Just Say No

Parents Beware. School physicals are right around the corner. Parents should be cautious about allowing their daughters to receive the vaccine Gardasil. Why? Because it's an unproven vaccine, for the Human Papppiloma Virus (HPV), a disease only transmitted through sexual activity (STD). The vaccine is marketed, as a means to prevent cervical cancer. But Gardasil does nothing to prevent the strain causing 30% of cervical cancers.

 

Here's more to worry about. Gardasil has a track record of dangerous side effects. There have been more than 47 deaths related to the vaccine. There are 1,061 serious reports of complications, 142 of which were life threatening. The side effects include, 147 spontaneous abortions and 29 cases of Guillain Barre Syndrome. Guillain Barre is a neurological, devastating syndrome.

 

Why would any parent have their daughter inoculated for behavior? There are some interesting insights on the complications. The first rule of medicine is, whether the benefit of the drug is worth the risk to the patient? Consider the following. Sixty-two girls developed venereal warts after receiving the vaccine, even though Gardasil is designed to prevent two strains of genital warts and is not supposed to react with other HPV strains. To make matters worse, 21 girls developed warts on other areas of their body, most commonly the face, hands and feet. And in one case, all over her body.

 

Parents are usually just following their doctors recommendations, and have no idea, there are side effects or risks to a vaccination. FDA's Vaccine Adverse Effect Reporting System reports, show that, since June 2008, 235 cases have involved permanent disability. Say No to Gardasil.

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British Medics Oppose Assisted Suicide

Doctors in the United Kingdom, have reaffirmed their opposition to assisted suicide, following a debate at their annual conference in Liverpool on July 1st. This reaffirmation came about following a challenge by Dr. Chand, who wanted to change legislation to allow the choice of an assisted death by patients, who are terminally ill and have mental capacity.

 

Doctors also rejected a measure to ensure that those accompanying the patient, at an assisted death, but not actively participating, will not be subject to criminal prosecution.

 

Wow! The British must have not heard about Michael Jackson! I believe there was a doctor, who was not only present on Michael's premises, but purportedly began the resuscitative measures. I wonder if the US will hold him accountable? His father certainly wants to hang him. But then his father, has himself, never been a stellar presence in Michael's life.

 

The British physician summed it up by saying, "It is clear that doctors do not wish to play a role in assisting a patient's death. Assisting patients, to die prematurely, is not part of the moral ethos, or the primary goal of medicine. If the legislation were to be changed, it would have serious negative consequence on the relationships between doctors and their patients. It remains vital, that access, to the best quality palliative care is available, in order to ensure, that terminal suffering is properly managed.

 

I wonder if the AMA will reaffirm their opposition to physician assisted suicide, or assisted suicide of any kind?

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Thirty Pieces of Silver

Doug Kmiec, Professor of Law, at Peperdine University and former Dean of Catholic University School of Law, will soon be the United States Ambassador for the Catholic Nation of Malta.

 

Horrors! Dr. Kmiec supported the candidacy of President Barack Obama. Not only did he support the candidacy, but he has continued to defend the president and the new administration, with some highly controversial appointments, since the election.

 

Why are we concerned? Because, we believe, the right to life is not some single issue. It is the entire framework, within which, we are called to help build a just society. Dr. Kmiec is over qualified and extremely intelligent, however he is wrong, as a Catholic, to support a pro-abortion candidate.

 

Malta, a great example of the Catholic Faith, is the home of the Knights of Malta. The Knights of Malta, are champions of the Catholic Church, whose goal is to defend the Catholic Faith. Perhaps Malta will rub off on Professor Kmiec. Let's pray it does.

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Eggs

On June 11th, 2009, the Empire State Stem Cell Board of New York State has authorized payment to female donors for their eggs.  This is the first of its kind.  The ruling came after the ethics committee voted that the large payment to egg donors was acceptable.  The vote was 13 to 1.  

So, what's the problem?  Paying for donor eggs sounds harmless doesn't it?  Nothing could be further from the truth.  In order to obtain the number of eggs necessary, a woman must take a series of drugs.  These drugs are used to stimulate her ovaries to produce more eggs.  This procedure is largely untested and has many side effects.  The egg donation process has well-documented risks associated with the dangerous drugs taken to produce large numbers of eggs.  Side effects to surgery and complications from anesthesia have occurred.  

Experts are saying the longer risks associated with cancer and damage to fertility are unknown.  New York is bankrupt, but did you know that in 2007, the legislature allocated 600 million for embryonic stem cell research which involves in-vitro fertilization and killing of human embryos and has produced no cures.  According to the legislature, the funds must be used for research only and not reproductive purposes, which means the babies need to be destroyed.  

Even a proponent, a professor of Philosophy at the University of Syracuse and a member of the Board of the Empire State Stem Cell Board, Samuel Gorovitz, admitted that "perhaps this procedure is not 100% safe and that we cannot rationally insist that all risks be prevented."  

The fertility industry is the wild, wild west of science.  There are no regulations.  Just look at the mom in the spotlight not too long ago who had octeplets.

Science is trying to deny the abortion/breast cancer link.  With the stimulation of ovaries by powerful drugs and the increase in ovarian cancer, will science look at the connection between this cancer and a series of hyperstimulating ovarian drugs.  The women most at risk are the poor and college students with large debts.      

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Teachers & Abortion

The National Education Association (NEA) will hold their National Convention July 1st through the 6th. Jeralee Smith, co-founders of the NEA Conservative Educators Caucus, says, "One of the items her group has placed on the agenda, is abortion. The union contributes to candidates, who will maintain the current Roe v Wade decision, and make sure the abortion industry is alive and well. Supposedly, this is done with the portion of Union dues that is optional, but a lot of times we found sneaky ways, that the Union supports things that we don't believe in."

A secret ballot vote has been slated for the meeting, in which members will have an opportunity to vote that the Union takes a "no position" stance on abortion.

Isn't that what they're supposed to be doing? Abortion shouldn't be taught in the schools. And Union dues should not go to support only pro-abortion candidates. God save the children.

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Euthanasia, Obama Healthcare Plan?

ABC News probably forgot it's ABC's, because the coverage on the Obama Healthcare Plan was a debacle, a set up, a rouse for the American public.  But, what else is new? Keep the American people in the dark and hope for the best. That's ABC's philosophy.

President Obama suggested, one way to curtail medical costs, is to stop expensive and ultimately futile procedures being performed on people who are about to die. Unlike the Roman Gladiators, in the blood stained arena, who stated, "We are about to die salute you",  I don't think the sick and elderly will be saluting Obama.  In addition, Obama said, "Maybe you're better off not having the surgery, but taking a pain killer." Michael Jackson was obviously ahead of Obama on that one. 

I think President Obama forgot to talk to patients and patient's families. Who makes the decisions about surgery? If the Obama Healthcare Plan goes through, it's a sure thing it won't be your doctor or your family and certainly not you. It will be the Obama Gate Keepers of Medical Care. What care? What care is extra? And who decides?  Hello America!  This is called rationing.

President Obama is willing to interfere in the relationship between a doctor and his patient, when the doctor is trying to save a life, but not, when the doctor is trying to take a life. Evolving healthcare, that's very interesting. How does healthcare evolve? I always thought healthcare benefited a patient. Everyone knows that sometimes not doing something is better than doing something and conversely, doing something is better than not doing something. It's left to families and doctors to discuss, not to mention the patient, who should be fully involved.  Not gatekeepers, who have no knowledge of medicine. 

If you think the government can run healthcare, look at the VA system.   

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A Dollar A Day

Whatever happened to faith based programs?  Can you imagine paying a dollar a day to keep a baby away?  There is a program in North Carolina that pays girls from the ages of 12 to 18 not to have babies.  What!  A dollar a day!  Certainly this cheapens life.  This point of view differs from faith based programs which promotes a healthy lifestyle by elevating the good choices young people are capable of making.  Faith based programs keep our youth healthy and this leads to a healthy culture.    
 
I wonder if birth control is involved in this program.  I wonder if anyone in the program will ever know the damage that can occur to young women's bodies, not to mention the abortifacient side effects of most birth control pills.

I wonder what this will do when the young lady meets the young man she will marry. 

There are a lot more reasons I would be concerned about a Dollar A Day program.

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Late term abortion

If you believe that good can come out of evil, then the information on late term abortion which has come to light recently would be an example.  Following the killing of Dr. Tiller in May and the subsequent announcement of the closing of the Tiller facility, public attention has been focused on late term abortions. 

A former abortionist who is now the president elect of the American Association of Obstetricians of Gynecologists has written questioning whether late term abortion is ever necessary.  Dr. Davenport states, " intentional abortion for maternal health particularly after viability is one of the great deceptions used to justify all abortions.  The very fact that the baby of an ill mother is viable raises the question of why, indeed, it is necessary to perform an abortion to end the pregnancy.  With any serious maternal health problem, termination of pregnancy can be accomplished by inducing labor or performing a caesarian section, saving both mother and baby."

She further points out that fetal problems, "are the other serious rational for reconsidering abortion.  Despite advances in ultrasound diagnosis, these diagnoses are not always accurate and cases have occurred where women have declined to abort their sick child only for the child to be born perfectly healthy."

Even in the most serious circumstances  of fatal fetal abnormalities Dr. Davenport says, "there is no good reason to abort the child.  As an alternative for abortion for fatal fetal birth defects perinatal hospice, which involves continuing the pregnancy until labor begins and giving birth normally in a setting of comfort and support until the natural death of the child occurs, is the option."

In our earlier blog, we asked for recommendations for members to serve on the new bioethics council for the President, I nominate Dr. Davenport.    

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Consensus

Quietly President Obama has dismantled the President's Council on Bioethics.  This group was formed in 2001 after President Bush issued his Executive Order on Embryonic Stem Cell Research.  This Council advised the President on policies relating to stem cell and many other bioethical issues.

White House press officer, Reid Cherlin, stated,"the Council was disbanded because it was designed by the Bush administration to be a philosophical leaning advisory group that favored discussion over developing a shared consensus.  President Obama will appoint a new bioethical commission one that offers practical policy options as a new mandate."

What!  Options rather than scientific facts? Any suggestions for the new bioethical council? 

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Parental Rights

Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina, recently introduced a Parental Rights Amendment. This amendment called for parental rights to be protected in the Constitution, as a fundamental and not just an implied right.

House Joint Resolution 42 was introduced on March 31st, 2009 by Representative Pete Hoekstra. This resolution would prevent international law from interfering with state laws on families and children. Joint Resolution 16 (The Parental Rights Amendment) was introduced as a companion bill to Joint Resolution 42.

The reason this resolution was introduced, Senator DeMint explained, "Now we're finding that parental rights are being attacked by courts all over the country. And as we look at where this country is going, particularly more association with the United Nations, these treaties would supercede all the laws in the 50 states."
 
We will keep you in the loop as this Joint Resolution winds it's way through Congress. One can only hope that this Joint Resolution will indeed be passed before the United States considers ratifying the UN Right of the Child Treaty.

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Canadian Healthcare? R U Crazy?

New evidence that Canadian Healthcare reflects euthanasia by rationing has surfaced. Shona Holmes, a brain tumor survivor, mortgaged her home and came to the United States for care that saved her life.

Shona is speaking out against the healthcare reforms soon to be implemented in America. "I survived a brain tumor, but, if I relied on my government, I'd be dead." The reason? Canada's healthcare system told her she'd have to wait 6 months for the urgent care she needed. 

Bureaucrats and politicians should never replace physicians. That is exactly what will happen if the government runs the healthcare system. Recent articles have pointed out that the government cannot even run the Veteran's healthcare. I ask, how is it going to run the nation's healthcare?  

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Dawn Johnsen

Dawn Johnsen is pro-abortion. She is also an Indiana University professor. She has been nominated by President Obama, to become the head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel.

At present, her confirmation is in doubt, because she has made comments equating pregnancy with slavery. Earlier the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Johnsen nomination on a party line vote, but the Senate Democratic leadership has yet to schedule a vote, because of overwhelming verbal opposition. She is considered an abortion advocate because she was the legal director for NARAL twenty years ago, who wrote Supreme Court briefs with statements saying, "Abolishing abortion would make women forced breeders, and that pregnancy is similar to slavery, if abortion is outlawed." 

When Johnsen worked at NARAL, she filed a brief with a footnote, saying, "Forcing a woman to bear a child, when she didn't want to, was disturbingly suggestive of involuntary servitude." 

There's a reason Lady Justice is depicted wearing a blind fold which ensures her impartiality. Remember she holds two scales in her hands. Those scales are balanced, because she wears that blindfold.  I don't think Dawn Johnsen fits the bill. Her blindfold is off and so is she on both women and life issues. More to follow when the Senate votes.   

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Arnold & Planned Parenthood

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed to roll back a rate increase for Family Pact program. This program provides free family planning services to qualified recipients, under the state's Medi-Cal system. This system does not pay for surgical abortions, but provides the morning after pill, which is abortifacient.This cut has caused Planned Parenthood affiliates a lot of concern. In fact, they are so concerned, that they have taken the Governor on.
 
The Governor's proposal would have saved $36.8 million dollars, by reducing reimbursement rates paid to agencies like Planned Parenthood, that provide services under the Medi-Cal program. This is a major source of income for Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood has even gone to the state legislature. Planned Parenthood announced, that the Budge Conference Committee, had rejected the Governor's proposed cuts to Family Pact.The budget is still not final and the Governor still has a chance to win. 

If I was putting my money on a winner, it would be Planned Parenthood. If I was hoping for good public policy, I'd bet on the Governor.  

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Duty To Die

A reporter stated, In a recent editorial about the state of Washington, "Linda Fleming, a 66 yr. old, legally bankrupt cancer patient, living alone in Saquim, Washington, became the first person to kill herself under her state's new assisted suicide law." The measure that paved the way for Fleming's death allows suicidal adults to obtain lethal prescriptions, as long as they are competent and have been diagnosed with a terminal condition by two physicians. 

Wow!  Progressive and liberating, isn't it. Just like Oregon, which has a similar law, and has facilitated more than 400 suicides since 1997.

Washington, where 58 % of voters approved the assisted suicide measure last Fall, many critics remain concerned. They worry, such laws will change a doctor's role, from healer to executioner. Remember Hippocrates separated the physician as healer, from killer in the year 500 BC. Is modern medicine smarter? Many of those who worry about the legalization of assisted suicide, worry that assisted suicide will pull resources from palliative care and confirm, to the severely ill patient, that they are burdensome and worthless. This could bring about a mind-set that there's a duty to die. 

State legislators across the nation will be dealing with the duty to die. After all, it's an economic boon. It may even appear in some form in the Obama Healthcare Plan, in the subtle form of rationing.  

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Swine Flu

The only reason we are discussing vaccines is because we know that many vaccines are made from aborted fetuses. This is a clear right to life issue because abortion is our thing. Some comfort in the pandemic we are living through with the swine flu is that the newly developed vaccine for the swine flu is being made using ethical cell lines. 

On Friday, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced, it had created an experimental dog kidney cell based technology, which relies on chicken eggs. Too bad for those who are allergic to eggs.

Over thirty countries have reportedly requested supply of the vaccine. In fact the US Dept of Health and Human Services placed a 289 million dollar order with Novartis last month.

Other companies, such as Sanofi Pasteur and Medimmune, are using aborted fetal cell lines as their cell culture. What this means is that concerned families, who may not have used the swine flu vaccine because of the aborted fetal cell line, have a moral choice.

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Obama & The AMA

On June 15th, right here in Chicago, our President came home, not to roost, but to deliver a major speech to the American Medical Association (AMA). Please take note, the AMA does not represent physicians as a whole, only a part. A small part, I might add. However, that being said, they wield a great deal of money and political lobbying power. Obama's pitch was for that lobbying power. 

A ticking time bomb is how President Obama described the nation's healthcare. He also reported to the group, that he was the man to fix it. He can't fix it until he deals with Tort Reform. The President remained adamant that Tort Reform was not in the healthcare agenda. I wonder what is? The President made no mention of abortion funded by the taxpayers and universally available. 

On a personal note, the way to reform healthcare is to emphasize personal responsibility and accountability. In other words, one must participate in one's healthcare. That being said, I am opposed to Universal Healthcare, which leads me to ask this question, fundamental to the issue. Is healthcare a right or a privilege? I believe, since I pay for it, it is a privilege. In all actuality, we have universal healthcare. Anyone entering an emergency room is treated. Whether they can pay for it or not, or whether they're legal or not, they still receive healthcare. As a matter of fact, sometimes better healthcare than people who live in this country and have worked all their lives, receive. Why? If you pay for your own insurance, as many Americans do, your doctor can only treat you according to what that insurance allows. While the non-insured, or non-legal patient recieves full medical coverage, with no insurance to screening what they'll cover and what they won't.

If we're really concerned about healthcare costs, let's put some limits on Medicaid and Medicare. These limits are not imposed, or even on the table for discussion, because politicians want their vote. In fact, most Medicaid  patients use emergency rooms for minor problems, and every other medical reason that could be treated, for less money at a doctor's office. Those of us who have insurance know, that we will not be reimbursed, if we use an emergency room, when a physician's office can treat the same ailment. This abuse of emergency rooms, not only impacts emergency care, it places an undue burden on healthcare providers. I don't believe this is on the discussion block either. In fact, I think if healthcare reform is really on the National agenda, we should have real healthcare providers testifying on the problems, rather than politicians.

I think the debate on healthcare is healthy for the healthcare industry. Just as I think honest debate on all issues is healthy for society. People come from different perspectives. A good debate encourages people to think. That's the problem. People don't think. People today especially respond to emotions. You see a starving baby's picture and immediately you donate money. Many times, you don't know where your money is going. You simply responded on emotion. 

A good debate depends on the truth. The truth on healthcare has to be out on the table, and it's not. The American public needs to hear the facts, not made up. The media, which hasn't told the truth in a long time, will not be starting with this debate. There's a hidden agenda here. Americans are smart people, and need to participate in this healthcare debate. But, I don't think President Obama will allow that.  

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NOW

News Flash! Kim Gandy, president of the pro-abortion woman's group NOW, plans to resign. The resignation will probably occur at the organization's national convention. Gandy has a 22 yr. tenure within NOW. She has been president of NOW for 8 years, and has built NOW to be a leading pro-abortion woman's group. Here's her quote: "It is an honor to be a part of this organization, which has allowed me to fulfill my passion to help women."

 

Really? I think, in the 22 years of her leadership, she has helped to hurt women as NOW advances the abortion agenda. Think of the recent polling statistic. When asked, Americans, who knew someone who had had an abortion, of those asked, 55%, described the abortion as a negative experience, while 33% described it as positive. Those statistics alone are overwhelming. Fifty-five percent of women regretted their abortion? NOW has promoted a quick-fix, rather than a caring outreach for women in crisis.   

Recent polling indicates there are more Americans who embrace the pro-life position then the pro-abortion. 

I wonder who will take her place? I wonder what the course of NOW will be? If they are really interested in women, perhaps they could add organizational support for those women who suffer the after effects of abortion.   

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Futile Care

Futile Care protocols are very popular in medicine today. In fact many hospitals have developed and implemented Futile Care protocols. What is Futile Care? It's the right of doctors to refuse wanted life support treatments, based on their personal values, rather than their professional knowledge, as to the quality of the patient's life.

What's the agenda? It's health care rationing and imposing a duty to die, sooner rather than later. Will Futile Care protocols be in the Obama Healthcare plan? I think so. Will ethics committees in hospitals continue to promote Futile Care protocols?

I think the answer is yes. Why? Because of cost containment.  No matter what the president says, regarding the expense of his Universal Coverage, there will not be enough money to fund it. Implementation of Futile Care protocols will reduce the cost by eliminating the patient. With the patient gone, the money can be used for other worthy diseases. 

Sounds far fetched? I don't think so. Once abortion entered the medical profession, a respect for life was lost. Medical schools today are not required to take the Hippocratic Oath.

With the implementation of advanced directives, powers of attorney seem to be running medicine, rather than physicians. Does Futile Care occur? You bet. But, mostly, it's at the insistence of families. This comes from many societal reasons. First and foremost, may be selfishness, as the family unit disintegrates, so will the practice of medicine.   

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HR 2410

Imagine in an effort to reduce abortions, our Congress has just voted in the House to create a new Office for Global Women's Issues.  This office would be headed by an official (I'm sure pro-life) with the rank of ambassador charged with promoting women's empowerment.  Translate this - another international abortion headquarters with an ambassador in charge.  This fulfills Sec. Of State, Hillary Clinton's announcement, "We are now an administration that will protect the rights of women, including their rights of reproductive health care."  Translate again - unlimited abortion.  

The passage of HR 2410 will now go to the U.S. Senate for a vote.  With 59 votes in the Senate, I am sure President Obama can come up with the 60th.  The U.S. House, with its vote on 2410 and the defeat of the pro-life amendment introduced by Rep. Chris Smith which would have restricted the offices work on abortion clearly shows a pro-abortion majority in the House. 

To add insult to injury, apart from funding the State Department's budget, HR 2410 would pressure other countries to overturn laws that restrict homosexual and transsexual behavior.  It would also force our foreign service workers to undergo sensitivity training on the issue of sexual orientation and gender identity.

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Teens for Life

Teens for Life is an award winning youth outreach.  The 're known for producing the world's only pro-life publication for teens.  Now, they are launching the first social networking site for teens.  The site features in depth networking for teens.  This allows for discussion, ideas, sharing multi-media and just hanging out with peers on line. 

Mike Fichter editor for Teens for Life says, 'Our goal is to educate, motivate and activate a new generation to impact its culture by advancing positive and healthy alternatives to abortion.  The future of the pro-life movement is here and we are giving it a voice of its own."

Teensforlife.com offers viewers and visitors a wide range of changing resources to supplement social networking.  Information on crisis pregnancy, abstinence, milestones in fetal development, book and movie reviews are just a sample of what is available. 

Finally, an alternative to myspace.  Let's visit it and see what we think. 

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Choose Life

June 10th marks the 10th anniversary of the Choose Life specialty plates.  24 states have these plates available and have raised more than 10 million dollars in user fees.  Usually that money is used to fund crisis pregnancy centers.  This is terrific since crisis pregnancy centers receive no state or federal funding. 
Illinois, however, remains unable to buy Choose Life license plates.  This, in spite of 25,000 Illinois citizens who have signed petitions for the Choose Life plates.  If sold in Illinois, the money would have been used to fund Illinois adoption agencies.  These agencies would help children find life long homes and loving families.  These efforts in Illinois were defeated in the legislature, even though there are many other specialty plates that are routinely approved.  

When the Illinois Choose Life petitions were submitted and a bill was introduced in the Illinois General Assembly and placed in a subcommittee, guess who the chairman was of the subcommittee?  You guessed it - State Senator Barack Obama.  The bill died without a hearing.

Even as a state senator you can see Obama is totally committed to the abortion movement.  He would not even allow a license plate with a positive message that would fund adoption, a viable and beautiful option to abortion.  With this history, why should anyone believe that he supports fewer abortions. 

The Thomas Moore Society filed a petition in April asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review and revise the specialty plate in Illinois.  More to come.

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Eggs

New York's Empire State Stem Cell Board is expected to vote on 6 -12-09 to use state money to pay women for their eggs.  These eggs would be used for research purposes.  This makes New York the only state to officially endorse a cash for egg scheme.

Egg donation is not like your usual chicken egg donation.  Perhaps New Yorker's should read Robin Cook's book on egg donation, Shock.  What many people don't know is that there are well-documented risks to the donor because of dangerous drugs necessary to stimulate the ovaries to produce eggs.  

The short term risks are the drugs are the surgical retrieval process.  The long term risks include cancer and future fertility problems.

A good public policy is supposed to protect society.  A policy like this endangers young women.  Frankenstein and his doctor would be proud.  Dr. Mengele, call your office.

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Obama's Health Care Plan - SCARY

Remember when President Obama spoke to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund while running for president?  Remember what he said?  We'll help you remember.  "My first act as president will be signing FOCA (Freedom of Choice Act).

Why are we worried now that he is president?  The FOCA  amounts to deregulation of the abortion industry and provides free federally funded abortions on demand. 

We blogged on this before.  Abortion will be a universal right under universal health care.  Watch out.  It's coming.  Have you called your congressman?  Have you called the White House line?  If not, why not?

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Late Trimester Abortions

Dr. Tiller was one of an unknown number who perform abortions in the third trimester of pregnancy ( 7th, 8th and 9th month).  HORRORS!  With Dr. Tiller's death, new facts are being revealed to the public.  In all honesty, they are not new facts, but they have been concealed to the public.  

Physician Leory Carhart who performs late term abortions in Nebraska stated, "75 to 100 of the several thousand abortions he performs yearly are in the third trimester."

Stanley K. Henshaw, a senior fellow at the Guttenmacher Institute, the research arm of Planned Parenthood and the best source for statistics, is quoted in the Washington Post, " the information on late term abortions just isn't available."  Here's the real information from the  Guttenmacher Institute's own report. Its official statistics show that 13,310 abortions each year are at 21 weeks or more of gestational age.  To clarify, 1.1% of the 1.21 million abortions per year are past 21 weeks of pregnancy.  32 states of the 40 states reporting abortions, report  babies aborted at 21 weeks or more.  

This means every day 37 babies, 21 weeks or older, are dismembered or decapitated.  These include healthy babies of healthy mothers, because it is legal.  These are babies that mothers feel moving.  They have a heartbeat that can be heard with a stethoscope.  They have eyebrows, eyelashes, finger nails and toe nails and they can hear.

Maybe the abortion debate should center on late term abortions, after all the other side has covered up these facts for a long time.  

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Sotomayor and Abortion

Supreme Court hopeful (one of the Supremes), Sonia Sotomayor was on the Board of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund that submitted an amicus brief affirming a fundamental right to an abortion. 

The brief states, "All Amici share an urgent concern that the Court clearly and unequivocally reaffirm Roe v. Wade... They fear that any tampering with the right to abortion recognized in Roe will have a powerful, adverse impact on the liberty, equality and health of poor women and women of color."

The brief also argues that laws requiring abortions to be performed in hospitals would place undue burden on minority and low income women seeking abortions.                                                                                                                                             

First La Raza, now an Amici brief, what else is necessary for her true beliefs to be revealed? How about the meeting last week with pro-abortion senators Dianne Feinstein(D-Calif),Ron Wyden(D-Ore) and Olympia Snowe (R - MA), who all agreed that Sonia made it very clear she would not favor overturning Roe v. Wade?

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China & Pigs

Chinese scientist have given cells, from adult pigs, the ability to turn into any tissue in the body, just like embryonic stem cells. Why, you ask? They hope, this breakthrough, could aid in the breeding of animals for organ transplants for humans. It may also enable the development of pigs that are resistant to diseases, such as swine flu.

Sounds suspicious to me. But then, most things from China sound suspicious to me. Is this breakthrough experimental? Are we achieving a medical good by animal/human transplant organs? I am well aware, that we use pig valves in human open heart surgical valve replacement, and have for many years. But, that's a valve, not an organ.

I would like further documentation before I would say we've eliminated swine flu.

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Planned Parenthood & Obama's Health Care

Imagine the surprise to hear that Planned Parenthood is involved in the Healthcare Reform plan of President' Obama's. "Planned Parenthood must be an essential part of any health care reform," said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, "The fact is, nobody else can speak for men, women and teens. Planned Parenthood's healthcare centers serve them, and no one can serve them like we can."

Cecily Richards further stated, "Abortion is fundamental to improving our nation's healthcare system - and that means Planned Parenthood must be an essential part of healthcare reform."

Remember the meeting President Obama had, where no pro-life group was invited? However, he had the Human Rights Campaign, the National Council of La Raza (remember Sonya Sotomayor is a member of this council). La Raza (the race) supports abortion. Add to that list Planned Parenthood was at the Presiden't meeting. The meeting was about National Healthcare Reform. 

With membership limited to only pro-abortion groups and no input on National Health Reform from pro-life organiztions, abortion may be the only reform covered in universal health.   

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Eternal Rest

Although this may be a personal view expressed, I believe, that as people of God, we should direct our energy in praying for the soul of George Tiller, and leave final judgement to Almighty God. I believe, as people of God, if we are going to play God, than play God as God would play God. I believe that God said, "vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord".

Demonstrating at a funeral is, in my mind, brings the movement down to the lowest common denominator. Archbishop Joseph Naumann, the Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City, immediately, upon hearing the news, that George Tiller had been murdered, offered mass for the repose of his soul, and the comfort and consolation of his family. This is what we're called to do.

As pro-lifers, never lower the bar. We have the Truth. We must do everything for the unborn possible. We do not engage in violence, because we know violence only begets violence. We are people who understand the sanctity of human life. We say that everyday. Let's continue to be people of God and act that way.

God has also told us, that we love the sinner, but stand firm against the sin. The violence is finished. The pro-life movement needs to focus and continue it's efforst to protect the innocent and embrace a culture of life, and leave George Tiller to God.  

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Rights Of The Child

In a news release from the Catholic News Agency, Pope Benedict XVI has sent a telegram to the International Catholic Child Bureau (BICE) urging, "A new mobilization on behalf of children" initiated by the United Nations in Geneva."

The telegram references the UN Convention Rights Of The Child and says, "Twenty years after it's ratification, there is an urgent need for it to be implemented to the full, given the new challenges of the modern world."

Oh No! This UN Convention Rights Of The Child, takes away all parental rights, and will break apart families around the world. The bill stops all discipline from a parent. It goes on to state, that children do not have to go to Church if they don't want to. The Pope is calling on the International community to see that the principles outlined in the Convention, are put into practice.

The Holy Father further stressed, "Respecting the inviolable dignity and rights of children, of recognizing the fundamental educational mission of the family, and of a stable social environment capable of favoring the physical, cultural and moral development of all children. The Pope further continued by calling on BICE to work generously for a correct application of the Convention, and for the construction of a future of hope, security and happiness for the children of our world." 

Please say it isn't so. I can't believe the Holy Father could be so mis-informed on the true depths of family destruction, which the implementation of this "Right" will bring about.  Maybe we will have a Village raising our children.  

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12.5 OZ. Baby Goes Home

Taylor Rideout born on March 12th, weighing 12.5 oz, roughly the weight of a pop can, is close to coming home after 83 days in a neo-natal unit. 

The mother suffers from Lupus and during her pregnancy encountered life threatening complications. Faced with the possibility of death for both the mother and baby, the family chose to deliver the baby at 26 weeks. She was the smallest baby ever delivered at Magee-Woman's Hospital of UPMC in Pittsburgh. 

What's so remarkable about this story? Many things. Probably the most important is that the family made a decision to have the baby rather than abort the baby. Babies at this gestational age, if aborted, are aborted by the partial-birth method. Secondly, the mother urged parents facing similar difficulties, never to give up. "I would tell them, don't give up on their child, if they're born small, or have a disease or anything. There's a God in this world, and if it's meant to be, it's meant to be." 

Taylor is 83 days old and weighs 3 lbs. Life is beautiful if you give it a chance. To quote Dr. Zeuss, "A person's a person, no matter how small."   

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Say no to the nomination for the Dept. of Education's Safe & Drug Free Schools

President Obama and Arnie Duncan have nominated Kevin Jennings, a homosexual activist, for the Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Dept. of Education's Safe & Drug Free Schools.  Why should we be worried?  Here are a few facts about Arnie Duncan and Kevin Jennings.

Kevin Jennings is the founder of the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN).  GLSEN sponsored a youth workshop on Queer Sex and Sexuality which guided young teens on how to engage in perversion.  GLSEN safe school strategy is a Trojan horse designed to advance the normalization of harmful behaviors to impressionable children. 

President Obama, with his nomination, is perhaps revealing the homosexual agenda for our school system.  A clear signal on the direction for our school system began with Obama's appointment  of Arnie Duncan as Education Secretary (a Cabinet position).  Arnie Duncan was the former Superintendent of Schools in Chicago.  Under his leadership, a strictly homosexual high school was proposed and came close to being funded.  It may still be funded, but has been put on hold for the present time due to the public outcry.       

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La Raza

WOW!  A recent alert from RightMarch.com PAC reveals that Judge Sotomayor is a member of La Raza.  In fact, the American Bar Association has listed Judge Sotomayor as a member of the National Council of La Raza.  What is La Raza?  It is a political group that promotes driver's licenses for illegal aliens, amnesty programs and no immigration law enforcement by local and state police.  La Raza means the race.  It has connections to organizations that advocate the separation of several southwestern states from the rest of America.  

So much for the Constitution and the laws of the country.  One might even say she is a far left judicial activist. How can we believe she will interpret our Constitution the way the founders wrote it?  If she is a far left judicial activist, you know what her views on abortion would be.  Is this a Supreme Court nominee worth Senate confirmation?  If you think not, please call your U.S. Senators and tell them to vote no. 

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Sexting

Technological Tragedy Sexting - It is the exchange of explicit photos and videos via the internet or cell phone.  This is the latest teen trend that has led to an increase in teen suicide.

Technology in the past few years with cell phones and YouTube is instantaneous. Parents may not be aware of these advances.  Certainly schools are aware of sexting.  A Catholic school confronted sexting a few years ago because nude photos on cell phones were being passed around by the students.  What followed was a parental information seminar geared not only to high school aged students, but the middle grades. 

Sexting is a new phenomenon since most teens and tweens own a cell phone.  This alone should be a red flag for parents.  Teachers, however, are aware of the problem.  In fact, Bill Boomer, Director of Marriage and Family Ministry in Cleveland is quoted, "sexting is a source of concern because teens don't think of the consequences of what they are doing.  Technology in the past few years has increased to a point where anything is possible instantaneously." 

One high school teacher has been quoted, "the texting culture among high school and middle school students is so prevalent that she doesn't even try to deal with it or she would be confiscating phones all day."

Texting, Plan B, no parental notification for abortion - when will the outcry from parents come?  

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George Tiller RIP

We must start this blog by saying "Eternal rest grant onto him O Lord". We must continue to say, a society that tries to solve it's problems with violence, is a society that will only create more violence. On May 31st. George Tiller was shot and killed at 10:00AM in his church. The suspect, a white male, was apprehended by the law, shortly after the killing.

The suspect has been identified as 51 yr. old Scott Roeder of Merrian, Kansas. The suspect appears to have an affiliation with extremist political groups, but not with the mainstream pro-life movement. Immediately, the media linked the killing of George Tiller to the pro-life movement. Even though, every major pro-life group, condemned the killing.
 
George Tiller was acquitted of all charges last month in a trial in Kansas. However, the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts, stated it was bringing 11 charges against Tiller's license. The Board accused Tiller: "Performing an abortion on a fetus that was viable, without having a documented referral from another physician, not legally or financially affiliated with him; unprofessional or dishonorable conduct, or professional incompetency; and commitment of acts likely to deceive, defraud or harm the public." In other words, Dr. Tiller was in danger of losing his license to practice his gruesome profession shortly. 

Just hours after the shooting, death of late term abortionist George Tiller, and without a potential suspect, leading pro-abortion organizations immediately blamed the pro-life advocates for his death. They painted the pro-life community with a broad brush, accusing them of setting a climate, leading to Tiller's death. In fact, Vicki Saporta, President of the National Abortion Federation said: "Individuals who oppose the right to choose, have used violence to try to advance their extreme anti-choice agenda." Planned Parenthood's President, Cecile Richards, said: "He was continually harassed by abortion opponents for much of his career." 

All of this hoopla, when the suspect's motives are virtually unknown. Major media outlets immediately took up the cry, "Confirm Sonya Sotomayor." I found it interesting, that the pro-abortion groups, spent most of their time blaming the pro-life movement, rather than commending the soul of Dr. Tiller to Almighty God, and making statements that violence doesn't solve social problems. 

The consequences to the pro-life movement, from this random act of violence are still unknown. The media controls the airways, and spins the story. The facts spun, by the media, will not have any relevance to the actual facts of the case. One fact the media has left out, is that George Tiller performed partial-birth abortions and late trimester abortions. That's his legacy.   

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Suicide

In China, a man heavily in debt, had been contemplating suicide on a bridge. Along comes a passerby, who is upset, because the person contemplating suicide is holding up traffic. Guess what he does? He pushes the gentleman off the bridge. However, the victim survived.

"I pushed him off, because jumpers like him are very selfish. Their action violates a lot of public interest." According to documents, the victim wanted to kill himself because be had incurred debt from a failed construction project. The attempted killer was released on bail. It has been said, he's been on medication for a mental illness for decades, and was on the way to the hospital to pick up his pills.

Violence should never be condoned. Whatever happened to the human race? Are we in such a hurry that we cannot wait. We can only push people off bridges because they're holding up traffic. This incident occurred in China. In the United States, over the weekend, another senseless act of violence occurred. Dr. George Tiller was shot and killed in the lobby, in a Wichita church. Violence only begets violence. A society that turns to violence to solve it's social problems, is a society in trouble. Pretty soon everybody will be pushing everybody off bridges.

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More on Judge Sonia

Do you watch Judge Judy?  Maybe, you will watch Judge Sonia.  Certainly the major media is watching Judge Sonia, but not quite the way they should be.  Certainly a firestorm erupted when President Obama nominated her for the Supreme Court.  In fact, recently President Obama said he wanted her confirmed so she could walk up the marble steps and begin to bring justice to our country. 

Judge Sotomayor must be confirmed by the Senate and unless we have a major revelation, she will be.  You ask, what is the harm?  In many peoples eyes, this is what the past election was all about - the control of the Court.  By this I mean, whether the Court would be dominated by those justices who interpret the Constitution as it is written or by those justices who find penumbras on amendments that never existed.  The control of the Court has been the issue in the past two presidential elections.  It is quite possible that one or two other justices may retire after this term.  

If we really want dialogue, the question I would ask, is why lady justice is wearing blindfold and why are her scales balanced?  Would they remain balanced if the blindfold is off?      

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Good death for humans or animals

A new specialty is being offered by euthanasia veterinarians that provides a peaceful death for your pet. In fact, some practices are devoted exclusively to providing home pet euthanasia.  This specialty has arisen because of the profound grief that comes with the loss of a pet.  Many organizations, including some schools of veterinary medicine, provide call in and on line resources for grief over the loss of a pet.  

Pet owners have been quoted that they wanted their animals to die at home.  This allows the pets to be spared the anxiety of dying in a strange place.       

I wonder how long it will be before we have visiting specialties relieving humans of their anxiety and allowing them to die at home?  I think this specialty might be called assisted suicide.  There is nothing wrong with anyone dying naturally at home, in fact, in many cases it is the natural humane way to die.  I think the animal specialties for euthanasia for the pets may, in fact, be setting up a specialty for humans.  Remember, all social engineering is preceded by verbal engineering.  

In many instances, our young have blurred the distinction between animal and human.  This blurring is reinforced by every media outlet.  In fact, our young are immersed in a society that cannot separate the environment from animals and from humans.     

Could this be setting up the Obama health care plan?

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Steroids and health

Could God's gift of nature be changed by man?  Could infertility in both men and women be man made?  Could the pollution in our water supply be bad for your health?  Should your roof be painted white or should the one making the suggestion be committed?  Is there a hidden agenda?  Is the Vatican crazy?  A wise old saying, God always forgives, man sometimes forgives, but mother nature never forgives.  

Early in 2009, the official Vatican newspaper L'Observatore Romano charged that environmental contamination by oral contraceptives is to blame for a devastating increase in infertility in men.  The article quoted Pedro Jose Maria Simon Castellvi, President of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations, " use of the pill for some years had a devastating effect on the environment by releasing tons of hormones into nature through female urine."  Immediately, there was a media outcry criticizing the Vatican, however time has vindicated the Vatican.  It's not crazy, the mainstream media was.

Let's take the word steroid.  It is a buzz word in recent years.  Athletes use it regularly to help enhance their skills.  Much has been made by Congressional hearings on the use of steroids by professional athletes.  In fact, most Americans have an opinion on steroids, but do they know the truth?  The word steroids encompasses a large class of biological molecules.  The main sex hormones are also steroids.  Few in the public are aware that oral contraceptives ( the Pill, Plan B, and RU 486) are all steroids.  

Infertility among both men and women is a growing problem and we might add, a lucrative business.  Infertility in women is easier to explain than in men.  Women have for years taken contraceptive pills, sexually transmitted diseases have scarred the tubes and delay in childbearing have all contributed to infertility.  Infertility in men, however, is not as well publicized, but recent evidence is troubling.  In recent years many studies have documented lower sperm counts and poor sperm quality in men whose blood contains higher levels of certain pesticides and industrial contaminants.  No studies of blood of estrogenic pharmaceuticals have been published.  Some medical studies believe that contraceptive steroids are the culprit, however, because of our culture, no definitive study has been published.

I think the facts speak for themselves.  If females are effected by the steroids, certainly the males are also effected.  Perhaps our society should start calling the Pill, hormones, Plan B, RU 486 what they really are, steroids.  If they are bad for professional athletes and Congress gets involved, why haven't they gotten involved in the real steroid problem?   Maybe, they should live in the houses with the white roofs.     

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Obama's Supreme Court Nominee

On May 26th 2009, President Obama introduced his Supreme Court nominee, Sony Sotomayor. Immediately a firestorm arose. Opinions are still flying from the right and the left. The middle however is left entirely open. Justice Sotomayor is the third woman to serve on the nation's highest court, and the first Latina.

From the Susan B. Anthony list, (SBA), SBA' President Marjorie Dannenfelser stated: "Women are best protected by the rule of law - and blind justice. Their rights are most endangered when personal  preferences, ideology or painful personal history inform judgement. Susan B. Anthony and her early feminist compatriots fought for a human rights standard, sustained only through blind justice. When evidence of personal preference appears in any Supreme Court nominee's judgement, it should give all women pause. Given what we know about Judge Sonya Sotomayor, own judicial philosophy - indicating her support of policy making from the bench - Americans should be concerned about the role of personal preference in her overall judicial philosophy.When it comes to protecting all human life, one group is never served by undermining the rights of another. Women will never be served by ignoring the rights of unborn children."  

From Americans United for Life (AUL), despite 17 yrs. on the bench, Judge Sotomayor has never directly decided whether a law regulating abortion was constitutional. AUL has reviewed two decisions which can be found on our web site  www.ifrl.org/lake 

From National Right to Life (NRLC), "What we have seen of Judge Sotomayor's record, so far, sheds little light on her views regarding how the Constitution bears on the powers of elected lawmakers to protect the right to life of unborn children. Members of the Senate, should not be pressured to act on this nomination with undue haste. We believe it is critical that Senators thoroughly explore whether Judge Sotomayor believes that Supreme Court Justices have the right to override the decisions of elected lawmakers on such issues as partial-birth abortion, tax funding of abortion and parental notification for abortion. Pro-life concerns are reinforced by the knowledge that Judge Sotomayor has been nominated to the Supreme Court by a president, who himself criticized the Supreme Court majority for upholding the ban on partial-birth abortion, who previously had opposed a bill to recognize all babies born alive during abortions, as full protected by law and who endorsed a proposed federal law, (The Freedom of Choice Act) that has as it's major purpose the invalidation of virtually all of the types of abortion regulations that have been upheld by the Supreme Court as consistent with Roe v Wade."

There is no doubt that Justice Sotomayor will be confirmed by the Senate. The Democrats have the majority. We can only hope that Justice Sotomayor will face stiff and honest questioning on her judicial views.

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Hooray for Adult Stem Cells

Embryonic stem cell research has produced to date no cures.  In fact, it has caused cancerous tumors in certain clinical trials, but it is part of the abortion agenda. 

Adult stem cell research has produced countless cures and hopeful treatment for many diseases.  A new finding for use of adult stem cells has been reported  by scientists at University College-London.They have engineered adult stem cells to seek out and destroy cancer cells in mice.  These adult stem cells were found in bone marrow and connective tissue.  In the lab, these cells were able to find and kill cells from lung, squamous, breast and cervical cancer.  They also injected the cells into mice with breast tumors and showed they were safely able to kill the tumors, but leave healthy tissue intact.

Wouldn't you like your tax dollars to be used for this research rather than killing an embryo for useless research?  

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Protective legislation

Legislation has been introduced in Congress by Rep. Doug Lamborn (R- CO) that would remove federal funding for any school that dispenses the Morning-After-Pil (MAP).  The bill is called The School Children's Protection Act (HR 2458).  At present this bill has 44 sponsors.


Rep.Lamborn stated, "It is morally unacceptable for taxpayers to fund this drug for school age children.  Additionally, these drugs can lead to serious health consequences.  It is everyone's interest to protect our children.

The FDA has issued a ruling earlier this month that the MAP could be given out to children as young as 17 without a prescription.  Aside from the moral considerations, the MAP contains 4 times the amount of hormones as is contained in the birth control pill, which requires a physical exam and a prescription.  HB 2458 is good public policy. 

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Final Exit Network

The book Final Exit, written by Derrick Humphrey, was the first how to book on killing yourself, that achieved New York Times status as a best seller in the 1980's. We've come a long way baby. Now we have the Final Exit Network. Yes, that's the same network we blogged about several weeks ago. The very same network that was going to "guide" a young man from Chicago, suffering from a debilitating, but not fatal disease to assisted suicide. They assisted, but were foiled by the police. However, this encounter has given rise to a great deal of publicity about the Final Exit Network.

The Final Exit Network is similar to Jack Kevorkian's work. There really isn't much difference, except perhaps the Network is more organized. It also has more members. The Network can be compared to Dignitas in Switzerland.

We need to be aware of this organization and its' real goal, which is the legalization of physician assisted suicide.

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Who is Father Jenkins

Will the real Father Jenkins please stand up. Father Jenkins' flamboyant and theatrical, passionate introduction of President Obama, certainly is in accord with recent developments, which show that the president of Notre Dame University, the same Father Jenkins, is on the Millennium Board of Directors. What is the Millennium Promise and what are it's goals? 

1.) Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty.
2.) Achieve universal primary education.
3.) Promote gender equality and empower women.
4.) Reduce child mortality.
5.) Improve maternal health.
6.) Combat HIV, AIDS, Malaria and other diseases.
7.) Ensure environmental sustainability.
8.) Develop a global partnership for development.

The Millennium Promise works to raise funds from the private sector for Millennium Villages, a group working with underprivileged African villages. The Millennium Village handbook explains, that family  planning and contraception services are critical to allow women to choose family size and birth spacing, to combat sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV and contribute to the reduction of maternal morbidity and mortality. These services include, counseling, male and female condoms, pharmacological contraceptives, including oral, transdermal, intromuscular and implanted methods, and IUD's. They encourage safe abortions, in countrys where abortion is legal. The handbook further reads: "However, in instances, where no district center or alternate post for safe abortion practises is accessible, abortion services can be offered at the village level, provided that sufficient surgical capacity exists." I believe that could be interpretted as the witch doctor's tent.

If Notre Dame's Father Jenkins supports a program to reduce poverty by eliminating human beings, I think he's outside the teachings of the Church. No Catholic should take a leadership role contrary to Church teaching. Why is Father Jenkins still President of Notre Dame? I guess that's a question you'd have to ask the Holy Cross Order, to which Father Jenkins belongs. This order works extensively in Africa, and may have had some problems recently. 

If you don't believe us, please visit the website of Millennium Promise where Father Jenkin's membership is published. Perhaps the next recipient of Internation Planned Parenthood's Award, following Hillary Clinton, will be Father Jenkins.  Watch the Planned Parenthood news.

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Obamanation at Notre Dame

President Obama received an honorary law degree at Notre Dame on Sunday, May 17, 2009. Everyone in American by now knows that. But, here's the scoop, at least from my perspective.

As an Illinois State Senator, Obama voted for born-alive newborns to die in closets after a failed abortion. As a United States Senator, he voted to allow full term babies to be aborted at the moment of birth, (partial-birth abortion). And now, as President of the United States, he advocates the destruction of human life for the purpose of research (embryonic stem-cell).  With his executive order, the Mexico City Policy was revoked and abortion is funded throughout the world. In other words, President Obama is completely committed to the abortion movement. There will be no effort, either legislatively or executively, to reduce the number of abortions.

At Notre Dame Obama said, "honor the conscience of those who disagree with abortion, and draft a sensible conscience clause, and make sure that all of our health care policies are grounded in clear ethics and sound science as well as respect for the equality of women." Obama continued, "he plans to revise the "Conscience Clause" put in place at the end of the Bush presidency. 

Linguistic gymnastics? Double speak? Deceived and uneducated? Wily? Tells a double tale? You bet!  One might ask, what is an embryo? What is a fetus? I know those answers are "above his pay grade", however, they are not above everybody else's pay grade. Other people know the truth and either abide by it, or not. It's called conscience.  

Sound policies? How about recognizing a simple medical fact, that the embryo, no matter how created, remains a live human being. If they are not human beings, what are they? It's alive and growing. This is an old trick. All one has to do is take a category of living human beings and isolate them into a class .. ie the "unborn", "elderly", "Alzheimer", "embryo" and "fetus", "mentally handicapped". Once isolated, they can be dehumanized. Once dehumanized, they're free game for society's predators. Or in this case, an "Economic Savior".  Middle ground? I don't think there's any middle ground, when we're talking about killing. There was no middle ground in the Concentration Camps. 

The proof of the pudding will come very shortly. If President Obama is serious about reducing the number of abortions, and working together to do so, he has a perfect opportunity. He is about to appoint a new Supreme Court Justice. He is about to publish the Conscience Clause for Healthcare Workers. He is about to issue guidelines for the NIH for embryonic stem-cell research. In everyday terms the ball's in his court.    

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Cuts in abstinence only sex ed and rise in number of unwed mothers

About 1.7 million babies were born to unmarried women in 2007.  Unmarried women accounted for almost 40% of all U.S. births in 2007, up from 34% in 2002.  Women in their 20's and 30's having babies has increased from 13% to 34% between 2002 and 2006.  These figures continue to show that "more of the same" comprehensive sex education is not working.  Teaching our children to respect themselves and others and to use self control in all areas of their lives is what they deserve to hear from parents and teachers.  

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Canada - Euthanasia

In Canada yesterday, Francine Lalonde introduced a private members bill to legalize euthanasia in Canada.  Ms Lalonde is the Bloc Quebecois Member of Parliament and this is her third attempt to legalize euthanasia.  Both previous bills were not limited to the direct and intentional killing of terminally ill persons, but also included people experiencing chronic physical and mental pain. 

Previous bills were sold under the guise of choice and autonomy.  This particular bill appears to be identical to a previous bill and will be analyzed next week.

This bill is likely to receive a vote on second reading.  That soon.  Stay tuned. 

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Lisa Madigan

What way does the wind blow?  What's the most powerful seat?  Where does ideology have the best chance?  The answer, my friends, is blowing in the wind.  For those of you who are not Vietnam flower children, it was on old anti-war song of another generation.  

Pundits have heard that perhaps Ms. Madigan is considering replacing Roland Burris.  That race will occur in 2010, and whoever challenges Burris, probably will win.  

Lisa Madigan's polls show her ahead, whether she runs for governor, senate or Illinois Attorney General.  Stay tuned.     

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Obama's Budget

Before he was elected president, Barack Obama made it clear that he would cut abstinence funding.  True to his word, he has followed through with his promise.  His new budget eliminates all federal funding for abstinence only education and replaces it with sexual education.  

The budget eliminates Title V Abstinence Education Programs, while calling for at least $164 million dollars for contraceptive only education.  This money includes competitive grants, research, evaluation and authorization for $50 million in new mandatory condom grants to states, tribes and territories.

Leslee Unruh, President of the Abstinence Clearing House, stated, "The Obama decision is a Hollywood failed old approach that only increases teen pregnancies and damages America's greatest resource, our children.  I believe there will be a political backlash for those who oppose these life saving abstinence programs.  The enemies of sexual integrity programs will feel the heat from the army of youth who have seen the light through these programs as they approach voting age."

I hope his health care reform package includes funding for the great rise in STD's and mental health problems that comprehensive sex education programs bring.     

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R U 486 R U Crazy

Melissa Strafford of the Boston Medical Center presented the following results of her study at the recent American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists annual meeting.  RU 486, the abortion drug, failed to complete the abortion process for 16% of the women getting the drug 48 hours apart, and 23% for the women getting 2 drugs simultaneously.

What!  RU 486 was supposed to be a miracle drug, at least a miracle killing drug.  Surgical abortions were supposed to be over.  These failure rates and the need for surgical abortion presents a big problem for women and an even bigger problem for the drug company.  

The manufacturer and promoters of  RU 486 have told women that the abortifacient offers them a way to have an abortion without the risk of surgery.  Obviously, just like the lie, abortion is good for women, RU 486 promoters will have to think of something else.    

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Representative Ryg

Approximately 50 people held a peaceful demonstration for Life in front of Representative Ryg's office on May 9th 2009. No matter what side of the aisle you're on in abortion, her sponsorship of the Illinois Freedom of Choice Act, HB 2354. This bill is known under several names including "Reproductive Health and Access Act".

In spite of constituent pressure, including visits to her office, both in Springfield and Vernon Hills, Representative Ryg remained a co-sponsor. If passed, this bill would have done the following: 1.) Eliminated the conscience clause for hospitals and health care workers. 2.) It would have eliminated parental notice or consent. 3.) It would have mandated taxpayer funding of abortion. 4.) It would have allowed partial-birth abortion. 5.) It would have mandated a comprehensive state sex education program in public schools for all grades.  In other words, it would have removed any and all restrictions on abortion. 

Representative Ryg added insult to injury, when in a letter to her constituents, she cited Catholics for a Free Choice, as a reference for her decision to promote this radical bill.  Representative Ryg is a Catholic and knows Church teaching. Her sponsorship of this radical bill and her promise to her constituents in the following letter, which stated: "The supporters of HB 2354 met to review the Reproductive Healthcare Access Act. We agreed that additional clarifications are needed to reflect what the bill does and does not do. We agreed also, that the bill will not be called for a vote in its' present form. Your responses have helped me and my colleagues understand where the language is vague, leading to confusion, and/or misunderstanding. We do not wish to be misleading and will continue to monitor the discussions between the proponents and opponents as an amendment is prepared."   

Representative Ryg needs to change her views. No matter what side of the aisle you're on, nobody but the most radical wanted this bill. Listen to your constituents.

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