a population density of 986 people per square mile.”
INDIA: Commenting on the news that India’s population is about to exceed one billion, Jim Sedlak of Stop Planned Parenthood International points out that “when India reaches its one billionth person, it will have a population density of 788 people per square mile. The state of New Jersey has a population density of 986 people per square mile.”
INDIA: Commenting on the news that India’s population is about to exceed one billion, Jim Sedlak of Stop Planned Parenthood International points out that “when India reaches its one billionth person, it will have a population density of 788 people per square mile. The state of New Jersey has a population density of 986 people per square mile.”
(Reading: “Let’s Put India’s Population in Perspective,” STOPP Intl. news release, 8/16/99; “India Soon to Have One Billion People,” Deutche Presse-Agentur, 8/5/99)
prenatal testing
DOWN’S SYNDROME: A study on integrated testing for the detection of Down’s syndrome was accompanied by a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine. The commentary warned of the economic costs of testing, the rate of miscarriage after invasive procedures that are performed because of positive screening results, and the rate of false positive test results which impose an “emotional burden” on parents. They comment that “the decisions parents make are based on intensely personal values” and argue that “in the end, the family’s values take precedence.”
DOWN’S SYNDROME: A study on integrated testing for the detection of Down’s syndrome was accompanied by a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine. The commentary warned of the economic costs of testing, the rate of miscarriage after invasive procedures that are performed because of positive screening results, and the rate of false positive test results which impose an “emotional burden” on parents. They comment that “the decisions parents make are based on intensely personal values” and argue that “in the end, the family’s values take precedence.”
DOWN’S SYNDROME: A study on integrated testing for the detection of Down’s syndrome was accompanied by a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine. The commentary warned of the economic costs of testing, the rate of miscarriage after invasive procedures that are performed because of positive screening results, and the rate of false positive test results which impose an “emotional burden” on parents. They comment that “the decisions parents make are based on intensely personal values” and argue that “in the end, the family’s values take precedence.”
COMMENT: Not once is it suggested that the value of the child is paramount and beyond debate.
(Reading: “Integrated Screening for Down’s Syndrome Based on Tests Performed During the First and Second Trimesters,” New England Journal of Medicine, 8/12/99, pp. 461-467; “Prenatal Screening for Down’s Syndrome- A Search for the Family’s Values,” New England Journal of Medicine, 8/12/99, pp. 521-22)
selective reduction
THIRD TRIMESTER: Researchers in Israel studied twin pregnancies and the reduction to one fetus based on the second baby being abnormal. They found that “late selective feticide in twin gestations is safe and efficient and results in a favorable outcome for the surviving fetus.”
THIRD TRIMESTER: Researchers in Israel studied twin pregnancies and the reduction to one fetus based on the second baby being abnormal. They found that “late selective feticide in twin gestations is safe and efficient and results in a favorable outcome for the surviving fetus.”
THIRD TRIMESTER: Researchers in Israel studied twin pregnancies and the reduction to one fetus based on the second baby being abnormal. They found that “late selective feticide in twin gestations is safe and efficient and results in a favorable outcome for the surviving fetus.”
(Reading: “Improving Pregnancy Outcome in Twin Gestations With One Malformed Fetus by Postponing Selective Feticide in the Third Trimester,” Fertility and Sterility, 8/99, pp. 257-260)
you
DECEMBER 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe Project is committed to bringing the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to every abortion site in the United States on December 12.
DECEMBER 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe Project is committed to bringing the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to every abortion site in the United States on December 12.
DECEMBER 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe Project is committed to bringing the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to every abortion site in the United States on December 12.
LOGIC APPLIED: Libertarians for Life has published an outstanding series of articles on abortion and substantive arguments against it. Request “Abortion and Rights.” A donation would be greatly appreciated, and can be sent to Libertarians for Life, 13424 Hathaway Drive, Wheaton, MD 20906.
zinger
NUNS AND HEROIN! Australia’s Sisters of Charity are set to operate the nation’s first legal and medically supervised heroin injecting room. They will be “moving drug taking from the streets and into a safe environment.”
NUNS AND HEROIN! Australia’s Sisters of Charity are set to operate the nation’s first legal and medically supervised heroin injecting room. They will be “moving drug taking from the streets and into a safe environment.”
NUNS AND HEROIN! Australia’s Sisters of Charity are set to operate the nation’s first legal and medically supervised heroin injecting room. They will be “moving drug taking from the streets and into a safe environment.”
(Reading: “Nuns to Run First Heroin Injecting Room,” British Medical Journal, 8/14/99)
reflection for prayer
Son, I came down from heaven for thy salvation. I took upon Me thy miseries, not of necessity, but moved thereto by charity, that thou mightst learn patience and mightst bear without repining the miseries of this life.
For from the hour of My Incarnation till My expiring on the cross, I was never without suffering.
I underwent a great want of temporal things; I frequently heard many complaints against Me; I meekly bore with confusion and reproaches; for My benefits I received ingratitude; for My miracles, blasphemies; and for My heavenly doctrine, reproaches.
-Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book III, Chapter 18
MISOPROSTOL I: Researchers report on a meta-analysis designed to study the results when misoprostol (Cytote) is used alone to abort babies younger than ten weeks gestational age. Their conclusion is that though the published studies do not provide a consistent record of success, “a regiment of misoprostol alone seems to hold promise as a solo method of medical abortion.”
Researchers report on a meta-analysis designed to study the results when misoprostol (Cytote) is used alone to abort babies younger than ten weeks gestational age. Their conclusion is that though the published studies do not provide a consistent record of success, “a regiment of misoprostol alone seems to hold promise as a solo method of medical abortion.”
(Reading: “Misoprostol used alone for the termination of early pregnancy,” Contraception, 1999, pp. 209-217; for details, contact Pharmacists for Life International)
MISOPROSTOL II: Researchers have indicated that by using 800 mg of misoprostol, inserted vaginally, a preborn child nine weeks of age or younger can be successfully aborted. The process can take three separate insertions, one every 24 hours for three days. And they conclude “although mifepristone [RU-486] remains unavailable, given the low price and easy availability of misoprostol in more than 72 countries of the world, this latter drug constitutes an abortion alternative, provided that a minimum clinical network is nearby or accessible.”
(Reading: “Early abortion with 800 mg of misoprostol by the vaginal route,” Contraception, 1999, pp. 219-225)
TAMOXIFIN: Researchers used Tamoxifin, a breast cancer treatment drug, in a trial involving women requesting termination of pregnancy at seven weeks gestational age or less. The control group comprised women in the same category who were aborted with methotrexate. 198 women were involved. The conclusion was that “Tamoxifin is less effective than methotrexate at 40 mg given as a single dose but is similar when given at 20 mg twice daily for 4 days for medical abortion.”
(Reading: “Tamoxifin Compared to Methotrexate When Used with Misoprostol for Abortion,” Contraception, 1999, pp. 265-270)
human experimentation
VOLUNTEERS FOR EXPERIMENTATION: In a paper funded by the U. S. National Institutes of Mental Health and Drug Abuse, Yale’s Dr. Robert Levine argues that “the Declaration of Helsinki rules, which require human volunteers in experiments receive the best medical care available, can be impractical and too costly.” He further argues that such rules discriminate against the less developed nations and should be revised. In particular, he argues for using a placebo for some women at risk of transmitting AIDS to their preborn children so that the efficacy of short-term treatment with zidovudine can be measured. However, Peter Lurie, M.D. says that the NIH “is trying to do for research ethics what Nike has done for wages and working conditions in developing countries. . . . We are witnessing a race to the ethical bottom.”
VOLUNTEERS FOR EXPERIMENTATION: In a paper funded by the U. S. National Institutes of Mental Health and Drug Abuse, Yale’s Dr. Robert Levine argues that “the Declaration of Helsinki rules, which require human volunteers in experiments receive the best medical care available, can be impractical and too costly.” He further argues that such rules discriminate against the less developed nations and should be revised. In particular, he argues for using a placebo for some women at risk of transmitting AIDS to their preborn children so that the efficacy of short-term treatment with zidovudine can be measured. However, Peter Lurie, M.D. says that the NIH “is trying to do for research ethics what Nike has done for wages and working conditions in developing countries. . . . We are witnessing a race to the ethical bottom.”
VOLUNTEERS FOR EXPERIMENTATION: In a paper funded by the U. S. National Institutes of Mental Health and Drug Abuse, Yale’s Dr. Robert Levine argues that “the Declaration of Helsinki rules, which require human volunteers in experiments receive the best medical care available, can be impractical and too costly.” He further argues that such rules discriminate against the less developed nations and should be revised. In particular, he argues for using a placebo for some women at risk of transmitting AIDS to their preborn children so that the efficacy of short-term treatment with zidovudine can be measured. However, Peter Lurie, M.D. says that the NIH “is trying to do for research ethics what Nike has done for wages and working conditions in developing countries. . . . We are witnessing a race to the ethical bottom.”
(Reading: “U. S. Government Proposes Legalizing Unethical Research,” LSN News service, 8/13/99; “Doctors Debate Ethics of Human Experimentation,” Nandotimes, 8/11/99; “The Need to Revise the Declaration of Helsinki,” New England Journal of Medicine, 8/12/99, pp. 531-534)
imposed death
NETHERLANDS: As the nation moves closer to legalizing suicide for patients as young as 12, Holland’s daily newspaper deTelegraaf has condemned the suggested change in the law, stating that “our country has a flourishing euthanasia practice.” Philippe Schepens, M.D., general secretary of the World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, reports to communique that the people of the Netherlands are prepared to oppose this new legislative proposal, which has been proposed by the nation’s health agency and is due to be voted on in 2000.
NETHERLANDS: As the nation moves closer to legalizing suicide for patients as young as 12, Holland’s daily newspaper deTelegraaf has condemned the suggested change in the law, stating that “our country has a flourishing euthanasia practice.” Philippe Schepens, M.D., general secretary of the World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, reports to communique that the people of the Netherlands are prepared to oppose this new legislative proposal, which has been proposed by the nation’s health agency and is due to be voted on in 2000.
NETHERLANDS: As the nation moves closer to legalizing suicide for patients as young as 12, Holland’s daily newspaper deTelegraaf has condemned the suggested change in the law, stating that “our country has a flourishing euthanasia practice.” Philippe Schepens, M.D., general secretary of the World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, reports to communique that the people of the Netherlands are prepared to oppose this new legislative proposal, which has been proposed by the nation’s health agency and is due to be voted on in 2000.
(Reading: e-mail from Philippe Schepens, M.D., 8/12/99; “Dutch Gov’t Legalizes Mercy Killing,” AP, 8/10/99. for a comprehensive report on the situation, see International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force)
NEW YORK: 75 year-old Peter Florio has been charged with second-degree manslaughter. He allegedly helped his sick wife take her life by fixing a rope into a noose and fastening the rope to a ceiling beam so that she could hang herself.
(Reading: “Man accused of assisting wife’s suicide,” New York Times, 8/7/99)
intra-uterine device (IUD)
ABORTS? Two clinicians opine that “all types of IUD induce a local inflammatory reaction inside the endometrial cavity that has a variable but deleterious effect on reproduction. . . . In support of the lack of abortifacient activity of the IUD is the finding that embryonic loss, as estimated by use of sensitive human chorionic gonadotropin measurements, is much more common among nonusers than among women with an IUD in place.”
ABORTS? Two clinicians opine that “all types of IUD induce a local inflammatory reaction inside the endometrial cavity that has a variable but deleterious effect on reproduction. . . . In support of the lack of abortifacient activity of the IUD is the finding that embryonic loss, as estimated by use of sensitive human chorionic gonadotropin measurements, is much more common among nonusers than among women with an IUD in place.”
ABORTS? Two clinicians opine that “all types of IUD induce a local inflammatory reaction inside the endometrial cavity that has a variable but deleterious effect on reproduction. . . . In support of the lack of abortifacient activity of the IUD is the finding that embryonic loss, as estimated by use of sensitive human chorionic gonadotropin measurements, is much more common among nonusers than among women with an IUD in place.”
COMMENT: Hypothetical comments aside, at least the two clinicians admit that if the embryo is negatively effected, the result is abortion. What is missing from the article, of course, is conclusive evidence that, as they argue, the IUD is not abortifacient.
(Reading: “The Intrauterine Contraceptive Device: An Often-Forgotten and Maligned Method of Contraception,” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7/99, pp. 1-5)
politics
KEYES: “If the Declaration of Independence states our creed, there can be no right to abortion, since it means denying the most fundamental right of all, to human offspring in the womb. The Declaration states plainly that we are all created equal, endowed by our Creator with our human rights. . . . Medical procedures resulting in the death of an unborn child, except as a collateral and unintended consequence of efforts to save the mother’s physical life, are therefore impermissible.”
KEYES: “If the Declaration of Independence states our creed, there can be no right to abortion, since it means denying the most fundamental right of all, to human offspring in the womb. The Declaration states plainly that we are all created equal, endowed by our Creator with our human rights. . . . Medical procedures resulting in the death of an unborn child, except as a collateral and unintended consequence of efforts to save the mother’s physical life, are therefore impermissible.”
KEYES: “If the Declaration of Independence states our creed, there can be no right to abortion, since it means denying the most fundamental right of all, to human offspring in the womb. The Declaration states plainly that we are all created equal, endowed by our Creator with our human rights. . . . Medical procedures resulting in the death of an unborn child, except as a collateral and unintended consequence of efforts to save the mother’s physical life, are therefore impermissible.”
(Reading: Alan Keyes for President web site)
population
INDIA: Commenting on the news that India’s population is about to exceed one billion, Jim Sedlak of Stop Planned Parenthood International points out that “when India reaches its one billionth person, it will have a population density of 788 people per square mile. The state of New Jersey has a population density of 986 people per square mile.”
INDIA: Commenting on the news that India’s population is about to exceed one billion, Jim Sedlak of Stop Planned Parenthood International points out that “when India reaches its one billionth person, it will have a population density of 788 people per square mile. The state of New Jersey has a population density of 986 people per square mile.”
INDIA: Commenting on the news that India’s population is about to exceed one billion, Jim Sedlak of Stop Planned Parenthood International points out that “when India reaches its one billionth person, it will have a population density of 788 people per square mile. The state of New Jersey has a population density of 986 people per square mile.”
(Reading: “Let’s Put India’s Population in Perspective,” STOPP Intl. news release, 8/16/99; “India Soon to Have One Billion People,” Deutche Presse-Agentur, 8/5/99)
prenatal testing
DOWN’S SYNDROME: A study on integrated testing for the detection of Down’s syndrome was accompanied by a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine. The commentary warned of the economic costs of testing, the rate of miscarriage after invasive procedures that are performed because of positive screening results, and the rate of false positive test results which impose an “emotional burden” on parents. They comment that “the decisions parents make are based on intensely personal values” and argue that “in the end, the family’s values take precedence.”
DOWN’S SYNDROME: A study on integrated testing for the detection of Down’s syndrome was accompanied by a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine. The commentary warned of the economic costs of testing, the rate of miscarriage after invasive procedures that are performed because of positive screening results, and the rate of false positive test results which impose an “emotional burden” on parents. They comment that “the decisions parents make are based on intensely personal values” and argue that “in the end, the family’s values take precedence.”
DOWN’S SYNDROME: A study on integrated testing for the detection of Down’s syndrome was accompanied by a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine. The commentary warned of the economic costs of testing, the rate of miscarriage after invasive procedures that are performed because of positive screening results, and the rate of false positive test results which impose an “emotional burden” on parents. They comment that “the decisions parents make are based on intensely personal values” and argue that “in the end, the family’s values take precedence.”
COMMENT: Not once is it suggested that the value of the child is paramount and beyond debate.
(Reading: “Integrated Screening for Down’s Syndrome Based on Tests Performed During the First and Second Trimesters,” New England Journal of Medicine, 8/12/99, pp. 461-467; “Prenatal Screening for Down’s Syndrome- A Search for the Family’s Values,” New England Journal of Medicine, 8/12/99, pp. 521-22)
selective reduction
THIRD TRIMESTER: Researchers in Israel studied twin pregnancies and the reduction to one fetus based on the second baby being abnormal. They found that “late selective feticide in twin gestations is safe and efficient and results in a favorable outcome for the surviving fetus.”
THIRD TRIMESTER: Researchers in Israel studied twin pregnancies and the reduction to one fetus based on the second baby being abnormal. They found that “late selective feticide in twin gestations is safe and efficient and results in a favorable outcome for the surviving fetus.”
THIRD TRIMESTER: Researchers in Israel studied twin pregnancies and the reduction to one fetus based on the second baby being abnormal. They found that “late selective feticide in twin gestations is safe and efficient and results in a favorable outcome for the surviving fetus.”
(Reading: “Improving Pregnancy Outcome in Twin Gestations With One Malformed Fetus by Postponing Selective Feticide in the Third Trimester,” Fertility and Sterility, 8/99, pp. 257-260)
you
DECEMBER 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe Project is committed to bringing the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to every abortion site in the United States on December 12.
DECEMBER 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe Project is committed to bringing the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to every abortion site in the United States on December 12.
DECEMBER 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe Project is committed to bringing the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to every abortion site in the United States on December 12.
LOGIC APPLIED: Libertarians for Life has published an outstanding series of articles on abortion and substantive arguments against it. Request “Abortion and Rights.” A donation would be greatly appreciated, and can be sent to Libertarians for Life, 13424 Hathaway Drive, Wheaton, MD 20906.
zinger
NUNS AND HEROIN! Australia’s Sisters of Charity are set to operate the nation’s first legal and medically supervised heroin injecting room. They will be “moving drug taking from the streets and into a safe environment.”
NUNS AND HEROIN! Australia’s Sisters of Charity are set to operate the nation’s first legal and medically supervised heroin injecting room. They will be “moving drug taking from the streets and into a safe environment.”
NUNS AND HEROIN! Australia’s Sisters of Charity are set to operate the nation’s first legal and medically supervised heroin injecting room. They will be “moving drug taking from the streets and into a safe environment.”
(Reading: “Nuns to Run First Heroin Injecting Room,” British Medical Journal, 8/14/99)
reflection for prayer
Son, I came down from heaven for thy salvation. I took upon Me thy miseries, not of necessity, but moved thereto by charity, that thou mightst learn patience and mightst bear without repining the miseries of this life.
For from the hour of My Incarnation till My expiring on the cross, I was never without suffering.
I underwent a great want of temporal things; I frequently heard many complaints against Me; I meekly bore with confusion and reproaches; for My benefits I received ingratitude; for My miracles, blasphemies; and for My heavenly doctrine, reproaches.
-Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book III, Chapter 18
MISOPROSTOL I: Researchers report on a meta-analysis designed to study the results when misoprostol (Cytote) is used alone to abort babies younger than ten weeks gestational age. Their conclusion is that though the published studies do not provide a consistent record of success, “a regiment of misoprostol alone seems to hold promise as a solo method of medical abortion.”
(Reading: “Misoprostol used alone for the termination of early pregnancy,” Contraception, 1999, pp. 209-217; for details, contact Pharmacists for Life International)
MISOPROSTOL II: Researchers have indicated that by using 800 mg of misoprostol, inserted vaginally, a preborn child nine weeks of age or younger can be successfully aborted. The process can take three separate insertions, one every 24 hours for three days. And they conclude “although mifepristone [RU-486] remains unavailable, given the low price and easy availability of misoprostol in more than 72 countries of the world, this latter drug constitutes an abortion alternative, provided that a minimum clinical network is nearby or accessible.”
(Reading: “Early abortion with 800 mg of misoprostol by the vaginal route,” Contraception, 1999, pp. 219-225)
TAMOXIFIN: Researchers used Tamoxifin, a breast cancer treatment drug, in a trial involving women requesting termination of pregnancy at seven weeks gestational age or less. The control group comprised women in the same category who were aborted with methotrexate. 198 women were involved. The conclusion was that “Tamoxifin is less effective than methotrexate at 40 mg given as a single dose but is similar when given at 20 mg twice daily for 4 days for medical abortion.”
(Reading: “Tamoxifin Compared to Methotrexate When Used with Misoprostol for Abortion,” Contraception, 1999, pp. 265-270)
human experimentation
VOLUNTEERS FOR EXPERIMENTATION: In a paper funded by the U. S. National Institutes of Mental Health and Drug Abuse, Yale’s Dr. Robert Levine argues that “the Declaration of Helsinki rules, which require human volunteers in experiments receive the best medical care available, can be impractical and too costly.” He further argues that such rules discriminate against the less developed nations and should be revised. In particular, he argues for using a placebo for some women at risk of transmitting AIDS to their preborn children so that the efficacy of short-term treatment with zidovudine can be measured. However, Peter Lurie, M.D. says that the NIH “is trying to do for research ethics what Nike has done for wages and working conditions in developing countries. . . . We are witnessing a race to the ethical bottom.”
VOLUNTEERS FOR EXPERIMENTATION: In a paper funded by the U. S. National Institutes of Mental Health and Drug Abuse, Yale’s Dr. Robert Levine argues that “the Declaration of Helsinki rules, which require human volunteers in experiments receive the best medical care available, can be impractical and too costly.” He further argues that such rules discriminate against the less developed nations and should be revised. In particular, he argues for using a placebo for some women at risk of transmitting AIDS to their preborn children so that the efficacy of short-term treatment with zidovudine can be measured. However, Peter Lurie, M.D. says that the NIH “is trying to do for research ethics what Nike has done for wages and working conditions in developing countries. . . . We are witnessing a race to the ethical bottom.”
VOLUNTEERS FOR EXPERIMENTATION: In a paper funded by the U. S. National Institutes of Mental Health and Drug Abuse, Yale’s Dr. Robert Levine argues that “the Declaration of Helsinki rules, which require human volunteers in experiments receive the best medical care available, can be impractical and too costly.” He further argues that such rules discriminate against the less developed nations and should be revised. In particular, he argues for using a placebo for some women at risk of transmitting AIDS to their preborn children so that the efficacy of short-term treatment with zidovudine can be measured. However, Peter Lurie, M.D. says that the NIH “is trying to do for research ethics what Nike has done for wages and working conditions in developing countries. . . . We are witnessing a race to the ethical bottom.”
(Reading: “U. S. Government Proposes Legalizing Unethical Research,” LSN News service, 8/13/99; “Doctors Debate Ethics of Human Experimentation,” Nandotimes, 8/11/99; “The Need to Revise the Declaration of Helsinki,” New England Journal of Medicine, 8/12/99, pp. 531-534)
imposed death
NETHERLANDS: As the nation moves closer to legalizing suicide for patients as young as 12, Holland’s daily newspaper deTelegraaf has condemned the suggested change in the law, stating that “our country has a flourishing euthanasia practice.” Philippe Schepens, M.D., general secretary of the World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, reports to communique that the people of the Netherlands are prepared to oppose this new legislative proposal, which has been proposed by the nation’s health agency and is due to be voted on in 2000.
NETHERLANDS: As the nation moves closer to legalizing suicide for patients as young as 12, Holland’s daily newspaper deTelegraaf has condemned the suggested change in the law, stating that “our country has a flourishing euthanasia practice.” Philippe Schepens, M.D., general secretary of the World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, reports to communique that the people of the Netherlands are prepared to oppose this new legislative proposal, which has been proposed by the nation’s health agency and is due to be voted on in 2000.
NETHERLANDS: As the nation moves closer to legalizing suicide for patients as young as 12, Holland’s daily newspaper deTelegraaf has condemned the suggested change in the law, stating that “our country has a flourishing euthanasia practice.” Philippe Schepens, M.D., general secretary of the World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, reports to communique that the people of the Netherlands are prepared to oppose this new legislative proposal, which has been proposed by the nation’s health agency and is due to be voted on in 2000.
(Reading: e-mail from Philippe Schepens, M.D., 8/12/99; “Dutch Gov’t Legalizes Mercy Killing,” AP, 8/10/99. for a comprehensive report on the situation, see International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force)
NEW YORK: 75 year-old Peter Florio has been charged with second-degree manslaughter. He allegedly helped his sick wife take her life by fixing a rope into a noose and fastening the rope to a ceiling beam so that she could hang herself.
(Reading: “Man accused of assisting wife’s suicide,” New York Times, 8/7/99)
intra-uterine device (IUD)
ABORTS? Two clinicians opine that “all types of IUD induce a local inflammatory reaction inside the endometrial cavity that has a variable but deleterious effect on reproduction. . . . In support of the lack of abortifacient activity of the IUD is the finding that embryonic loss, as estimated by use of sensitive human chorionic gonadotropin measurements, is much more common among nonusers than among women with an IUD in place.”
ABORTS? Two clinicians opine that “all types of IUD induce a local inflammatory reaction inside the endometrial cavity that has a variable but deleterious effect on reproduction. . . . In support of the lack of abortifacient activity of the IUD is the finding that embryonic loss, as estimated by use of sensitive human chorionic gonadotropin measurements, is much more common among nonusers than among women with an IUD in place.”
ABORTS? Two clinicians opine that “all types of IUD induce a local inflammatory reaction inside the endometrial cavity that has a variable but deleterious effect on reproduction. . . . In support of the lack of abortifacient activity of the IUD is the finding that embryonic loss, as estimated by use of sensitive human chorionic gonadotropin measurements, is much more common among nonusers than among women with an IUD in place.”
COMMENT: Hypothetical comments aside, at least the two clinicians admit that if the embryo is negatively effected, the result is abortion. What is missing from the article, of course, is conclusive evidence that, as they argue, the IUD is not abortifacient.
(Reading: “The Intrauterine Contraceptive Device: An Often-Forgotten and Maligned Method of Contraception,” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7/99, pp. 1-5)
politics
KEYES: “If the Declaration of Independence states our creed, there can be no right to abortion, since it means denying the most fundamental right of all, to human offspring in the womb. The Declaration states plainly that we are all created equal, endowed by our Creator with our human rights. . . . Medical procedures resulting in the death of an unborn child, except as a collateral and unintended consequence of efforts to save the mother’s physical life, are therefore impermissible.”
KEYES: “If the Declaration of Independence states our creed, there can be no right to abortion, since it means denying the most fundamental right of all, to human offspring in the womb. The Declaration states plainly that we are all created equal, endowed by our Creator with our human rights. . . . Medical procedures resulting in the death of an unborn child, except as a collateral and unintended consequence of efforts to save the mother’s physical life, are therefore impermissible.”
KEYES: “If the Declaration of Independence states our creed, there can be no right to abortion, since it means denying the most fundamental right of all, to human offspring in the womb. The Declaration states plainly that we are all created equal, endowed by our Creator with our human rights. . . . Medical procedures resulting in the death of an unborn child, except as a collateral and unintended consequence of efforts to save the mother’s physical life, are therefore impermissible.”
(Reading: Alan Keyes for President web site)
population
INDIA: Commenting on the news that India’s population is about to exceed one billion, Jim Sedlak of Stop Planned Parenthood International points out that “when India reaches its one billionth person, it will have a population density of 788 people per square mile. The state of New Jersey has a population density of 986 people per square mile.”
INDIA: Commenting on the news that India’s population is about to exceed one billion, Jim Sedlak of Stop Planned Parenthood International points out that “when India reaches its one billionth person, it will have a population density of 788 people per square mile. The state of New Jersey has a population density of 986 people per square mile.”
INDIA: Commenting on the news that India’s population is about to exceed one billion, Jim Sedlak of Stop Planned Parenthood International points out that “when India reaches its one billionth person, it will have a population density of 788 people per square mile. The state of New Jersey has a population density of 986 people per square mile.”
(Reading: “Let’s Put India’s Population in Perspective,” STOPP Intl. news release, 8/16/99; “India Soon to Have One Billion People,” Deutche Presse-Agentur, 8/5/99)
prenatal testing
DOWN’S SYNDROME: A study on integrated testing for the detection of Down’s syndrome was accompanied by a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine. The commentary warned of the economic costs of testing, the rate of miscarriage after invasive procedures that are performed because of positive screening results, and the rate of false positive test results which impose an “emotional burden” on parents. They comment that “the decisions parents make are based on intensely personal values” and argue that “in the end, the family’s values take precedence.”
DOWN’S SYNDROME: A study on integrated testing for the detection of Down’s syndrome was accompanied by a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine. The commentary warned of the economic costs of testing, the rate of miscarriage after invasive procedures that are performed because of positive screening results, and the rate of false positive test results which impose an “emotional burden” on parents. They comment that “the decisions parents make are based on intensely personal values” and argue that “in the end, the family’s values take precedence.”
DOWN’S SYNDROME: A study on integrated testing for the detection of Down’s syndrome was accompanied by a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine. The commentary warned of the economic costs of testing, the rate of miscarriage after invasive procedures that are performed because of positive screening results, and the rate of false positive test results which impose an “emotional burden” on parents. They comment that “the decisions parents make are based on intensely personal values” and argue that “in the end, the family’s values take precedence.”
COMMENT: Not once is it suggested that the value of the child is paramount and beyond debate.
(Reading: “Integrated Screening for Down’s Syndrome Based on Tests Performed During the First and Second Trimesters,” New England Journal of Medicine, 8/12/99, pp. 461-467; “Prenatal Screening for Down’s Syndrome- A Search for the Family’s Values,” New England Journal of Medicine, 8/12/99, pp. 521-22)
selective reduction
THIRD TRIMESTER: Researchers in Israel studied twin pregnancies and the reduction to one fetus based on the second baby being abnormal. They found that “late selective feticide in twin gestations is safe and efficient and results in a favorable outcome for the surviving fetus.”
THIRD TRIMESTER: Researchers in Israel studied twin pregnancies and the reduction to one fetus based on the second baby being abnormal. They found that “late selective feticide in twin gestations is safe and efficient and results in a favorable outcome for the surviving fetus.”
THIRD TRIMESTER: Researchers in Israel studied twin pregnancies and the reduction to one fetus based on the second baby being abnormal. They found that “late selective feticide in twin gestations is safe and efficient and results in a favorable outcome for the surviving fetus.”
(Reading: “Improving Pregnancy Outcome in Twin Gestations With One Malformed Fetus by Postponing Selective Feticide in the Third Trimester,” Fertility and Sterility, 8/99, pp. 257-260)
you
DECEMBER 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe Project is committed to bringing the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to every abortion site in the United States on December 12.
DECEMBER 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe Project is committed to bringing the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to every abortion site in the United States on December 12.
DECEMBER 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe Project is committed to bringing the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to every abortion site in the United States on December 12.
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zinger
NUNS AND HEROIN! Australia’s Sisters of Charity are set to operate the nation’s first legal and medically supervised heroin injecting room. They will be “moving drug taking from the streets and into a safe environment.”
NUNS AND HEROIN! Australia’s Sisters of Charity are set to operate the nation’s first legal and medically supervised heroin injecting room. They will be “moving drug taking from the streets and into a safe environment.”
NUNS AND HEROIN! Australia’s Sisters of Charity are set to operate the nation’s first legal and medically supervised heroin injecting room. They will be “moving drug taking from the streets and into a safe environment.”
(Reading: “Nuns to Run First Heroin Injecting Room,” British Medical Journal, 8/14/99)
reflection for prayer
Son, I came down from heaven for thy salvation. I took upon Me thy miseries, not of necessity, but moved thereto by charity, that thou mightst learn patience and mightst bear without repining the miseries of this life.
For from the hour of My Incarnation till My expiring on the cross, I was never without suffering.
I underwent a great want of temporal things; I frequently heard many complaints against Me; I meekly bore with confusion and reproaches; for My benefits I received ingratitude; for My miracles, blasphemies; and for My heavenly doctrine, reproaches.
-Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book III, Chapter 18