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1. European Demographic Crisis And The Pope By Joseph A. D'Agostino - February 1, 2007
Dear Colleague:
At Christmas, Pope Benedict made extensive comments about Europe's demographic decline, raising our hopes that he will author an encyclical on this most fundamental issue. As Shakespeare put it, "The world must be peopled."
Steven W. Mosher, President
PRI Weekly Briefing - 12 January 2007, Vol. 9, No. 2
The European Demographic Crisis and the Pope - By Joseph A. D'Agostino
Many believe that the College of Cardinals chose Joseph Ratzinger as Pope in a final effort to rescue Europe from the secularism, hedonism, and anti-procreationism that threaten to obliterate it over the next few decades. Cardinal Ratzinger even chose the name of St. Benedict, the Father of Europe, as his papal name. Unless Pope Benedict XVI succeeds in this task, which is an unlikely eventuality, the next Pope will probably come from another continent and focus his energies elsewhere than on the fast-dying Old World.
In the meantime, Pope Benedict has had much to say about the decadence of the wellspring of Western Christendom. I believe that low birthrates will become a more and more prominent part of the debate over Europe's future (or lack thereof), and an ever-more-acknowledged piece of evidence damning the post-modern secularist project. On a few occasions in public fora, the Pope has highlighted collapsing birthrates and explored their meaning. Most recently and perhaps most extensively, he did so during his annual Christmas speech to the Roman Curia on December 22.
The speech, given in the Clementine Hall of the Vatican, recapped notable events of the year, including the Pope's trip to Spain. "The visit to Valencia, Spain, was under the banner of the theme of marriage and the family," said His Holiness. "It was beautiful to listen, before the people assembled from all continents, to the testimonies of couples - blessed by a numerous throng of children - who introduced themselves to us and spoke of their respective journeys in the Sacrament of Marriage and in their large families. They did not hide the fact that they have also had difficult days that they have had to pass through periods of crisis. Yet, precisely through the effort of supporting one another day by day, precisely through accepting one another ever anew in the crucible of daily trials, living and suffering to the full their initial 'yes,' precisely on this Gospel path of 'losing oneself,' they had matured, rediscovered themselves and become happy."
Benedict used the recollection of this experience to muse upon the nature of Europe's demographic crisis. Even the inflated statistics of the United Nations Population Fund put Europe's total fertility rate at a fatal 1.4 and assert that Europe's population is already shrinking.
"Before these families with their children, before these families in which the generations hold hands and the future is present, the problem of Europe, which it seems no longer wants to have children, penetrated my soul. To foreigners this Europe seems to be tired, indeed, it seems to be wishing to take its leave of history," the Pope said, referencing the suicidal impulse of that apostate continent. "Why are things like this? This is the great question. The answers are undoubtedly very complex… In mentioning these difficulties, perhaps the reasons also become clearer why for many the risk of having children appears too great. A child needs loving attention. This means that we must give children some of our time, the time of our life. But precisely this "raw material" of lifetime - seems to be ever scarcer. The time we have available barely suffices for our own lives; how could we surrender it, give it to someone else? To have time and to give time - this is for us a very concrete way to learn to give oneself, to lose oneself in order to find oneself."
In modern societies, organized around production - economic production, not the production of the next generation of human beings - and infected with the feminism that has led to two-income households as a necessity for middle-class lifestyles, people haven't the time for children. Could many more deeply critical observations of modern life be made than this?
In addition, the Pope noted, adults no longer have a clear idea of how to raise children. "In addition to this problem comes the difficult calculation: What rules should we apply to ensure that the child follows the right path and in so doing, how should we respect his or her freedom?" he said. "The problem has also become very difficult because we are no longer sure of the norms to transmit; because we no longer know what the correct use of freedom is, what is the correct way to live, what is morally correct and what instead is inadmissible. The modern spirit has lost its bearings, and this lack of bearings prevents us from being indicators of the right way to others."
The Pope explained that the situation is even worse than this. "Indeed, the problem goes even deeper," he said. "Contemporary man is insecure about the future. Is it permissible to send someone into this uncertain future? In short, is it a good thing to be a person? This deep lack of self assurance - plus the wish to have one's whole life for oneself - is perhaps the deepest reason why the risk of having children appears to many to be almost unsustainable."
When doubt whether it is 'a good thing to be a person' becomes widespread in a civilization, what can save it but a profound spiritual renewal? Given the risible self-destruction of Europe's moribund Protestant churches, can any force other than the Catholic Church provide this renewal for Europe? Or perhaps Europe's fast-growing, high-fertility Muslim population will provide its own spiritual reformation for the continent.
"In fact, we can transmit life in a responsible way only if we are able to pass on something more than mere biological life, and that is, a meaning that prevails even in the crises of history to come and a certainty in the hope that is stronger than the clouds that obscure the future," continued Benedict. "Unless we learn anew the foundations of life - unless we discover in a new way the certainty of faith - it will be less and less possible for us to entrust to others the gift of life and the task of an unknown future. Connected with that, finally, is also the problem of definitive decisions: Can man bind himself forever? Can he say a 'yes' for his whole life? Yes, he can. He was created for this. In this very way, human freedom is brought about and thus the sacred context of marriage is also created and enlarged, becoming a family and building the future." The Pope went on to criticize the conditional yeses blessed by the state in civil unions for unmarried couples and to deplore the anti-human nature of same-sex 'marriage.'
Those in favor of sodomy have no respect for the human body, he said. "Such theories hold that man - that is, his intellect and his desire - would decide autonomously what he is or what he is not. In this, corporeity is scorned, with the consequence that the human being, in seeking to be emancipated from his body - from the 'biological sphere' - ends by destroying himself," asserted Benedict. Looking at the undisputed trends in the Western world, how can anyone disagree?
The Pope has made other, less extensive public references to declining birthrates as well. To a group of Canadian bishops on their ad limina visit May 20, he said, "Central to the cultural soul of the nation is Christ's immeasurable gift of faith which has been received and celebrated over the centuries with deep rejoicing by the peoples of your land. Like many countries, however, Canada is today suffering from the pervasive effects of secularism. The attempt to promote a vision of humanity apart from God's transcendent order and indifferent to Christ's beckoning light, removes from the reach of ordinary men and women the experience of genuine hope. One of the more dramatic symptoms of this mentality, clearly evident in your own region, is the plummeting birthrate. This disturbing testimony to uncertainty and fear, even if not always conscious, is in stark contrast with the definitive experience of true love which by its nature is marked by trust, seeks the good of the beloved, and looks to the eternal."
On Aug. 31, 2005, during a Wednesday public audience, the Pope said, "The Psalmist extols in particular 'the sons of youth': The father who has had sons in his youth will not only see them in their full vigor, but they will be his support in old age. He will be able, therefore, to face the future confidently, like a warrior, armed with a quiver of those victorious pointed 'arrows' that are his sons. The purpose of this image, taken from the culture of the time, is to celebrate the safety, stability and strength found in a large family, such as is presented anew in the subsequent Psalm 128, in which the portrait of a happy family is sketched. The last picture shows a father surrounded by his sons, who is welcomed with respect at the city gates, the seat of public life. Begetting is thus a gift that brings life and well-being to society. We are aware of this in our days in the face of nations that are deprived, by the demographic loss, of the freshness and energy of a future embodied by children."
Birthrates are low not only in Europe and Canada, but in most of the rest of the Christian world including Latin American nations and the United States. Our societies are aging rapidly. This disaster is so grave, and its metaphysical roots so deep in the souls of Christian men and women, that we can hope that the Pope will write an encyclical solely about this crisis. Such an encyclical will raise this issue to the level of importance and awareness that it deserves, and perhaps prompt a solution before it is too late. And aren't the low birthrates of every Western nation proof of the wisdom of the Church's teachings on secularism, marriage, feminism, contraception, and abortion?
Islamic jihad and 'global warming' are often presented as the most dangerous threats to the Western world today, yet they pale in comparison to the demographic crisis since, of course, without people, nothing else matters. We can await such a papal document with hope.
Joseph A. D'Agostino is Vice President for Communications at the Population Research Institute.
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2. Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Questions Direction Of CHPCA - January 19, 2007
Response to the position of the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association's position on euthanasia and assisted suicide - January 9, 2007
The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition questions the direction of the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) concerning their statement on Physician Assisted Dying that was approved by their Board of Directors - November 22, 2006.
The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition exists to prepare a well-informed, broadly based, network of groups and individuals who support measures that will create an effective social barrier to euthanasia and assisted suicide. We are a national voice that represents nearly 4000 groups and individuals.
The CHPCA appears to be asking for further consultation over the next two years from their membership concerning a new policy on euthanasia and assisted suicide. In the meantime they have established a set of principles that their membership is asked to consider in relation to these issues.
The documents guidelines have been worded in a neutral manner. There is no way to indicate whether the CHPCA supports or opposes euthanasia and assisted suicide, but rather recognizes that it is currently illegal and health-care providers should have the right not to participate in such acts. Therefore the CHPCA appears to have changed their position to a neutral position until 2008 when they will once again review their position.
Even the title of their Policy Alert was: Physician Assisted Dying (PAD) Issues Document, represents a change in direction based on language. At the World Federation of Right to Die Societies International Conference that was in Toronto - September 2006, their was a commitment by the Right to Die community to change the language in the debate concerning euthanasia and assisted suicide so their message would appeal to more people. The CHPCA has changed its language to the preferred language of the Right to Die lobby.
The CHPCA also states in its draft CHPCA Statement: "However, despite access to high quality end-of-life care, a small number of Canadians may still choose to have control over their own death. As hospice palliative care practitioners, we will respect their right to choose and will not abandon them."
When analyzing the reasons why the small number of Canadians may still choose to have "control over their own death", that if you respect their "right to choose" you are in fact abandoning them. You are abandoning them to their fears, to their depression, to their family pressures, and to their existential questioning, rather than affirming them as a valued member of society. This statement is a direct threat to our most vulnerable members of society, who even question the value and dignity of their own life.
Our primary concern lies with the inconsistency of the CHPCA position in relation to their Recommendations. They state: "Before considering legalizing euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, Canada has a responsibility to ensure that comprehensive, compassionate hospice palliative care is available to all, and that Canadians are aware of these services and how to access them."
Considering the lack of access to hospice palliative care that many Canadians face, and considering the lack of awareness of existing services and options for end-of-life care, we wonder why the previous statement was not enough for the CHPCA to renew their opposition to legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide, at least until the time when all Canadians have access to comprehensive, compassionate hospice palliative care.
The position of the CHPCA should state: Until every single Canadian can be guaranteed quality end of life care, so that they have a legitimate choice to make, then we cannot start the debate on euthanasia and assisted suicide. And we are not there yet. And we are a long way from being there.
Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
Phone: 1-877-439-3348
E-Mail: _info@epcc.ca
3. Feminism's Triumph: The Extermination of Women - 19 January 2007
Sex-selective abortion is threatening the stability of major Asian nations. In America, our elected representatives should not only combat this scourge abroad, they should ensure it doesn't become common here. - Steven W. Mosher, President
PRI Weekly Briefing - Vol. 9, No. 3 - 19 January 2007
Feminism's Triumph: The Extermination of Women - By Joseph A. D'Agostino
In the last two years, international organizations and Asian nations have stepped
up their efforts to eliminate sex-selective abortions, which have created a
massive dearth of girls in many nations over the past 20 years.
With the new year, some new statistics have been released. The result of these efforts? The sex imbalance continues to worsen, not improve, thanks to the ever-increasing spread of cheap abortion and ultrasound technology into more and more areas of China, India, and other countries.
One expert who spoke at the United Nations estimates that up to 200 million women and girls are missing worldwide because of sex-selective abortion and female infanticide. Some experts put the figure as low as 60 million. All agree it gets bigger every day.
With rapidly growing Asian and Muslim immigrant communities in the United States, will a sex ratio imbalance soon emerge here, unless sex-selective abortion is outlawed? Last year, a Zogby/USA Today poll found that 86% of Americans oppose sex-selective abortions. Sex imbalances have already been documented among Canada's Asian immigrant communities.
Feminists like to blame this rapidly-worsening situation on 'patriarchy', but that has been around for thousands of years and is less powerful today than ever before. What is new is the access to abortion in so many places. And this has long been a paramount goal of feminists: To grant the 'right to control her own body' to each woman on Earth via unrestricted abortion. That, combined with falling prices for the ultrasound machines that can reveal an unborn child's sex, has produced the disastrous situation that the Asian world is in now.
And just how, exactly, are men on the whole supposed to benefit from being unable to find wives? By 2020, 30 million Chinese men of marriageable age are expected to be in that situation because of 30 million 'missing' young women. Many historians warn that a large number of unmarried men in a society is a recipe for social unrest and war. The kidnapping of women for forced marriage and prostitution is already increasing exponentially in Asia. This is a disaster for both sexes and society as a whole.
The great experiment of feminism, just 40 years or so old as a social force, has produced this wonder: The ever-growing elimination of more and more girls worldwide. And so far, nothing can stop it. Indeed, from the feminist perspective, how or why should it be stopped? If women have a right to an abortion, why can they not exercise it on the basis of sex selection? Is the abortion her choice, or the government's?
Also, beyond mere personal preference, many women and their husbands have rational reasons for preferring sons over daughters. For example, most Chinese still live on farms barely above subsistence level. A son is better able to perform the hard work that farm life demands than a daughter. Sons and sons' wives traditionally care for the sons' parents, while daughters join their husbands' families.
When you consider that China's Communist government forcibly limits Chinese families to one or two children, it's no surprise that Chinese couples employ abortion to ensure having a son while staying under the limit. They murder their own children to comply with the law while ensuring their own survival in old age. Some Indian states, too, employ coercive practices to limit family size to two. Western feminists supported population control from the very beginning, believing that fewer children would liberate women from the 'oppression' of motherhood. And tax, spending, and economic pressures all over the developed world have made child-raising very expensive.
Outlawing sex-selective abortion has not made any difference in China and India. There is no way to enforce such a ban when abortion laws are so permissive. The only solution, of course, is a return to a culture that values all human life, and legal protection for unborn children. Growing sex ratio imbalances provide strong evidence for the practical arguments against abortion, separate from moral ones. Some large societies could simply fall apart if abortion is not restrained.
Let's look at some of the statistics for the sex imbalances that the brave new world of abortion has wreaked in just two decades. According to China Daily, 118 Chinese boys were born for every 100 Chinese girls last year, up from 110 just five years earlier. The maximum natural imbalance is 107 boys per 100 girls. The 118-100 Chinese split is just for births and doesn't account for the far greater number of girls than boys who are allowed to starve to death as children, or who are sent off to ill-managed government orphanages (95% of Chinese orphans are girls). In prosperous Guangdong province in southern China, the ratio has reached 130 boys per 100 girls, proving that financial hardship is not the primary cause of this phenomenon. UNICEF estimates that there are only 832 girls per 1,000 boys in China, making the world's largest country also its most sex-imbalanced.
India, the world's second-largest nation, has the second-worst sex ratio, with 927 girls for every 1,000 boys. Again, poverty is not the primary root cause: In the Indian state with the highest per capita income, Punjab, the imbalance is 793 girls for every 1,000 boys. Fifteen years ago, when India was poorer and abortion and ultrasound less affordable, it was 874 per 1,000 in Punjab. Sex imbalances in China and India really matter, because together, these two countries have over one-third of the Earth's population. UNICEF, no opponent of abortion in general, says 7,000 fewer girls are now born in India each day than nature would dictate, and ten million have been killed during pregnancy or just after in the past 20 years.
Taiwan has 110 boys born for every 100 girls, and South Korea has 108.
The Toronto Globe & Mail has noticed a slight tendency toward sex-selection among South Asian immigrant communities. Focusing on the areas in which many of these immigrants have chosen to settle, the newspaper reported, "Figures from the 2001 census supplied by Statistics Canada suggest a slight skew in the usual gender ratio among people with South Asian backgrounds... According to the 2001 census data, the proportion of girls under 15 in the South Asian communities of Mississauga and Brampton is two percentage points below the ratio for the rest of the population in those municipalities."
That's not nearly as bad as in India, where the difference is 6%, or China, where it is 12%. Yet, as these communities grow rapidly and become less and less assimilated with their host country - which the Globe & Mail says is the trend - will sex-selective abortion increase?
Sex imbalances are worsening in Middle Eastern and African countries as well, with abortion and ultrasound gradually penetrating traditional cultures there. Can Europe, with its expanding immigrant communities and shrinking native populations, be immune?
Reliable data on the United States' immigrant communities is hard to come by. Certainly, the United States as a whole has no unnatural imbalance in her boy-girl ratio.
Should we wait for this problem to develop into a substantial one here before
taking action? As Americans, we should ensure that this immoral and socially
destructive habit does not become entrenched here as our Chinese and other immigrant
communities continue their rapid growth.
China and India outlawed sex-selective abortion years ago, to no effect, and their societies are headed over a cliff. Here in the United States, with our more effective regulatory structure, we should outlaw this practice and seek to eliminate it elsewhere around the world before this crisis gets any worse.
The worsening sex ratio of the world in general, and Asia in particular, is proof that abortion-on-demand isn't practical.
Joseph A. D'Agostino is Vice President for Communications at the Population Research Institute.
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4. Lifeissues.net Newsletter #308 - January 27, 2007
Greetings from LifeIssues.net (http://www.lifeissues.net/)
Dear Friends for Life,
Since its decriminalization in the US (Roe vs. Wade) on January 22, 1973, abortion has grown into billions-of-dollars-a-year enterprise worldwide, and has become the most frequently performed surgical operation. Abortion is a spiteful business. And it is also a colossal business. The mind-numbing enormity of the market and the shattering effects on the social fabric have hurtled abortion to the forefront of our social, economic, political, and ethical concerns.
Abortion is not as safe as the pro-abortion advocates would like us to believe. A number of studies conducted by some of the finest medical research institutions all around the globe confirm that "there is no such thing as safe and legal abortion": in Hungary, Japan, Greece, Great Britain, Czechoslovakia, Netherlands, Norway, Israel, Yugoslavia, and the United States at the Johns Hopkins University Medical School, The Vanderbilt University Medical School, the University of Maryland Medical School, the UCLA Medical School, and the North Carolina Medical School. In every case, abortion was found to dangerously risk maternal mortality, perinatal fitness, congenital malformation, and future fertility. All this evidence flies in the face of what Planned Parenthood has repeatedly maintained over the past 34 years.
The fact is, every one of the procedures and techniques that Planned Parenthood utilizes in its booming abortion trade involves two victims: the murdered unborn child and the mutilated, violated, and uninformed mother. The decision to abort cuts deeply into the true essence and integrity of womanhood itself, and society should never attempt to pressure mothers into such an unnatural, unmotherly, and horrible decision.
God Bless, Marlon Castillo Ramirez, Assistant Editor
(A Thought) "Most of the women who have had an abortion consider it as an ugly and painful memory" Most have many regrets about their abortions, even if they believe it to have been their 'only choice.' This is why they don't support the radical agenda of pro-abortion special interest groups. They've been there, done that, and hated it." (Dr. David Reardon)
Lifeissues.net Newsletter #308 - January 27, 2007
Table Of Contents:
1. Women Hurt By Abortion Speak Out On The Anniversary Of Roe V. Wade
2. CBS News Poll: Majority Of Americans Want Abortion Illegal, Restrictions
3. China To Repeal Policy On Sex-Selection Abortions
4. British Catholic Adoption Agencies Not Likely To Be Exempted From Gay Law
5. Funding For Stem Cell Research No Longer Needed
6. The Mystery Of The Chinese Baby Shortage
7. HPV Vaccine Statement From The American College Of Pediatricians
8. Catholic Church And The Unborn Among Most Discriminated In Argentina
9. "Roe V. Wade Week" At Yale Features Do It Yourself Abortions
10. Us Doctors Plan Womb Transplant
11. Catholic Politicians Cannot Support Abortion, Say Chilean Bishops
12. The Attack On Kids With Down Syndrome
Focus On Asia: China admits gender imbalance problem could take 15 years to solve. Days after saying they would step up efforts to stop sex-selection abortions and the use of ultrasounds to determine the sex of an unborn child for non-medical reasons, leading Chinese officials have said it could take as much as 15 years for it to resolve its gender imbalance problems. China currently has a male-female ratio of 119-100 while the number is closer to 103-100 in most industrialized nations. The figure is as high as 130-100 in some rural areas where a preference for boys is stronger to carry on the family name and work the family farm. (http://www.lifenews.com/int169.html)
Item #1. Women Hurt by Abortion Speak Out on the
Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
January 22nd marks the 34th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, the
two Supreme Court cases that brought legal abortion to America. When abortion
became legal in 1973, we were told it was a safe, simple solution. This is not
the truth. Thirty-four years and over 45 million abortions later, another reality
is evident: Abortion has devastating, long-lasting and far-reaching effects
that include grief, fear, guilt, anxiety, paralyzing depression, drug and alcohol
abuse, infertility, breast cancer and fear of breast cancer, suicidal thoughts
and attempts, nightmares, relationship problems with children and spouses, and
self-destructive behaviors.
"We are speaking out because we want to tell America about the tragic and harmful effects of abortion to women, men, children, the family, and the culture," said Caron Strong, National Director of Operation Outcry. "The Supreme Court's decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton brought devastation to us when we chose abortion," she added.
View full file at Christian Newswire: http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/299302022.html
Item #2. CBS News Poll: Majority of Americans Want
Abortion Illegal, Restrictions
A new CBS News poll finds that a majority of Americans want to prohibit abortions
in all or most cases or want greater restrictions on abortions. The poll results
are consistent with the results from 2006 when more than half of those polled
wanted to make abortion illegal all or most of the time.
The poll was conducted from January 18-21 and it surveyed 1,168 adults nationwide. The survey asked respondents to give their "personal feeling" about abortion and asked them whether they wanted abortion to be always permitted, subject to greater restrictions, allowed only in cases of rape, incest or saving the life of the mother, or only allowed to save the life of the mother.
CBS News did not ask respondents whether they thought abortion should never be allowed, although it tabulated the results of those who volunteered that answer.
View full text at CBS News: http://www.lifenews.com/nat2897.html
Item #3. China To Repeal Policy On Sex-Selection
Abortions
The Chinese government has committed to do more to end sex-selection abortions
and to correct a growing gender imbalance in the country.
The official Chinese news agency, Xinhua, reported on Monday that the government
will increase enforcement of laws designed to prohibit the use of ultrasounds
to determine the sex of an unborn child.
A government document states that the gender-ratio imbalance "amounts to 'a hidden danger' for society that will 'affect social stability.'"
View full text at CNA News: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=8447
Item #4. British Catholic Adoption Agencies Not
Likely To Be Exempted From Gay Law
Yesterday, British news media were speculating that Prime Minister Tony Blair
could favour an opt-out clause in legislation that would otherwise force Catholic
adoption agencies to act against their principles and place children with homosexual
partners.
Reports today show, however, that a compromise to preserve Catholic social aid agencies is likely not in the offing.
Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Education and Skills with responsibility for adoption told BBC radio, "I don't see a case for exemption and I don't think the prime minister does."
Johnson, a Labour politician known from early in his career for his ideological alignment with the Communist Party of Great Britain, said, "To me this is legislation to prevent discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and you cannot do that and at the same time allow discrimination in one area."
View full text at LifeSite News: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/jan/07012401.html
Item #5. Funding For Stem Cell Research No Longer
Needed
Without conclusive findings on the effectiveness of embryonic stem cells, it
is irresponsible for Congress to authorize additional federal funding. Embryonic
stem cell research has failed to offer a cure for a single disease.
The House of Representatives passed legislation last Thursday, Jan. 11th to broaden federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, which requires the killing of human embryos. The president promises to veto the bill, should it pass the Senate. Stem cells are cells that scientists can specialize, or differentiate, into any type of cell to replace damaged cells.
Human embryos are not the only source of stem cells. Embryonic germ cells, umbilical cord cells, adult cells and amniotic cells are other sources of stem cells. But embryonic stem cells are the only source that requires the destruction of human life.
View full text at The Graphic: http://graphic.pepperdine.edu/perspectives/2007/2007-1-25-stemcells.htm
Item #6. The Mystery Of The Chinese Baby Shortage
According to a State Department report released this week, American citizens
adopted 6,493 children from China in 2006, a decline of 18 percent from the
previous year's total of 7,906. And yet, just over a month ago, this newspaper
reported that China had prepared strict new criteria for foreign adoption applications
because the country claimed it lacked "available" babies to meet the
"spike" in demand.
China has always limited foreign adoptions, and it does not publish reliable statistics on the number of children in its orphanages. So how is one to know whether the decrease in adoptions reflects a lack of supply or a lack of demand?
See the full article at The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/23/opinion/23russell.html?pagewanted=print
Item #7. HPV Vaccine Statement From The American
College Of Pediatricians
The American College of Pediatricians applauds the availability of HPV vaccine.
We strongly oppose requiring students to obtain the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
vaccine as a requirement for public school attendance.
HPV is spread only by intercourse. Keeping children out of school because they have not been vaccinated with the HPV vaccine is a serious, precedent-setting action. It replaces parental medical decision-making with government regulation, which should be reserved for the improvement of the general public health. HPV cannot innocently be 'caught' in a classroom as measles or other vaccine preventable diseases can.
It is not known how long the HPV vaccine will provide protection against HPV disease. Because of this and because all potential side effects are not yet known, the College also calls for the establishment of a vaccine registry for HPV vaccine recipients.
View full article at Christian Newswire: http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/345172026.html
Item #8. Catholic Church And The Unborn Among Most
Discriminated In Argentina
An investigation by the group Pro-Life in Argentina has revealed that the Catholic
Church and the unborn are the two groups that are the most discriminated against
in that country.
In the case of the Church, the report cites various cases, such as the attacks against the Cathedral of Buenos Aires, vandalism at the Cathedral of Corrientes, church burnings in Misiones, the removal of the images of Our Lady from courtrooms, the attack on a church in Santa Fe, and the constant ridicule of the Church in media, which is subject to government oversight.
With regard to the unborn, the report focuses on the deaths of babies authorized by provincial courts in Mendoza and Buenos Aires and requested by the grandmothers, who said their pregnant daughters were battling handicaps and were unable to carry the children to term.
View full article at CNA: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=8437
Item #9. "Roe V. Wade Week" At Yale Features
Do It Yourself Abortions
Celebrations for "Roe v. Wade Week" at Yale University on Thursday
featured a workshop sponsored by pro-abortion clubs teaching students about
the "simple procedure" of abortion; a procedure made complicated and
"emotionally traumatic" by "media attention."
The Yale Daily News reports that The Yale Medical Students for Choice invited medical students and other Yale undergraduates to a demonstration on abortion via manual vacuum aspiration - a surgical abortion method using a syringe to remove an aborted or miscarried baby or miscarriage from a woman's womb - using papaya as a model uterus.
View entire text at LifeSite News: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/jan/07012503.html
Item #10. US Doctors Plan Womb Transplant
A team of doctors in New York says they are planning to perform the first womb
transplant in the US. The procedure would potentially allow women who have had
their wombs damaged or removed to develop a pregnancy and give birth.
The plan is use a womb from a woman who has died. A womb transplant has been tried once before, in Saudi Arabia in 2000, but then the womb came from a live donor, and was rejected after three months.
View full text at BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6269791.stm
Item #11. Catholic Politicians Cannot Support Abortion,
Say Chilean Bishops
A politician who claims to be Catholic, whether of the left or of the right,
cannot support abortion, warned Archbishop Alejandro Goic, president of the
Bishops' Conference of Chile, after the Chilean parliament took up a measure
last Friday that would legalize "therapeutic" abortion under any circumstances.
On Thursday of last week, the president of the Chilean House of Representatives, Antonio Leal, sent a bill to reestablish therapeutic abortion to the floor put forth by lawmakers from the ruling party, although Representative Francisco Chahuan of Parliamentarians for Life said the bill could be declared unconstitutional for constituting an attack on human life.
Read full article at CNA: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=8439
Item #12. The Attack On Kids With Down Syndrome
Jan. 29, 2007 issue - What did Jon Will and the more than 350,000 American citizens
like him do to tick off the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists?
It seems to want to help eliminate from America almost all of a category of
citizens, a category that includes Jon.
Born in 1972, Jon has Down syndrome. That is a congenital condition resulting from a chromosomal defect that causes varying degrees of mental retardation and some physical abnormalities, such as low muscle tone, small stature, a single crease across the center of the palms, flatness of the back of the head and an upward slant to the eyes (when Jon was born, Down syndrome people were still commonly called Mongoloids). There also is increased risk of congenital heart defects, childhood leukemia and Alzheimer's disease. Down syndrome, although not common, is among the most common congenital anomalies - 47.9 per 100,000 births (compared with 77.7 with cleft lips or palates, which also can be diagnosed in utero, and which sometimes result in abortions).
See the full article at Newsweek: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16720750/site/newsweek/
Get Involved:
1. Pray daily that we all may have the courage
to be God's presence in society and strongly support those who have been deemed
"unworthy of life".
2. Be informed at Lifeissues.net website: http://www.lifeissues.net/.
3. Think about participating in Fr. Jerry's "2007
Speaking Tours" to poorer countries in Asia. 'Journey for Life into the
Heart of Asia' is a project, which appeals for donations to help finance travel
expenses. The lectures this year will continue to place emphasis on "The
Asian Family at Crossroads: Trends and Challenges". Kindly send your donations
directly to: Fr. Jerry Novotny, OMI; LifeIssues.net, Editor; Akebono-cho 1-15-9;
Kochi City, Japan, 780-8072; (or transfer donation directly to ProLife bank
account: Jerome Novotny, Shikoku Bank, Asakura Branch, No. 102-1-0080824)
4. Prior issues of LifeIssues.net Newsletter available
online. http://lifeissues.net/newsletters/mojo.cgi?flavor=archive&list=lifenews&start=0.
Contact Editor: Jerry Novotny, OMI; Akebono-cho 1-15-9; Kochi City, Japan, 780-8072; Tel/Fax: 088-843-0406; E-Mail: jerry@lifeissues.net
Contact Assistant Editor: Mr. Marlon Castillo Ramirez; Author of Book: "The Sights and Soul of Life"; E-Mail: mcr4lifeissues@gmail.com
Websites by Editor:
English LifeIssues Site: http://www.lifeissues.net,
Japanese LifeIssues Site: http://www.japan-lifeissues.net,
OMI Site: http://www.omijapankorea.net/index.html
5. Media Release From The Dignitas Suicide Clinic In Switzerland - February 3, 2007
The following article is a media release from the Dignitas suicide clinic in Switzerland. The release explains that a person who was denied a prescription for Sodium Pentobarbital because of that person's mental illness has now been granted the right to have the prescription. This means that a decision to end one's own life is not limited to people with physical illness but now based on whether a person believes that their life is "not worth living anymore."
The Swiss Federal Court has now granted all people in Europe the right to die based on a principle of radical personal autonomy. This philosophy holds that someone not only has a right to commit suicide but the state has the obligation to assist that suicide, if the person wishes.
There are no safeguards or concerns for people with disabilities and other vulnerable people. The only caveat is that the person must be able to: form his/her will freely and act thereafter.
The Swiss have now opened the door of free-fall into the abyss of the culture of death. The end of this free-fall is the societal pressure and culture that demands an obligation to die for the weakest members of society who are seen as lacking the quality of life or too stupid to recognize that their life is not worth living.
Alex Schadenberg
Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
Toll free: 1-877-439-3348
info@epcc.ca
6. Physicians Applaud Alternative To Ethically Controversial Childhood Vaccine - February 1, 2007
Physicians applaud Alberta's decision to provide alternative to ethically controversial childhood vaccine
Ottawa - In response to our campaign for an alternative to vaccines derived from aborted fetal tissue, Canadian Physicians for Life has received a letter from Alberta Health and Wellness confirming that the Alberta Government will make Pediacel available in publicly funded immunization programs after March 2007.
Until this announcement, the only combined infant vaccine (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Haemophilus B) available to Canadian parents was Pentacel, which is partly derived from a cell line created from aborted fetal tissue. Pediacel (same diseases) is not derived from fetal tissue. Pentacel has been publicly funded in the regular childhood vaccination programs.
In November, Canadian Physicians for Life sent a letter to each provincial health minister and the federal health minister, requesting that a choice between Pentacel and Pediacel be provided to parents who are morally troubled by the origins of the Pentacel vaccine.
Canadian Physicians for Life applauds Alberta's decision to provide an alternative to the ethically controversial Pentacel vaccine and requests other provinces to follow Alberta's lead in providing a choice to Canadian parents.
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For more information contact: Rene Leiva, MD; Canadian Physicians for Life; rene.leiva@mail.mcgill.ca
Canadian Physicians for Life; PO Box 1289; Ottawa ON; K0A 2Z0; Ph/Fax: 613-728-5433; www.physiciansforlife.ca
Canadian Physicians for Life is an educational organization representing physicians who hold that reverence for every human life lies at the root of all medical tradition. Through the ages, this tradition has been expressed in the Oath of Hippocrates. It was rephrased in modern times in the Declaration of Geneva (1948), which says in part, "I will maintain the utmost respect for human life, from the time of conception; even under threat, I will not use my medical knowledge contrary to the laws of humanity."
See PDF document - Pediacel Response From Alberta
7. Pilgrimage - Departing In May 2007 - Posted November 6, 2006
Sponsored by CLC NS.
Departing May 6th, 2007 (7 days)
Motor coach transportation (Air Conditioned). Accommodations for 6 nights, 1
dinner, 6 breakfasts and portage - Travel Insurance Available.
Triple Occupancy $529.00 / person
Twin Occupancy $629.00 / person
Single Occupancy $829.00 / person
All Taxes included.
May 6
Leave NS for Edmundston, NB with stay at the Days Inn. Lunch enroute not included.
May 7
Breakfast included. Travel to Quebec City and Beaupré. Stop at Albert
Gilles Copper Art Museum allow yourself to be seduced by "The Life of Christ"
in 50 hand wrought silver panels (15 years of labour). Check into the Basilica
Inn. Time for prayer and tour sanctuary and attend mass.
May 8
Breakfast included. Travel to Trois-Rivières, and overnight at the Madonna
Inn. Evening dinner and breakfast at the Inn are included. Evening Mass and
weather permitting, participate at the candlelight procession and the
Way of the Cross.
May 9
Morning mass. After included breakfast motor to Ottawa. Afternoon arrival at
Welome Inn. 7:30 pm Pro-life Mass at St. Theresa's followed by a Candlelight
Vigil at 9PM.
May 10
Breakfast included. Meet at Notre Dame Cathedral for 10 am Mass. Gather on Parliament
Hill for 10th Annual March for Life, which begins at 1:30 pm. Silent No More
presentation at 2:45 pm. There is a cocktail and Rose Dinner Banquet at Ottawa
congress Hall at 6 pm. Tickets are not included in package and will have to
be ordered separately. Time permitting either today or on Friday a visit to
Sts. Peter and St. Paul Melkite Church.
May 11
After breakfast included. depart for Montreal, Quebec City and with a late afternoon
arrival at Edmundston, NB at Days Inn.
May 12
Depart to NS after included breakfast. Expect late afternoon arrival in Halifax.
Contact for information and reservations, contact Herm at 1 902 864 1464 or Evangeline Tours PO Box 1149, Middleton, NS B0S 1P0 Don Kelly at Tel. 1-902-825-4506 Toll Free 1 -866-765-2725.
http://www.clcns.com/ or http://www.evangelinechartertours.com/
8. President Bush Proclaims National Sanctity Of Human Life Day, 2007 - January 19, 2007
America was founded on the principle that we are all endowed by our Creator with the right to life and that every individual has dignity and worth. National Sanctity of Human Life Day helps foster a culture of life and reinforces our commitment to building a compassionate society that respects the value of every human being.
Among the most basic duties of Government is to defend the unalienable right to life, and my Administration is committed to protecting our society's most vulnerable members. We are vigorously promoting parental notification laws, adoption, abstinence education, crisis pregnancy programs, and the vital work of faith-based groups. Through the "Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002," the "Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003," and the "Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004," we are helping to make our country a more hopeful place.
One of our society's challenges today is to harness the power of science to ease human suffering without sanctioning practices that violate the dignity of human life. With the right policies, we can continue to achieve scientific progress while living up to our ethical and moral responsibilities.
National Sanctity of Human Life Day serves as a reminder that we must value human life in all forms, not just those considered healthy, wanted, or convenient. Together, we can work toward a day when the dignity and humanity of every person is respected.
Now, therefore, I, George W. Bush, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Sunday, January 21, 2007, as National Sanctity of Human Life Day. I call upon all Americans to recognize this day with appropriate ceremonies and to underscore our commitment to respecting and protecting the life and dignity of every human being.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this eighteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-first.
George W. Bush
E-mail to a Friend: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/sendtofriend.html?articleid=07011901
9. Rights Groups To Tell Parliament To Keep Consent At 14 - February 1, 2007
In recent conversations and virtual meetings with national organizers, the thought is that the public has had enough of the "marriage issue" and is tired of hearing it. It sort of says the other side has won by wearing down the public on the issue. Some call it the shelf life of the issue has worn out. The current government has done little to appease social conservatives and this issue deserves our support to protect young lives. Not sure what can be done since apathy has generally set in and the media is totally mum on the issue from where I sit.
Here is the push from the homosexual lobby to retain the age of consent for anal sex at 14.
Our MP's need and must here from the silent majority on this issue.
Herm
"But these people tell the rest of us that we have to live what they believe. And that's why they don't belong in government."
Capital Xtra - January 11, 2007
http://www.xtra.ca/public/viewstory.aspx?AFF_TYPE=2&STORY_ID=2534&PUB_TEMPLATE_ID=2
Taking it to the Hill - YOUTH RIGHTS / Rights groups to tell Parliament to keep
consent at 14 - Gareth Kirkby
Canada's leading gay groups are gearing up to fight the proposed Conservative bill to raise the age of sexual consent. The Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario (CLGRO), the Sex Laws Committee, the Age of Consent Committee and the Committee to Abolish the 19th Century are all planning briefs or presentations to the Parliamentary Justice Committee as it considers Bill C-22. Egale is also expected to make a presentation. Youth activist Andrew Brett is expected to lead the charge of queer opposition to the bill raising the age of consent to 16 from 14 (while keeping the age of anal consent at 18). Brett is a leader of the Age of Consent Committee, a group of queer youth and other activists who believe young people have the right to make their own choices about when they have sex and with whom.
Bill C-22 will criminalize youth sexuality and also make it difficult to reach young people with important information about safe sex and contraception, says Brett. But he sees it as part of a larger law-and-order agenda pursued by Stephen Harper's Conservatives. Raising the age of consent plays well with the hardcore social- conservative rightwing while still sounding reasonable to many middle-of-the-road Canadians who are not getting exposure in mainstream media about why it's a bad idea, suggests Brett. The Justice Committee might not even get to the matter before the Conservative government is toppled and an election called, says Brett, noting former Justice Minister Vic Toews has over-filled the committee's agenda with a deluge of law-and-order bills. But Harper might like not getting to Bill C-22, says Brett. Then he can claim the other parties are stalling on legislation that would "protect" youth from sexual predators.
Tom Warner, longtime activist and CLGRO member, says the group has already written a brief opposing raising the age and distributed it to all members of Parliament last fall. They also intend to make a presentation to the Justice Committee as it debates the issue this spring - if an election doesn't intervene. And CLGRO will try to keep the issue alive in the gay community through the next federal election. And if it's not adopted, but re-introduced after an election, CLGRO will be there to speak out in opposition, says Warner.
Leading gay activists are determined to stay on the issue, despite general public support for raising the age, he adds. And they're not accepting mealy-mouthed platitudes from most Liberal, NDP and Bloc politicians afraid of voting against the bill. "I don't think you can compromise on this issue. If you support the notion of sexual self-determination for youth, you have to vote against this," says Warner. Richard Hudler says the Sex Laws Committee is working on a submission and is planning to make a presentation to the Justice Committee "if it comes to that."
He's hoping for the long-shot options: the Conservatives withdrawing the legislation because of an over-full committee agenda, then an election being called and the Conservatives losing and the Liberals choosing not to bring in similar legislation. After all, the Liberals long opposed raising the age of consent, though they've lost the courage of their convictions when pushed on Bill C-22. Hudler is frustrated by NDP suggestions of minor amendments, such as one that would allow health professionals to keep confidential information about sex practices of sexually active youth.
The important point, says Hudler, is that studies show that "by age 13, young people are able to make decisions about their sexuality. "If they're physically astute enough, we should be making sure they're socially astute enough to make the decision. If not, we need to educate them."
Peter Bochove says the Committee to Abolish the 19th Century will also speak
to the Justice Committee in opposition to raising the consent age. "It's
so wrong. It's a civil liberties issue. They're criminalizing an activity that
for the last 100 years hasn't been criminal." Gays and lesbians need to
see through the coded language and word play in the consent debate, says Bochove.
"When they're talking about pedophiles, they're really talking
about us. If they were really concerned about child rape, they'd take people
out of the home [where studies show most sexual exploitation of children occurs]."
The law already outlaws child exploitation, notes Bochove. He's disappointed
that the political parties that claim to be progressive are so far largely backing
the bill. "Fourteen-year-olds are being stripped of their civil liberties
and are in no position to defend themselves because they can't vote, and mommy
and daddy can vote. Mommy and daddy have been scared into supporting it, petrified
into it. [And the political parties are] looking at public opinion polls that
are coming out of sensationalist news stories."
If the Harper Conservatives survive the next election, "you're going to see more" socially conservative legislation, Bochove predicts. Religious values are creeping back into Canadian politics, he says. And even the NDP now has a faith caucus, and their Justice critic, Joe Comartin - the politician who should be leading that party's charge against Bill C-22, but instead supports it - is a committed Roman Catholic. "Church and State are separate entities and should remain that way," says Bochove. "I think people are entitled to believe any fairy-tale that they wish and if it gives them comfort, that's great. But they should keep it in their church, not my Parliament. "You can be progressive and Christian and it's not mutually exclusive. But these people tell the rest of us that we have to live what they believe. And that's why they don't belong in government."
Egale is "ramping up" for the issue, says acting executive-director Kaj Hasselriis. "It's not like there's a whole campaign ready to roll." But the organization last year took a stand against raising the age of consent and the legal issues committee is continuing to discuss it. They'll make a presentation before the Justice Committee, says Hasselriis.
For resources www.ageofconsent.ca
10. Take Back The Culture! - Sunday, January 14, 2007
Take back the culture! http://humanlifematters.blogspot.com/2007/01/take-back-culture.html
In my last blog entry for Saturday January 13th, I ended it by saying, "It
is against this bleak backdrop that Christians of the 21 century must stand.
Do not be afraid, Christ is with us. It is not too late. Work to strengthen
the things that remain of a previous Christian consensus and reclaim that which
was lost." After reading that blog posting some Christian readers may have
felt overwhelmed. May I remind you that previous generations felt overwhelmed
too. There were forces bent on dismantling Christian civilization. It was not
so long ago. My
father's generation was called to stand against a daunting threat and what appeared
to be overwhelming odds against them. Many of them laid down their lives to
stop the Nazis.
In the summer of 1940, on the eve of the Battle of Britain, Winston Churchill rose in the British Parliament and said:
"…I expect the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization. Upon it depends our own British life and the long continuation of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. …If we can stand up to him, [Hitler] all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age, made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted by the lights of perverted science."
A War Of Ideas
That was then, this is now. Once again, the Christian civilization of the western world is under attack. This time, the attack is not from tanks and guns, but rather from ideas: the pernicious, stubborn, stonehearted ideas of 21st century secularism. The secularists are hostile to the foundational ideals of western Christian civilization, which is based on the reality of Jesus Christ. In recent years, the basic Christian belief in the sanctity, dignity and equality of human life has come increasingly under attack. We are in a war of ideas, and the battle is intensifying.
Euthanasia and a New Dark Age
The prospect of a new Dark Age again looms large! Abortion acceptance was the first dark wave of devaluing human life. Millions upon millions of unwanted lives have been sacrificed on the altar of convenience. The second wave came in the form of societal abandonment of our previous sanctity of human life cultural ethos. The third wave coming is euthanasia and assisted suicide for people with disabilities and incurably illnesses. Other waves will follow. People (like me) are to be relegated next to the abyss of the new Dark Age.
Orthodox and evangelical Christians must stand up for Biblical truth as truth, and Christ-like agape love. That's what being salt and light in a culture means. Shoe-leather Christianity. Don't be daunted, at least we have shoes.
There are a number of ready resources listed below for Evangelical and Catholic Christians to equip themselves to be knowledgeable, effective and connected to stand against the spread of secularism in their community. Evangelical & Catholic Christians must set aside denominational differences for a season and work together to save the culture.
Resources available
I say it again, - work to strengthen the things that remain of a previous Christian consensus and reclaim that which was lost. There are wonderful resources listed below.
You see? God has provided resources. Take advantage of them. The hour is late!
Canada's EUTHANASIA PREVENTION COALITION, London, ON: Information available at their website (http://www.epcc.ca/) Telephone toll free at 1-877-439-3348, Email: info@epcc.ca. EPC Executive Director, Alex Schadenberg, is on of Canada's foremost experts of euthanasia.
HUMANLIFEMATTERS, Beaumont, AB, Canada. (http://www.humanlifematters.com/) Take a tour of the website. If you would like me to address your church or community, I can be contacted by telephone (780) 929-9230, or E-Mail MPickup@shaw.ca. Remember I use an electric wheelchair for mobility so venues must be accessible.
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE, Washington,
DC (http://www.nrlc.org/) Tel: 202)
626-8800, E-Mail: NRLC@nrlc.org. Look
up your state affiliate at http://www.nrlc.org/states/index.html
and get
involved in your state to reclaim the sanctity of human life.
UNITED STATES CONFERENCES OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS, Pro-Life Secretariat, Washington, DC (http://www.usccb.org/prolife/intro.shtml) Tom Grenchik, Executive Director, E-Mail: prolife@usccb.org.
NATIONAL CATHOLIC BIOETHICS CENTER, Philadelphia, PA, Rev. Dr. Tadeusz Pacholczk, Director of Education. Tel: (215) 877-2660, E-Mail: frtad@ncbcenter.org.
AMERICAN LIFE LEAGUE, Stafford, VA, (http://www.all.org/)
A strong uncompromising Catholic pro-Life voice. ALL President, Judie Brown,
is a member of the Pontifical Council on the Family. Tel: 540-659-4171,
E-Mail: info@all.org.
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY, Colorado Springs, USA & Vancouver, Canada: American evangelicals can visit the Focus website at Tel toll free: (719) 531-5181. Visit the resource center at (http://resources.family.org/category/id/100421.do?KickerID=100182&KICKER
Canadians evangelicals visit (http://www.fotf.ca/), Tel: 604.539.7900, E-Mail: letters@fotf.ca, US office is E-Mail: http://family.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/family.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=14190
EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF CANADA'S CENTRE FOR FAITH
AND PUBLIC LIFE,
Ottawa, ON: (http://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/social/index.asp).
Contact Doug Cryer, Director of Public Policy, Tel: (613) 233-9896, ext. 224.
E-Mail: cryerd@efc-canada.com.
CENTER FOR BIOETHIC AND HUMAN DIGNITY (Trinity University), Bannockburn, IL (http://www.cbhd.org), Tel: 847.317.8180, email: info@cbhd.org.
CENTER FOR BIOETHICS AND CULTURE: (http://www.thecbc.org/) Founder and National Director Jennifer Lahl, E-Mail: Jennifer.Lahl@cbc-network. Director of Public Relations is Robyn Spitzer, E-Mail to: Robyn.Spitzer@thecbc.org.
As a last note, I want to bring Canadian Christians' attention to a critically important and timely conference on euthanasia and end of life issues in the Spring of 2007, Edmonton, Alberta, May 25-26. (http://www.eeolioconference.com), registration tel: 1-780-464-5488, E-Mail: eeoli@shaw.ca.
Mark Pickup
"For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.
The weapons we fight with are not of this world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." - Saint Paul (2 Cor.10.4-5.)
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