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1. "Anti-Choice" Totalitarians On The Warpath – May 29, 2008
2. Arch-Abortionist Morgentaler Granted Highest Humanitarian Service Award – May 29, 2008
3. Bill C484 – Have You Seen This – June 5, 2008
4. Can We Avoid 'Demographic Winter'? Maybe – June 1, 2008
5. Canada’s Abortion Rates Drop – May 28, 2008
6. Conservative Government Finally Introduces Motion To Investigate The Thought Police – June 2, 2008
7. Germans Reeling Over String Of Mothers Killing Babies – May 28, 2008
8. Interesting Article From National Journal – June 2, 2008
9. Lifeissues.Net Newsletter #373 – June 1, 2008
10. Media Shove Boy Scout Story Under A Tent – May 30, 2008
11. Merck, Pfizer Facing Class-Action Lawsuits – May 31, 2008
12. More On The HRC From Robert Candy – June 1, 2008
13. Planned Parenthood Sued After Botched Abortion On 13-Year-Old – June 1, 2008
14. So We Can't Legislate Morality? – May 30, 2008
15. Starvation Scapegoat - Blaming Population For A Green Problem – June 2, 2008
16. Supreme Court Sides With Saskatchewan Anti-Abortion Protester – May 29, 2008
17. Tom Euteneuer, President Of HLI, Brazil's Pro-Life Movement Stops Abortion Legalization – May 30, 2008
18. U.S. Bishops Urge Voters To Give Priority To Life – May 27, 2008
19. Unborn Personhood Amendment Makes Colorado Ballot – May 30, 2008
20. Unborn Victims Of Violence Act Bill C-484 – 35 States Have Enacted Bills – June 1, 2008
21. What Do We Want Christian Boys To Become? – June 1, 2008
22. Woman's Waking After Brain Death Raises Many Questions About Organ Donation – May 27, 2008

 

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1. "Anti-Choice" Totalitarians On The Warpath – May 29, 2008

Straight thoughts 168
May 29th, 2008

The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) recently moved that:

"Be it resolved that member locals [of the CFS] that refuse to allow anti-choice organizations access to their resources and space be supported. And further, be it resolved that a pro-choice organization kit be created that may include materials such as a fact sheet, buttons, contact information for local pro-choice organizations and research on anti-choice organizations and the conservative think-tanks that fund them."

Their statement leaves an important question un-answered: How is an organization “pro-choice” or “anti-choice”?

It all depends on “who” makes the choice.

The woman? The Man? The child? The doctor? The mother (of a minor)? The law (society)? The Church?

Any one of these “choices” excludes all the others.

For example, if the law stated that the “choice” is responsibility of the doctor, then presumably women’s groups would be against this choice.

Would then women’s groups be banned from University Campuses as “anti-choice”? Of course not. They do not mean that.

Or, if a "Fathers For Choice" group started today, would this group be banned as “anti-choice?”

They have no rational answer. It depends on whether they would agree with the objectives of this group.

The CFS cannot define the terms they use, because the issue is not “choice”, but whether a person (mother, father, doctor, etc.) can terminate another human life: legalized abortion or protection of the unborn.

Today the majority of “student representatives” in Canadian Campuses want abortion on demand. This is an ideology that does not permit logical arguments or cares about the Truth.

This is “democracy” at work in an organization of young people, the product of our "public" high schools, who are not mature enough to express (let alone exercise responsibly) their newly acquired freedom from parental supervision.

Ironically, while they call for "choice", they are carelessly suppressing freedom.

Giuseppe Gori, Leader
Family Coalition Party of Ontario

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2. Arch-Abortionist Morgentaler Granted Highest Humanitarian Service Award – May 29, 2008

Canadian Labour Congress granted its highest honour to Dr. Henry Morgentaler, the father of Canada’s abortion movement – By Hilary White

OTTAWA, May 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Labour Congress granted its highest honour, the Award for Outstanding Service to Humanity, to Dr. Henry Morgentaler, the father of Canada’s abortion movement.

The CLC granted the award to Dr. Morgentaler at the CLC's 25th Constitutional Convention in Toronto on Wednesday afternoon. Delegates applauded loudly, with many moved to tears. Dr. Morgentaler thanked the CLC for standing with him “through his many years of struggle”.

Ken Georgetti, president of the Canadian Labour Congress, said that in light of the CLC’s focus on the “wage gap” between men and women, “It is more than fitting that as we celebrate Dr. Morgentaler's historic legal victory for women in the Supreme Court of Canada 20 years ago – we honour his amazing contribution to the advancement of human rights, women's equality, and progressive change.”

Those who have tracked the lobbying and political efforts of the CLC will not find their honouring of Morgentaler surprising. The CLC is among the many large unions in Canada that is in complete support of the radical feminist, abortion and homosexual “rights” agendas. As far back as 2000, the CLC launched a campaign supporting the work of gay activists to normalize homosexuality.

Dr. Henry Morgentaler crusaded for legalized abortion throughout the 1960s, 70s and 80s and is one of Canada’s most prolific killers of pre-born children. As a result of his political efforts, Canada is the only country in the western world with no legal restrictions on abortion.

Earlier this month, newly revealed past communications by Dr. Morgentaler could be interpreted to indicate the abortionist achieved at least some of his political goals through blackmail. Maclean's magazine publicized that in a letter to Pierre Trudeau in 1973, Morgentaler revealed to the Prime Minister which members of the Liberal party’s cabinet had been availing themselves of Morgentaler’s then-illegal private abortion services for their lovers.

On August 28, 1973, Morgentaler wrote, “Dear Pierre...Do you know that in my clinic, I have helped wives, daughters, mistresses and relatives of members of the Federal and Provincial Cabinet, including some relatives of yours? Do you know that Dr. Leon Trudeau, a cousin of yours, has been referring cases to me?”

Since the striking down of any legal protections for the unborn in Canada in 1988, Morgentaler has made millions with his private abortion facilities. He continues to lobby to have provincial governments fund abortions at his facilities.

Morgentaler’s supporters have repeatedly attempted to have him awarded the Order of Canada.

To contact the Canadian Labour Congress:

2841 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario; K1V 8X7; Phone: 613-521-3400; Fax: 613-521-4655

Ken Georgetti, president@clc-ctc.ca

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3. Bill C484 – Have You Seen This – June 5, 2008

Remember if the media won't talk about this common sense Bill, the word can still be spread through without them. Please click on this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRUVxMCBynI

Please send this link to all of your contacts and encourage them to spread the word.

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4. Can We Avoid 'Demographic Winter'? Maybe – June 1, 2008

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5. Canada’s Abortion Rates Drop – May 28, 2008

Today’s Family News http://www.fotf.ca/tfn/
May 28, 2008

The number of abortions performed in Canada in 2005 dropped by 3.2 per cent compared to a year earlier, with most of that decline occurring among women under 20, Statistics Canada reported last week. http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/080521/d080521c.htm

In all, 96,815 unborn children were aborted in 2005, down from 100,039 in 2004.

While the abortion rate stayed the same among women aged 35 to 39, it fell among every other age group – and especially among teenagers. In their case, the rate in 2005 stood at 13 abortions for every 1,000 women under 20, down from 13.8 in 2004. Canada’s teen abortion rate has been dropping since 1996, when it peaked at 18.9.

Even so, women aged 20 to 24 continue to be the ones most likely to opt for an abortion, accounting for 31 per cent of all women who had an abortion in 2005. That translates into an abortion rate of 28 per 1,000 women for that age category.

Pregnancy rates for teens have also been declining, and have shown a steady decrease over the past 25 years. Alex McKay, with the Sex Information and Education Council of Canada http://www.sieccan.org/, believes the decline in teen pregnancy reflects “an ongoing, fundamental change in the lives of young women in Canada.”

“Over the last quarter century,” he told Canadian Press, “many more young women have had access to higher education, better employment opportunities. For many years they had increasing access to better and more comprehensive health care, including reproductive health care.” http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iBq_npk4YzJR0XJU4O8SgykscyNw>/

But Jim Hughes, national president of Campaign Life Coalition, sees nothing positive about these latest figures. “We are already a country which is not replacing itself and we have eliminated more than three million people from our population [through abortion],” he told LifesiteNews.com. http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/printerfriendly.html?articleid=08052101>/

“We will soon be suffering from a population implosion.”

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6. Conservative Government Finally Introduces Motion To Investigate The Thought Police – June 2, 2008

Government to launch inquiry into CHRC "investigative techniques", section 13 – www.ezralevant.com

By Ezra Levant on May 30, 2008 2:21 PM

The Conservative government has introduced a motion to Parliament's Justice Committee proposing an investigation into the abusive, corrupt practises of the Canadian Human Rights Commission. The motion specifically refers to public "concerns" about the CHRC's "investigative techniques" and their "interpretation and application" of the section 13 thought crimes provision.

The resolution, which you can read here in both official languages, was put forward by Rick Dykstra (pictured at left), the Conservative MP from St. Catharines, Ontario, with the knowledge and approval of the Justice Minister, Rob Nicholson. Here is an e-mail from Nicholson, sent to a voter just today, in which you can read his change of approach. An excerpt from Nicholson's letter:

I would like to inform you that my caucus colleague Mr. Rick Dykstra has tabled a motion that the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights examine and make recommendations with respect to the CHRC, including its mandate, operations, and interpretation and application of provisions relating to section 13 of the CHRA, which addresses hate messages. I look forward to that review.

Jason Kenney, the Secretary of State for Multiculturalism, was also instrumental in getting this issue onto the government's agenda.

Here's the text of it:

Whereas concerns have been raised regarding the investigative techniques of the Canadian Human Rights Commission (the "Commission") and the interpretation and application of section 13 of the Canada Human Rights Act (the "Act"); and

Whereas the Commission operates independently and reports to Parliament;

Be it resolved that the Justice and Human Rights Committee examine and make recommendations with respect to the Canadian Human Rights Commission and in particular:

a) review the mandate and operations of the Commission;
b) review the Commission's application and interpretation of section 13 of the Act;
c) Solicit and consider oral submissions from the Chief Commissioner and oral or written submissions from other interested persons or organizations;
d) Submit a report, including any proposed amendments to the Canadian Human Rights Act arising out of the results of the Committee's inquiry.

The government's proposed inquiry comes on top of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's announcement  last month that she is investigating the corrupt and abusive conduct of the Canadian Human Rights Commission. And earlier this month, Ottawa police referred a criminal complaint about the CHRC to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, who are now conducting a criminal investigation.

I don't think the CHRC is going to be a pleasant place to work for the next year or so – longer if criminal charges are laid.

These official investigations are on top of the nearly-unanimous public outrage at the CHRC's behaviour, which has drawn criticism from across the ideological spectrum. Groups ranging from PEN Canada, to the Canadian Association of Journalists, to the former executive director of EGALE, to the head of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, to every newspaper in the country from right to left, have united in opposition to the CHRC.

This is not the end of our campaign, of course. As Winston Churchill said after the breakthrough British victory at El Alamein, "this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

Back in January, I outlined a two-phase plan:

1. Denormalize the commissions; and
2. Press legislators to act.

It's time to emphasize point two, but we should still keep up on point one. Point one is the easy part; frankly, Canada's HRCs undo themselves on nearly a daily basis. Think about the wall of negative press that's coming their way on Monday, when the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal starts their show trial of Maclean's magazine. When the Government of Alberta tried to censor the press 70 years ago, the  Edmonton Journal won a Pulitzer Prize for their resistance, and the government of the day got a black eye. Let's keep helping the HRCs to give themselves black eyes.

But let's really dig in on this Parliamentary inquiry now – phase two.

From what I understand, the motion has not yet gone to a vote at the Justice Committee, because of other procedural wrangling that's been tying up the committee. The first step is for the committee to pass the resolution, and that requires a majority of votes.

The second step is to make sure that whoever is conducting the inquiry into the CHRC's misconduct conducts a wide-ranging investigation, looking into all aspects of the CHRC's corruption. Just off the top of my head, that includes everything from the CHRC's habits of posting bigoted comments online; to their illegal use of police search warrants; to their refusal to disclose records to respondents as required by law; to their corrupt investigative practises and their inherent conflicts of interest; to their clear anti-speech animus; not to mention the obvious issues of Internet hacking.

No doubt, Canada's grievance industry – the race hustlers, the second-rate lawyers, everyone who makes a buck off the system – will be at any inquiry in spades, arguing desperately, maybe even in tears, for the retention of their meal ticket. They have to be countered; this can't become another convention of complainers-for-hire like the Canadian Race Relations farce I attended. It's got to represent not only the aforementioned pro-free-speech groups, but plenty of "severely normal" people, too. I think witnesses ought to include Canadian soldiers fighting in Afghanistan, to ask them what they think of the importance of freedom and the price we should pay to defend it.

The inquiry needs to do a lot of homework first, too – lest it be bamboozled by the PR spin of the CHRC. Had I not read thousands of pages of transcripts and other documents, I wouldn't have known that Ian Fine was lying when I debated him last weekend in Edmonton. Fine might not even have known he was lying, if he was relying on his own staff to tell him the truth about their conduct. When you're going up against serial tricksters, you've got to be prepared.

But that comes later. For now, let's get this resolution through the Justice Committee. We can put together a briefing book for the MPs later, and even put together a raft of witnesses from whom the inquiry should hear. I think that should include everyone from Alan Borovoy to Marc Lemire. And I think Richard Warman himself should be subpoenaed to answer questions about his own online bigotry in the name of "human rights". I'm not sure his "I can't remember" shtick will go over as easily in Parliament as it did before the kangaroo courts.

(Question: what is the penalty if a subpoenaed witness is found in contempt of Parliament?)

So let's get to work.

1. Write to Rick Dykstra giving him your support.

2. Write to Rob Nicholson, too. Though he was not the first to join the fray, he has done so. And, though many would have liked him to have moved faster, remember that governments – especially a minority federal government, in continual jeopardy of an election – move more slowly than the blogosphere does. All things considered, they're on track.

And though Nicholson's approach – a Parliamentary inquiry – may seem too deliberate for those of us who already know that the CHRC is a corrupt, abusive mess, an inquiry is the proper approach for a serious government that is contemplating wholesale changes to the CHRC. The “i”s must be dotted, and “t”s crossed. And, though such an inquiry will take months, I don't see it as a delay – the opposite: I see it as a chance for the CHRC's worst actors to be subpoenaed, pinned down under oath, and grilled. That doesn't happen too often – but when it does, amazing things happen, as the March 25th hearing proved. Imagine an inquiry conducted by someone who wasn't just a human rights industry patsy like those that stack the Canadian Human Rights Tribunals.

3. Write to the rest of the Justice Committee's members – of all parties. The list of them can be found here. Encourage them to support the resolution for the inquiry. Remember, this is a non-partisan issue; plenty of Liberals have signed on to reforms, too. And I have just received an encouraging letter from the Bloc Quebecois that I'll post shortly.

4. And take a final moment to write to Jason Kenney and Keith Martin to thank them too. Kenney helped stickhandle this issue through the Conservative side of the aisle; and Martin helped give the issue important early momentum – and non-partisan credentials – through his own private member's motion.

We're winning.

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By Patrick McGroarty, Associated Press
CNSNews.com
May 28, 2008

Berlin (AP) – Babies stashed in freezers. A tiny skeleton found in a fish tank. Infants suffocated in plastic bags.

Germans are reeling over a recent string of cases involving mothers accused or convicted of killing their babies. The grisly killings have come at a time when the country's low birthrate has left the government searching for ways to encourage people to have more children.

Many of the mothers have been struggling single women who hid their pregnancy from friends and family, gave birth alone and killed the newborn out of fear or desperation--increasing calls for support programs for single mothers.

And while experts say the rate of German mothers killing their children is no higher than elsewhere in Europe, the recent slayings have stunned the nation and prompted questions about cracks in Germany's much-lauded social welfare system.

In the latest case, police in the southwestern state of Baden-Wurttemberg said Wednesday that a 20-year-old woman confessed to putting her newborn infant in the freezer about three or four weeks ago, thinking it was dead.

An autopsy showed the child was alive when placed in the freezer and the woman, who was not identified, has been taken into custody.

In 2006, the latest year for which numbers are available, 82 young children in Germany were killed by a parent, according to crime statistics compiled by the federal government.

In April, a judge sentenced a woman to 15 years in prison for killing eight newborns between 1992 and 1998 and burying them in flowerpots on her parents' property. The case came to light in 2005 when the caretaker of the house near the German-Polish border found an infant skeleton in a garden fish tank.

Earlier this month, a teenager scrounging for a frozen pizza at his home in western Germany found the bodies of three infants – his siblings – in the family's deep freezer. The mother was arrested.

Also this month, a 22-year-old-woman was convicted of killing her three newborns by stuffing them into plastic bags. The bodies were discovered in 2007 in cartons in her parents' garage.

Christian Pfeiffer, director of the Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony in Hanover, said relentless media coverage to such scandals has helped draw attention to the age-old problem of child abandonment, leading to more outreach programs for troubled new mothers.

"It's one case of the media's fascination with a story actually helping in a desperate situation," he said.

At the same time, the government is trying to combat the country's low birthrate – one of the lowest in Europe – by increasing funding for family support programs, with overall subsidies worth $103 billion annually. The benefits range from up to three years' paid maternity leave to monthly subsidies of $185 per child through at least age 18.

Some critics have noted that other countries seem to achieve higher birthrates by focusing less on money and more on better support networks for women that help mothers combine study or work with child rearing.

Pfeiffer's institute is collaborating with the government on a new program – Pro Kind – in which young women receive free at-home visits from nurses and social workers during their pregnancies and access to paediatric care after birth.

According to Pfeiffer, more than 200 mothers have participated since the program began two years ago.

A non-profit organization called Sternipark launched another approach, equipping hospitals across Germany with "baby hatches" that allow mothers to give up their infants anonymously through a slot in the external wall.

A spokeswoman for the Hamburg-based organization said 35 children have been dropped off since 2000 at its three hatches.

Michelle Oberman, a law professor at Santa Clara University in California and co-author of a new book, "When Mothers Kill," said Germany's search for effective ways to prevent infanticide is more progressive than the response in the U.S.

There, said Oberman, the strategy is often to give a guilty mother the longest possible sentence.

"It takes more than just a crazy and pregnant woman to make this happen," Oberman said.

American mothers kill more children each year than German mothers, but Oberman cautioned against relying too heavily on statistics. From abortion laws to health care access, she said the social conditions that drive a mother to kill are too complicated to quantify.

And for every case that makes the headlines in Germany or the U.S., she added, there is no way to know how many remain a secret.

(Copyright 2008 Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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8. Interesting Article From National Journal – June 2, 2008

http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20080531_8247.php

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9. Lifeissues.Net Newsletter #373 – June 1, 2008

Greetings from LifeIssues.net (www.lifeissues.net)

Dear Friends for Life,

Contraceptives Do Not Prevent Pregnancy: In Canberra, Australia, Marie Stopes International, the international British pro-abortion organization, reported that more than half of the women with an unplanned pregnancy were using birth control when they become pregnant. Forty-three percent were on the pill, and another 27% were using condoms. So much for these things preventing pregnancy.

God Bless, Jerry Novotny, OMI

Thought: "To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right." – Confucius

Lifeissues.Net Newsletter #373 – June 1, 2008

Table Of Contents:
1. The Unborn's Silent Suffering
2. Statement From Bishop Of Lancaster On Embryology Bill
3. Lethal Injections Raise Defence Attorneys' Fears
4. German Doctor Accused Of Euthanasia Given Honour
5. Families Encouraged To Let "Unresponsive" Loved Ones Die
6. Global Campaign Needed To Stop Anti-Woman Sex-Selection Abortions
7. 220 000 Condoms Off To Myanmar
8. Quake Causes China To Revise One-Child Policy
9. Down The Slope We Slide
10. No Time For Indifference To The Hungry: Pope
11. Girls Aged 12 Have Abortions
12. The 'Blind Dogmatists' Of The Condom Scam

Focus On Asia: "Nature loss 'to hurt global poor'" – Damage to forests, rivers, marine life and other aspects of nature could halve living standards for the world's poor, a major report has concluded. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7424535.stm

Item #1. The Unborn's Silent Suffering
A topic receiving more attention recently in debates on abortion is the question as to whether a foetus can suffer and feel pain. A book just published brings together a variety of evidence by experts, mainly Italian, on the subject. They Are No Strangers to Pain, Says Book.

View full article at Zenit: http://www.zenit.org/article-22688?l=english

Item #2. Statement From Bishop Of Lancaster On Embryology Bill
Listening to the second reading and debate on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill in the House of Commons, I was saddened beyond measure. It has been said that the House of Commons is at its best when debating issues of conscience, but do I detect here a growing intolerance to listening to religious or ethical considerations? Again and again the justification given to experimenting on embryonic human beings or killing the unborn was an appeal to 'science' or 'scientific research' as if it were the only source of objective, rational knowledge. It seems that millennia of ethical and religious thought are lightly dismissed as subjective and discredited.

In contrast to the language of utilitarianism in the parliamentary debate that sought to justify the exploitation of the unborn for our economic and medical gain there arises in my heart the words of Scripture that speak prophetically of the dignity of the unborn child:

'You created my inmost self,
Knit me together in my mother's womb.
For so many marvels I thank you;
A wonder am I, and all your works are wonders.
...Your eyes could see my embryo.' (Psalm 139:13-14, 16).

Every embryonic human person is a wonder of creation, who possesses the inherent right to realise his or her potential for creativity, love, self-sacrifice, and joy. However, our society has so cheapened and violated human life that it does not hear or understand the language of wonder about the unborn.

A dangerous myth appears to be growing that the only knowledge that can inform policy-making is scientific research. Discourse and reason are impoverished when science is used to exclude other branches of knowledge, such as reasoning based on natural law.

Not only this, but we witnessed a flawed, selective approach to science, with the House choosing to ignore the hard scientific evidence provided by adult and umbilical cord stem cell research, that proves that unethical research on embryonic human persons is unnecessary.

View full article at ICN: http://www.indcatholicnews.com/POD321.html

Item #3. Lethal Injections Raise Defence Attorneys' Fears
Since 1973, 129 people have walked off death rows in 26 states after evidence proved they were wrongfully convicted, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

View full text at AP:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gbhu-AlAkerplkZFTK8j2CbqnY5QD90TFDR03

Item #4. German Doctor Accused Of Euthanasia Given Honour
Comment: Seems nothing is impossible anymore. How any medical society could honour a horrendous evil butcher who has committed heinous crimes against children is beyond shocking - and that the society doing it is a German one, is mind boggling, yet not surprising. Shame on them is by far too mild a rebuke. I am quite certain this is the first Nazi war criminal to ever receive an "honour" – most others have received the death penalty. I believe this is one case where this man is guilty until proven innocent.  I have posted a second article w/photo below the newswire post on this doctor. – Cheryl, CHN

View full article at scotsman.com:
http://news.scotsman.com/world/German-doctor-accused-of-euthanasia.4119107.jp

Item #5. Families Encouraged To Let "Unresponsive" Loved Ones Die
Comment: I suppose if the powers that be can convince distraught families that their loved one is really suffering needlessly, and are as good as dead – (course they don't really say it like that) many will cave in without fighting to get ethical care. The following article reeks with greed – as their concern is burdensome treatment is very costly. – Cheryl

To learn more see couriermail.com.au:
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23755540-952,00.html

Item #6. Global Campaign Needed To Stop Anti-Woman Sex-Selection Abortions
The practice of sex-selective abortion to permit parents to destroy unwanted female foetuses has become so wide-spread in the modern world that it is disfiguring the profile of entire countries – transforming (and indeed deforming) the whole human species.

This abomination is now rampant in China, where the latest census reports six boys for every five girls. But it is also prevalent in the Far East, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Vietnam, all of which report biologically impossible "sex ratios at birth" (well above the 103-106 baby boys for every 100 girls ordinarily observed in human populations).

In the Caucasus, gruesome imbalances exist now in Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan; and in India, the state of Punjab tallies 126 little boys for every 100 girls.

See the full article at LifeNews.com: http://www.lifenews.com/int759.html

Item #7. 220 000 Condoms Off To Myanmar
Chances are by now you have heard about the devastation effects of Cyclone Nargis on the Irrawaddy River Delta region of Burma (a.k.a. Myanmar) and the tragic loss of life – almost 80,000 dead and more than 55,000 missing. With so many homeless, disease and starvation are threatening the lives of hundreds of thousands more. As relief agencies worldwide have come to the rescue – or rather, tried as the Burmese military dictatorship has severely hampered relief work – how is the United Nations Population Fund responding?

Condoms To The Rescue!

Officials with the UNPF have confirmed that they are planning to send 218,400 condoms to the hard-hit region. This reminds me of food not condoms, an organization started by students at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia.

Full article at News 24: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7412118.stm

Food Not Condoms: http://www.foodnotcondoms.com/1.html

Item #8. Quake Causes China To Revise One-Child Policy
Chinese officials have exempted families with children killed, severely injured, or disabled in the devastating Sichuan earthquake from the restrictions of China's one-child policy.

Full Article at CNA: http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/abortion/ab0129.htm

Item #9. Down The Slope We Slide
So it will soon be legal in Britain to hybridize humans with other species, and grow humans from embryo for "scientific research" – however medically unnecessary.

View entire text at CERC:
http://catholiceducation.org/articles/medical_ethics/me0117.htm

Item #10. No Time For Indifference To The Hungry: Pope
Warning of a growing world hunger problem, Pope Benedict says that Christians who share the Eucharist must not remain indifferent to those who lack their daily bread.

View entire text at CN: http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=7371

Item #11. Girls Aged 12 Have Abortions
Girls aged as young as 12 are having abortions, figures released for the first time by the Department of Health reveal. While some doctors reacted with sadness to the figures, family planning experts said society needed to "stop being shocked" that children were having sex and becoming pregnant.

View entire text from Times Online:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article3822518.ece

Item #12. The 'Blind Dogmatists' Of The Condom Scam
The "family planner's bible," Contraceptive Technology, (CT) provides the most critical piece of information that shows how condoms actually promote the spread of AIDS. According to a summary of fifteen studies using more than 25,000 condoms, CT found that they broke 4.63 percent of the time and slipped off 3.40 percent of the time, for a total of 8.03 percent. This means that, if a person uses a condom only ten times, he has a 57 percent chance of having at least one failure. After fifty uses, he has a 99 percent chance of having at least one failure and a 39% chance of having at least five failures. If he uses 100 condoms, a typical amount in one year, he will have at least one failure and has a 91 percent chance of having at least five failures. Yet, despite the clear evidence, the population controllers are still doing everything they can do defund abstinence programs and ramp up condom distribution.

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10. Media Shove Boy Scout Story Under A Tent – May 30, 2008

ROBERT KNIGHT
Media Shove Boy Scout Story Under a Tent
By Robert Knight
Friday, May 30, 2008

Let’s pretend we’re news editors at the TV networks and major newspapers.

This just in: The Boy Scouts of America have filed a lawsuit against the city of Philadelphia for threatening to evict the Cradle of Liberty Council from their headquarters in a city park.

If the Scouts don’t prevail, they face eviction from their 80-year-old building by Saturday, May 31.

Shouldn’t this be a national news story? It’s not.

None of the networks has mentioned the lawsuit, which was filed on May 23, and major newspapers have devoted as little as a couple of sentences to it based on wire reports. The only significant coverage has been in the local Philadelphia papers. And none of them gives readers any inkling as to why the Scouts (and parents) might not want to put children at risk by permitting homosexual men to serve as Scoutmasters.

In the wake of the homosexual pederasty scandal that is bankrupting the Catholic Church in many cities – including Philadelphia – the Scouts’ position should be easy to understand and articulate. The only media outlet running anything even close to giving the Scouts’ point of view was the Philadelphia Inquirer, which ran an op-ed by Republican state Rep. Gib Armstrong that takes city officials to task. Still, even Armstrong bases his entire case on the good deeds the Scouts do, and delicately sums up the struggle this way: “The choice given the Scouts was an impossible one: accept a local policy they cannot abide by, or pay an escalated rent they cannot afford.”

The Scouts are fighting what amounts to an attempt at extortion. Given that tens of millions of American men have been in the Boy Scouts and that this story brims with David and Goliath drama, why is it being ignored?

There are several reasons:

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Robert Knight is director of the Culture & Media Institute at the Media Research Center.

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11. Merck, Pfizer Facing Class-Action Lawsuits – May 31, 2008

About Time Someone Had The Gumption To Take On Big Pharma For The Harm They Have Done

Canwest News Service; Leader-Post
Saturday, May 31, 2008

International drug companies Merck and Pfizer are facing two major class-action lawsuits in Canada, related to a once-popular pain relief medication and a widely used contraceptive.

Meanwhile, a statement of claim was filed in Regina's Court of Queen's Bench on Friday against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Inc., the maker of the anti-depressant Paxil.

A Quebec Superior Court judge has approved a national class-action suit against Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiary, Pfizer Canada Inc., by women who have taken the contraceptive Depo-Provera.

The drug, which is injected, protects against pregnancy for three months after each injection. Still available in Canada, it is also used in the treatment of endometriosis, and breast and endometrial cancer.

In 2005, New York-based Pfizer, which says it is the world's largest research-based biomedical and pharmaceutical company, notified the public that the drug may cause a reduction in bone mineral density, which can lead to osteoporosis, especially in menopausal women.

All women in Canada who took the drug and believe they suffered bone-density loss are eligible to be part of the class action.

Meanwhile, Saskatchewan's top court approved a multi-jurisdictional class-action lawsuit against Merck & Co. Inc., the New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company that manufactured the anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx.

The medication, used to relieve chronic pain from conditions such as arthritis, was pulled from world markets in 2004 after a study linked it to heart attacks in some patients.

Thursday's ruling by Saskatchewan Chief Justice John Klebec means all of Canada, except Quebec, can be grouped together as part of one class-action lawsuit against Merck and Co. Quebec is excluded because there is already a class-action case started in that province.

Michelle Duzan, a Moose Jaw mother, along with her son Carter, are the plaintiffs in the statement of claim filed Friday against GSK. The Merchant Law Group, which is representing Michelle and Carter, is attempting to mount a class action lawsuit against GSK.

Michelle claims she was prescribed Paxil by her treating physician. She continued to take the drug on the advice of her treating physicians throughout her pregnancy and was advised that, "Paxil was a safe, class B drug, and that there was no known study or information to suggest Paxil would harm her unborn foetus," reads the statement.

Carter was born in 2004 and suffers from birth defects including craniosynostosis – when the bones of an infant's skull fuse together before the brain has stopped growing – which Michelle claims is due to her being prescribed and having taken Paxil while pregnant.

A statement of claim contains allegations not yet proven in court. A statement of defence hasn't been filed yet.

Members of the proposed class number in the thousands, reads the statement, adding the plaintiffs and class members were "uninformed as to the hazards involved in taking Paxil during pregnancy."

GSK promoted the drug for use by women who were, or could become, pregnant despite the fact the company knew or should have known it was associated with increased risk of birth defects, reads the statement. It goes on to state that GSK "deceived the medical community and the public" into believing the drug was safe to a developing foetus, and that the company ignored or minimized public health advisories issued by the United States Federal Drug Administration.

The plaintiffs and the class members are seeking certification of the class action lawsuit, as well as general and other damages.

© The Leader-Post (Regina) 2008

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12. More On The HRC From Robert Candy – June 1, 2008

HALIFAX, NS – In last Saturday's /National Post/, distinguished Canadian author George Jonas used Shakespeare's Hamlet to illustrate the persecution of Mark Steyn and Ezra Levant by the Canadian Human Rights Commission. After setting the scene, Mr. Jonas drew an analogy between Hamlet and Canada's Charter guarantee of Free Thought and Expression. He went on to ask, "How did the names of Ezra Levant and Mark Steyn and the magazine Maclean's get into it? There had to be some mistake." He answered the question as follows:

"The mistake was made 30-plus years ago when Trudeaupia's apprentice sorcerers thought they could come up with a net that would catch only white supremacists, Holocaust deniers or, at worst, marginal, cranky journalists such as Collins. Hamlet had news for them. Perhaps sorcerers should have been reading more Shakespeare and less Fanon. Now there's a lot of back-pedalling. A. Alan Borovoy, General Counsel to the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, has been writing lately that he never thought the legislation he was campaigning for would one day be used to muzzle the press. In a recent piece he adds that 'the wisest response would be to repeal – or at least to narrow – all such potential restrictions on freedom of speech.' http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/05/23/george-jonas-on-canada-s-human-rights-commissions-shakespeare-had-the-right-idea.aspx

"Mark J. Freiman, a former honorary counsel of the Canadian Jewish Congress, stops short of Mr. Borovoy. On Wednesday, he offered a spirited defence of Section 13(1), conceding only that '[the section] does require restrained and cautious application' and that 'the agencies administering and applying Section 13(1) must be staffed by people well suited by training and ability to carry out their sensitive work.' Ay, there’s the rub, to keep quoting the Bard. The agencies aren’t staffed by people sensitive to Mr. Freiman's concerns. They’re staffed by people who believe that 'freedom of speech is an American concept' (as one of them put it)...”

Previously, the National Post had provided some comment on the "kangaroo court" aspect of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, and CTV's Mike Duffy did carry an interview Ezra Levant last week on Mike Duffy Live. But the question remains: When will this made-in-Canada scandal be covered by the leaders of Canada's Lib-left media, The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star and the CBC? So far, not a peep. And as long as the media have Maxime Bernier and his "biker babe" to salivate over, there won't be. Interestingly though, the nefarious activities of the CHRC did get the attention of the Washington Times.

On 'human rights,' the Bard has it righthttp://tinyurl.com/45mac3

Mike Duffy interview with Ezra Levanthttp://tinyurl.com/62od29

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13. Planned Parenthood Sued After Botched Abortion On 13-Year-Old – June 1, 2008

Citizenslink.com (Focus on the Family)

Planned Parenthood Metropolitan in Washington, D.C., is facing a $50 million lawsuit after performing an abortion on a 13-year-old that caused severe abdominal bleeding, severe vaginal injury, severe injury to the cervix, significant uterine perforation, a small bowel tear and sterilization.

Emma Jean Butler took her daughter to the clinic on Sept. 7, 2006, to abort her pre-born baby conceived by rape.

Kristan Hawkins, executive director of Students for Life of America, said: "How ironic is it that the pro-abortion movement claims they want abortions to be ’safe, legal and rare,’ when in this poster case for abortion, the young girl was permanently injured – making abortion harmful and almost deadly.”

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14. So We Can't Legislate Morality? – May 30, 2008

So we can't legislate morality? – By Pat Boone
Posted: May 31, 2008
1:00 am Eastern
© 2008

We've all heard this phrase repeated over and over, haven't we? "You can't legislate morality!"

Of course, this dictum is propounded mainly by a growing army of militant self-appointed legislators who don't want anybody telling them what they can or can't do. Increasingly, there is resistance to even any public mention of Judeo-Christian, yes biblical, prohibitions or guidelines meant to govern social and personal behaviour. "Nobody, no government, should be able to enforce its ideas on other people! Each citizen should be able to decide for himself or herself what's right and wrong, according to individual conscience."

Sounds pretty good, doesn't it? Sounds like freedom, democracy, and independence, right?

Think again. Moral law, whether codified by civil law or not, is absolutely essential to any society's survival; if history teaches us anything, it reveals that all great governments and states have disintegrated when they became corrupted with immorality – no matter how you define immorality.

Hear again the profound words of Benjamin Franklin, no hothouse plant or religious fanatic himself: "Only a moral and virtuous people are capable of freedom; the more vicious and corrupt a society becomes – the more it has need of masters."

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15. Starvation Scapegoat - Blaming Population For A Green Problem – June 2, 2008

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16. Supreme Court Sides With Saskatchewan Anti-Abortion Protester – May 29, 2008

Barb Pacholik, Canwest News Service
Published: Thursday, May 29, 2008
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=bd91c41a-0d16-48cd-9668-74dca34a0616

REGINA – The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an application by an association of nurses for leave to appeal against former nurse and anti-abortion protester Bill Whatcott.

As is the court's practice, it gave no reasons for its decision on Thursday.

"It's a very important principle, and it would be nice to have a more definitive answer," said Chris Bailey, executive director of the Saskatchewan Association of Licensed Practical Nurses (SALPN).

Whatcott, formerly of Regina and now living in Alberta, was suspended by the association in 2005 for 15 days and ordered to pay $15,000 in costs after the association's discipline committee found him guilty of unprofessional conduct for his protests outside Planned Parenthood Regina in 2002 and 2003.

The committee sanctioned the licensed practical nurse for making untruthful and defamatory comments on his picket signs, including: "Planned Parenthood will give you AIDS." The decision was originally upheld by the Court of Queen's Bench, then overturned by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal.

During the appeal hearing, Whatcott's lawyer, Thomas Schuck, said a professional body had no business sanctioning its members for demonstrating on their own time. The appeal court agreed and ruled the association was infringing on Whatcott's constitutional right to freedom of expression.

For the association, the issue wasn't about free speech, but when a nurse's professional responsibilities end.

Bailey explained Whatcott's decision to launch an anti-abortion protest outside Planned Parenthood – which it viewed as a health-care facility – prompted the association to take action.

"Our position has always been, if you are a (licensed practical nurse) and are doing things that interfere with access to health care or interfere with what your patient's best interests are, then that's a professional issue," said Bailey. "If Mr. Whatcott had gone to the mall or city hall or anything else, I doubt if we would have an issue."

But the three appeal court judges, Whatcott, and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association – which went to bat for the outspoken activist – took a different view, saying it was a constitutional issue.

"It really cast a chill on all professional bodies, where professional bodies themselves take a political position – and they do – and then start disciplining their members who speak otherwise," Schuck said in an interview Thursday. He contended the original ruling, had it stood, could have affected other professionals, such as lawyers or teachers, who take unpopular views.

Whatcott let his nursing licence lapse after the 15-day suspension ended.

Schuck said his client is currently working as a trucker in Alberta's oil patch, but "it's good" he'll be able to seek reinstatement if he chooses.

© Regina Leader-Post 2008

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17. Tom Euteneuer, President Of HLI, Brazil's Pro-Life Movement Stops Abortion Legalization – May 30, 2008

Spirit & Life ®
"The words I spoke to you are spirit and life." (Jn 6:63)

Human Life International e-Newsletter
Volume 03, Number 22 | Friday, May 30, 2008

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This week's guest columnist is Mrs. Magaly Llaguno, the Executive Director of Human Life International's Hispanic Division and a prolific author. She has worked for HLI for more than 25 years and has been instrumental in helping to "plant" the pro-life movement in virtually every part of Latin America.

Brazil's Pro-Life Movement Stops Abortion Legalization

With great joy we received the news at Vida Humana Internacional, HLI's Hispanic Division in Miami, that a piece of legislation (bill 1135/91) which would have legalized abortion on demand throughout Brazil, did not make it out of the Safety and Family Commission. This pro-life triumph was possible thanks to the very excellent pro-life movement that exists in Brazil and in particular to the efforts of Dr. Humberto Vieira, HLI's national representative in that country. Dr. Vieira, who is founder and president of Providafamilia, has been involved with HLI for over 18 years. He has managed to create a magnificent pro-life network throughout Brazil that is well-organized and united.

The vote that stopped abortion legalization was a unanimous 33 to 0. The four pro-abortion legislators on the Commission left the session at the time of the vote, but two of them were substituted by other legislators who in turn voted for life! According to pro-life leaders, many parliamentarians were crying, embracing each other and rejoicing over this triumph. Now the bill will be voted on in the Commission of Constitution and Justice, where victory is expected. However, we ask for prayers for the ultimate defeat of this bill.

The strategy devised by Dr.Vieira and his great team was two-fold: One group lobbied the legislators and another one worked with the electoral grassroots of the parliamentarians. It was an historic vote for Brazil and the pro-aborts were surprised and in disarray! Dr. Maria das Dores Guimarães Dolly, a pro-life attorney from Sao Paolo, traveled to Brasilia every week to lobby the legislators. Needless to say, the support of the Brazilian Bishops Conference and of many of the individual bishops themselves was crucial. Brazil's bishops have recently embarked on a pro-life educational campaign that will reach out to all parishes throughout the entire country.

Representatives Jose Aristodemo Pinotti and Cida Diogo initially said they would vote in favour of the abortion law but withdrew before the vote was taken. Pinotti is a medical doctor, and in the 70's he was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Rockefellers' Population Council, an organization that is behind population control efforts throughout the world.[1] In the letter he wrote to a Brazilian pro-life leader, dated May 14, 2008, Pinotti claimed to be "against abortion" and only in favour of its "regulation." Yet according to his curriculum vitae on the website of the Brazilian Chapter of the Jewish Medical Association, he is (or has been) a member of the board of directors of the International Projects Assistance Services (IPAS). IPAS is an American company based in Chapel Hill, NC that manufactures abortion equipment and promotes its legalization. [2] Pinotti is also a past president of the terrible abortion promoting organization called the "International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics" (FIGO, 1988-1991); Pinotti presided over its XII World Congress in 1988.

It would seem that there are some foreign anti-life organizations behind the efforts to legalize abortion in Brazil as is the case in other Hispanic countries. The main example of this type of international pressure is Nicaragua, where abortion was outlawed in 2006 and yet those pressures still continue. Nevertheless, in spite of whatever anti-life organizations and foundations may be behind the effort to legalize abortion in Brazil, the pro-life movement of that country is now a huge force to contend with.

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18. U.S. Bishops Urge Voters To Give Priority To Life – May 27, 2008

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19. Unborn Personhood Amendment Makes Colorado Ballot – May 30, 2008

Unborn Personhood Amendment Makes Colorado Ballot
By Randy Hall

CNSNews.com Staff Writer/Editor
May 30, 2008\

(CNSNews.com) – An amendment to the Colorado Constitution that defines a "person" as "any human being from the moment of fertilization" will go before state voters in the Nov. 4 general election.

Amendment 48, entitled "Definition of a Person," was approved for a statewide vote on Thursday by Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman, whose office validated 103,000 signatures on petitions for the ballot initiative – 27,000 more than required.

The petition drive – which actually collected 130,050 signatures – originated with 20-year-old Kristi Burton, who said in a news release that she developed a deep passion for the pro-life movement at 13 years of age.

"All humans should be protected by love and by law, and this amendment is a historic effort to ensure equal rights for every person," Burton noted in her statement.

"We at Colorado for Equal Rights are incredibly thankful for our many volunteers who worked so hard for each signature we delivered to the secretary of state's office and the churches who stood behind us and supported us," she added. "This victory is the voice of the people, and all credit goes to our Creator."

If approved by voters next fall, the amendment would guarantee every person, at every stage of life, the right to life, liberty, equality of justice and due process of law, Burton said. And while the initiative would not make abortion illegal, supporters and opponents alike believe it could lay the legal framework to legislate against abortion.

"For the first time in 40 years of 'legalized' child killing, pro-lifers have moved an entire state to consider the God-given right to life of the unborn," said Brian Rohrbough, president of American Right to Life, in a statement of his own on Thursday.

"Abortion is wrong because it's a baby; it's always wrong to intentionally kill a baby," said Rohrbough, "even when its father is a criminal, as with incest."

Now that the amendment is assured of a spot on the November ballot, American Right to Life has launched its Colorado personhood campaign with a rebuttal to so-called "hard cases" of abortion for incest.

"The abortion clinic covers up the crime of incest and typically sends the victim back home to her rapist," the group's Web site states. "Even worse, they often send her home with her rapist, the criminal who brought her to the clinic."

"There are no 'hard cases,'" said Steve Curtis, American Right to Life's vice president and former chair of the Colorado Republican Party. "Abortion for incest emboldens a criminal to rape his young relative, helps him escape being caught, tempts him to repeat his crime and is not compassionate because it kills a baby and increases the woman's suffering."

"Abortion clinics nationwide refuse to comply with mandatory reporting laws for suspected child rape," noted Jo Scott, director of the group Pro-Life Colorado.

"We brought audio-taped evidence of that failure to the Colorado attorney general's office, and they chose to look the other way," Scott said. "Personhood for the unborn will reduce crimes against women and children."

"American Right to Life applauds the dozens of Colorado politicians and candidates who have publicly endorsed the personhood amendment," Rohrbough added, "and urges all Christians, pro-life leaders and organizations to support personhood as the only foundation on which to reverse the de-criminalization of killing unborn children."

However, opponents – including a "broad-based coalition including nurses, doctors, religious leaders, community groups and health-care advocacy organizations" called Protect Families, Protect Choices – have claimed that the amendment is "dangerous and deceptive."

"Access to affordable health care is already tough enough for Colorado families," the organization's Web site states. "But now a deceptively written ballot measure would put women's lives at risk and threaten access to health care.

"This amendment could make abortion illegal at all times, even in the earliest weeks of pregnancy," the site adds. "It could outlaw abortion even in the cases of rape, incest and when a woman's life is at risk."

The ballot initiative is "a dangerous attempt to put politicians and lawyers in the middle of our most personal and private health-care decisions," the coalition adds. "It would even open the door to letting prosecutors investigate miscarriages and go through our most private medical records.

"The amendment is so extreme that it could even ban several common forms of birth control and prohibit in-vitro fertilization and life-saving stem cell research," says the coalition, which includes the League of Women Voters and Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains.

Despite such firm opposition, Colorado for Equal Rights remains confident the initiative will pass in November.

"This amendment will establish a cornerstone for protecting human life in our society... and we all know this is the right thing to do," the group said in a statement of its own.

"We are giving Colorado voters an opportunity to vote their conscience and protect the most innocent and helpless ones among us," the organization added. "If life is protected from the very beginning, Colorado for Equal Rights believes that we can transform our nation from a culture of death into a culture of life."

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20. Unborn Victims Of Violence Act Bill C-484 – 35 States Have Enacted Bills – June 1, 2008

I’ve been informed that those who have written their MP to support this bill have received response letters from their MPs commenting that there are 13 states in the US who do not have this legislation. What they fail to report is that 35 have laws that protect the unborn from violent crime. Check out the web site below for more info.
http://www.nrlc.org/Unborn_Victims/Statehomicidelaws092302.html

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21. What Do We Want Christian Boys To Become? – June 1, 2008

Christian Government – Reply-To: timothy@christiangovernment.ca

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Commentary – What do we want Christian boys to become?

Hi Tim,

I thought you might get a good shake of your head out of what happened to my son last weekend. My son is 11 and hunts, shoots bows and knows the biblical doctrine of self-defence and holy war. He was out with a boy, 10, from our old church – in a forest looking for a lost dog, for which there was a $1,000 reward. There are coyotes around, and another dog, a Pitbull, was also known to be lost from the neighbourhood. (Now, these threats were not really serious, but they were there nevertheless.)

Both boys agreed that they should go back and get something with which to defend themselves should the need arise. The first boy got a pocketknife. My son got a bigger blade, maybe 8" long, in a sheath. To him it was second nature. (Had I known, I wouldn't have let him take that knife, but he did – in former days on frontiers, this would not have been considered unusual.) Anyway, the first boy was so horrified at the sight of my son's blade, that he yelled at him, "Look at your blade! You could go to jail for that blade! You are a hunter! Jesus said those who live by the sword die by the sword! You should go to jail and you're going to hell for being a hunter and having that knife!"

My son reminded him that Jesus told the disciples to sell what they had to buy a sword for self-defence, but of course the boy ignored that. The boy ran back to our place, grabbed his bike, told my son our dog was retarded and should have been the one lost, went home, and told his parents, who of course now forbid their son to associate with mine because we are clearly not wimpy pacifists – we are danger to them and society, should be jailed and my son is going to hell for being a hunter. This is Christianity? This is manliness? Of course not; it is however, Statism and Pacifism strongly entrenched in a 10 year old.

The next day, my son went to pick up something at the boy's house. A woman who had heard about the incident (not sure if she professes to be a Christian or not) stopped my son and proceeded to lecture him about global warming, endangered species, etc., to which my son said, "I don't believe in millions of years, and carbon 14 dating proves my case, not yours, and global warming is a scam." She huffed and puffed and changed the subject and then left him alone. I think God is preparing my son for battle.

Isn't this something? Now, granted, we need to be wise about pulling out blades in a forest, e.g., pick our battles, but this was not a simple rebuke for having the weapon off our own property – this was a condemn-you-to-jail-first-and-eternally-to-hell judgment by a "Christian" kid whose mother is the head of the "kids ministry / worship / church" at our former church.

Blessings, Mrs. Xxxx

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Subject: Father's Day Adventure – save 40%

Once upon a time Christian leaders were outspoken advocates of manhood. And some of the most vigorous proponents of Christian manhood were the missionaries who blazed trails in dark portions of the earth. I have always been especially impressed by missionary David Livingstone's robust vision of the Christian calling for manhood. When asked about his life mission, Livingston declared that he had been sent to Africa by God for three purposes: "Evangelism, Exploration, and Emancipation." He wanted to travel to remote areas previously unexplored by any Westerner, to bring Christ to the lost, and to emancipate men from the evils of the Islamic slave trade. He accomplished all three of those missions. When asked about his own philosophy of manhood and missions he said the following:

"My views of what is missionary duty are not so contracted as those who’s ideal is a dumpy sort of man with a Bible under his arm. I have laboured in bricks and mortar, at the forge and carpenter's bench, as well as in preaching and medical practice. I feel that I am not my own. I am serving Christ when shooting a buffalo for my men or taking an astronomical observation."

What a statement for a man of God to make! David Livingstone was a man of adventure and dominion for the glory of God. I am firmly convinced that we must be about the business of cultivating a similar spirit in the hearts of the fathers and sons who are called of God to lead the families and churches of the 21st century.

So where does this spirit by adventure begin? I think it begins with fathers just being with their sons in the outdoor world. I think it is cultivated by speaking of the Word of God, and of the Lord's call that every man use his gifts to "subdue" the earth - to take "dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth" (Genesis 1:28).

And I think it is nurtured through times of good old-fashioned rejoicing between fathers and sons. When Christian fathers and sons go into God's outdoor world; when they train on tools of dominion; when they run and play and rejoice together – great things can happen. ...

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The Battle for the culture is not for the weary

– The battle for cultural reform requires perseverance –
– Everything worth doing is worth doing well –

Do not be weary in well-doing (Galatians 6:9; II Thessalonians 3:13)

"Learn how to say no. Don't let your mouth overload your back."

"If you want to amend your errors, you must begin by amending your philosophy." – Jim Rohn

"The greatest need today seems to be the key to fit the deadlock."

"The little wheels in the back of the watch are just as important as the hands of the watch."

"The Bible gives us a list of human stories on both sides of the ledger. One list of human stories is used as examples – do what these people did. Another list of human stories is used as warnings – don't do what these people did. So if your story ever gets in one of these books, make sure they use it as an example, not a warning." – Jim Rohn

"Time is the best-kept secret of the rich."

"Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind." – Leonardo da Vinci

"We will either find a way, or make one." – Hannibal

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Views and News
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Our children need protection

Americans for Truth – May, 2008
Latino Youth 'Queer Prom' in Chicago Sponsored by Adult Homosexual Bathhouse
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--americansfortruth.com/news/latino-youth-queer-prom-in-chicago-sponsored-by-homosexual-bathhouse.html#more-1967

Vancouver Sun – May 28, 2008
[Sex exploitation study – 'many are women seeking sex with young males']
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html--Q-id--E-79708ae2-1dbf-4bdf-a9fe-83b65df121c1--A-k--E-29913
By Gerry Bellett

National Post – May 28, 2008
Teacher Loses Licence After Sex Assault
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html--Q-id--E-545937
By Canwest News Service

LifeSiteNews.com – May 27, 2008
The Creaping Push to Legalize Child Porn as "Artists" Defend Nude Photos of 13 Year-Olds
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08052708.html
By Tim Waggoner

The Province – May 29, 2008
Sex abuse by aid workers 'unchecked'; United Nations peacekeepers also cited for attacks on kids
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html--Q-id--E-72cf5413-9e66-42ce-b00f-ccfdb2920c9d
By Mike Pflanz, The Daily Telegraph

Sydney Morning Herald – May 18, 2008
[New South Wales to entrench lesbian 'fatherhood'!]
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.smh.com.au/news/parenting/father-to-go-from-birth-certificates/2008/05/17/1210765258007.html
By Heath Gilmore

May 20, 2008
Two mother IVF families enshrined in law
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1996358/Two-mother-IVF-families-enshrined-in-law.html
By Andrew Porter

LifeSiteNews.com – May 20, 2008
Massachusetts Senator Proposes Additional $300,000 for Pro-Homosexual Programs in Schools
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08052004.html
By Mark Westen

The Hamilton Spectator – May 12, 2008
Flirt-free zone; Single-sex classes let boys, girls learn – not yearn
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.thespec.com/article/367547
By Tracy Jan, The Boston Globe

The Washington Post – May 20, 2008
[Homosexuals upset over Maryland ruling that rejects parental status of former partners]
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/19/AR2008051902461.html
By Lisa Rein

Freedom's Death Chamber

May 20, 2008
RCMP launches investigation into CHRC tactics
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--ezralevant.com/2008/05/rcmp-launches-investigation-in.html
By Ezra Levant

May 30, 2008
Government to launch inquiry into CHRC "investigative techniques", section 13
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--ezralevant.com/2008/05/government-to-launch-inquiry-i.html
By Ezra Levant

As usual, there are many more excellent postings from Ezra Levant's website from the past 2 weeks. Check them out here:
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.ezralevant.com.

National Post – May 24, 2008
['The Supreme Court of Canada ... agreed that HRA Section 13(1) murdered Charter Section 2(b)']
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html--Q-id--E-c6a5b2b1-d5eb-4a86-8bcf-edbba65bf8cb
By George Jonas

The Truro Daily News – May 17, 2008
Freedom of expression makes strange bedfellows
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.trurodaily.com/index.cfm--Q-sid--E-135597--A-sc--E-73
By George Jonas

Maclean's – May 14, 2008
I'm starring in one of those movies: [on the Muslim trilogy of 'hate crime' cases]
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.macleans.ca/canada/opinions/article.jsp--Q-content--E-20080514_72985_72985
By Mark Steyn

National Post – May 21, 2008
The case for censoring hate
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html--Q-id--E-528492
By Mark J. Freiman

The Washington Times – May 26, 2008
[CHRC story hits the Washington Times] Mounties probe e-mail hijacking
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--washingtontimes.com/article/20080526/CULTURE/617722375/1015
By Pete Vere

The New York Times – May 26, 2008
Tracking Hate 2.0 on the Web
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/tracking-hate-20-on-the-web/
By Brad Stone

The Chronicle-Herald – May 21, 2008
[Philosophy professor backs abolition of Sec. 13 of the CHRA]
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.thechronicleherald.ca/Letters/1057238.html
By Mark Mercer

May 16, 2008
Mounties challenge discrimination ruling, $500,000 award to expelled cadet
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2008/05/16/5588116-cp.html

Kingston Whig-Standard – May 22, 2008
Realtor could face tribunal; 23-year-old claims she was denied tenancy due to age, marital status
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx--Q-e--E-1037954--A-auth--E-Jordan+Press
By Jordan Press

National Post – May 20, 2008
[History of BC's speech-freedom-suppressing amendment to province's human rights code]
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html--Q-id--E-525622
By Terry O'Neill

Dangerous homosexuality

NewsWithViews.com – May 23, 2008
[Militant homosexuals are shutting down free speech]
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.newswithviews.com/West/marsha68.htm
By Marsha West

May 19, 2008
Gay Rights vs. Democracy
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.townhall.com/columnists/DineshDSouza/2008/05/19/gay_rights_vs_democracy--Q-page--E-full--A-comments--E-true
By Dinesh D'Souza

LifeSiteNews.com – May 26, 2008
Mandated Homosexual Adoptions Forces Catholic Church to Quit Adoption Agencies in England
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08052606.html
By Jenna Murphy

LifeSiteNews.com – May 28, 2008
Berlin Monument Upholds Homosexuals as Nazi Victims – research suggests Nazi Party steeped in homosexuality
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08052804.html
By Michael Baggot

Fox News – May 28, 2008
California court to hear lesbian insemination case
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,359041,00.html

LifeSiteNews.com – May 28, 2008
Court in Canada Denies Appeal of Catholic Seeking to Redirect Union Dues Away from Gay "Marriage" Advocacy
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08052808.html
By John-Henry Westen

LifeSiteNews.com – May 23, 2008
South Carolina Principal Resigns Due to High School's Gay-Straight Alliance Club
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08052305.html
By Michael Baggot

LifeSiteNews.com – May 22, 2008
British Foreign Office to Promote Gay Agenda in Other Countries
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08052212.html
By Hilary White

LifeSiteNews.com – May 26, 2008
California Mayor "Outraged" at Proposal to Exempt Civil Servants from Gay Marriage for Conscience Reasons
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08052608.html
By Peter J. Smith

The Daily Telegraph – May 18, 2008
Registrar sues for right not to marry gay couples
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1976532/Registrar-sues-for-right-not-to-marry-gay-couples.html
By Jonathan Wynne-Jones

The Seattle Times – May 22, 2008
Oregon court upholds gay-marriage ban
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004430946_gaymarriage22m.html
By William McCall, The Associated Press

Homosexual politics

The New York Times – May 29, 2008
New York to Back Same-Sex Unions From Elsewhere
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/nyregion/29marriage.html--Q-_r--E-1--A-th--A-emc--E-th--A-oref--E-slogin
By Jeremy W. Peters

The New York Times – May 30, 2008
How Governor Set His Stance On Gay Rights
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/nyregion/30paterson.html--Q-partner--E-rssnyt--A-emc--E-rss
By Jeremy W. Peteres and Danny Hakim

The Province – May 30, 2008
Transsexual fired for shipboard errors; Tribunal rules B.C. Ferries didn't discriminate against new deckhand
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html--Q-id--E-aa6c8dc1-ca90-4b56-ba00-840bef58f634
By Ethan Baron

Waterloo Region Record – May 27, 2008
Anglicans in local diocese move step closer to blessing same-sex marriages
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--news.therecord.com/article/356476
By Mirko Petricevic

Liberalism's war on Christianity

National Post – May 24, 2008
Keeping the faith; Religious groups providing public services fight for right to stand by beliefs
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html--Q-id--E-536971
By Charles Lewis

LifeSiteNews.com – May 26, 2008
UK Christian Charity May not Retain All-Christian Hiring Policy
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08052611.html
By Hilary White

The Daily Telegraph – May 18, 2008
Bristol: Britain's new Bible Belt?
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1975933/Christian-fundamentalists-fighting-spiritual-battle-in-Parliament.html
By David Modell

LifeSiteNews.com – May 22, 2008
Norwegian Police Arrest Missionaries for Spreading Gospel At National Parade
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08052208.html
By Peter J. Smith

LifeSiteNews.com – May 22, 2008
Vicious Protestors in Germany Harass 15,000 Strong Christian Youth Festival
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08052210.html
By Michael Baggot

LifeSiteNews.com – May 22, 2008
"Climate of Fear" Growing in Britain for Christian Civil Marriage Registrars
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08052204.html
By Hilary White

National Post – April 26, 2008
Creating controversy; A Canadian mogul whose film takes on Darwinism needs a flak jacket
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html--Q-id--E-472565
By Kevin Libin

National Post – May 21, 2008
Campus abortion debate reaches compromise
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html--Q-id--E-528388
By Joseph Brean

National Post – May 22, 2008
Ottawa charity sues Planned Parenthood; Defamation Case
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.nationalpost.com/scripts/story.html--Q-id--E-530419
By Melissa Leong, with files from Canwest News Service

LifeSiteNews.com – Wednesday May 28, 2008
Canadian Federation of Students Passes Motion to Support Ban on Pro-Life Groups at all Campuses
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08052809.html
By Jenna Murphy

National Post – May 30, 2008
Editorial: Student union thought police
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html--Q-id--E-550860

Family values – Or not!

The Ottawa Citizen – May 27, 2008
[Author/expert exposes ruthless abuses in Canada's "child welfare" industry]
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html--Q-id--E-f06619c9-4790-4fb8-aba2-40c453104cb5--A-k--E-34105--A-p--E-1
By Kelly Roesler

National Post – May 27, 2008
The Cruellest Form Of Racism [- Child services and adoption in Canada]
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html--Q-id--E-542007
By Jonathan Kay

May 8, 2008
Study: Stay-at-Home Mom Worth Nearly $117,000 a Year
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354638,00.html

LifeSiteNews.com – May 20, 2008
Late Term Aborted Babies in UK Left to "Gasp for Breath" Until Death
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08052012.html
By Hilary White

WorldNetDaily – May 11, 2008
Daughter fails test, dad goes to prison
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php--Q-fa--E-PAGE.view--A-pageId--E-64055

May 20, 2008
Most Americans Say Divorce is Morally Acceptable: A growing acceptance of divorce is leading to the demise of the family.
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000007483.cfm
By Devon Williams

The Ottawa Citizen – May 21, 2008
In the name of the father; Almost a third of gay men were married before coming out
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.canada.com/topics/lifestyle/relationships/story.html--Q-id--E-605d0121-b752-4188-bab9-bf99cfd5ecb1
By Sarah Treleaven

National Post – May 26, 2008
Tax expert fights for one-income families; Hearing Today
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html--Q-id--E-540006
By Peter Kuitenbrouwer

NRO – April 14, 2008
No Way to Live: Cohabitation in America
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--article.nationalreview.com/--Q-q--E-YjMwMjM3ZWU1MTdhOTY1MDE2M2Y5MDFlYjhmZGIxYzg

Concerned Women for America – May 19, 2008
Pornography, prostitution and sex trafficking; linked together in a $4 billion industry.
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.cwfa.org/articles/15208/BLI/dotcommentary/index.htm
By Janice Shaw Crouse, Ph.D.

The Daily Telegraph – May 18, 2008
Thousands of women have four abortions
http://www.christiangovernment.ca/12all/lt/t_go.php?i=208&e=MjYxNg==&l=-http--www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1976695/Thousands-of-women-had-four-abortions.html
By Laura Donnelly and Melissa Kite

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22. Woman's Waking After Brain Death Raises Many Questions About Organ Donation – May 27, 2008

Had no detectable brain waves for more than 17 hours – By Hilary White

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, May 27, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Virginia family was shocked but relieved when their mother, Val Thomas, woke up after doctors said she was dead. 59 year-old Mrs. Thomas, while being kept breathing artificially, had no detectable brain waves for more than 17 hours. The family were discussing organ donation options for their mother when she suddenly woke up and started speaking to nurses. Ethicists have strongly criticised developments in organ donation criteria that would have made Mrs. Thomas a candidate for having her organs removed before she woke up.

At 1:30 am Saturday May 17, Mrs. Thomas' heart had stopped beating and she had no pulse when the family called paramedics. She was without a heartbeat or oxygen for 15 to 20 minutes before being put on a ventilator and transported to a Charleston, West Virginia hospital.

An attempt was made to lower her body temperature but her heart stopped three times causing doctors to estimate that her chance of survival was less than 10 per cent. The ventilator was kept running for nearly 18 hours and rigor mortis had set in while Mrs. Thomas' family considered organ donation. The decision was taken to discontinue life support but ten minutes into the process, Mrs. Thomas moved her arm and began speaking to nurses.

Mrs. Thomas is being examined in a clinic in Cleveland to investigate her heart problems.

Physicians, bioethicists and governments continue to debate the issue of brain death criteria for purposes of organ transplants and determining the exact moment of death has been a source of contention since organ transplants became common. Controversy continues to swirl around the issue as patients in apparently hopeless comatose conditions continue to confound doctors' expectations and awaken.

The problem is time and the rapid deterioration of most vital organs after the cessation of heart function. After death, corneas and bone marrow can still be used but soft vital organs such as the heart, lungs, pancreas and kidneys rapidly deteriorate and are unusable within a few hours. Traditional medical ethicists contend that soft and easily damaged organs such as the heart are impossible to obtain morally since they deteriorate more quickly and must be removed when a patient's condition is still disputed.

One of the most recent and contentious developments is the concept of "non-heart beating organ donation" (NHBD) in which organs are removed from a body as little as five minutes after the cessation of the heart function. In a facility where such criteria are followed, had other factors been favourable and given her lack of brain function, Mrs. Thomas might have been pronounced dead and been a candidate for removal of organs as soon as she arrived at the hospital.

The procedure is also known as donation after cardiac death (DCD), and typically involves a person who requires a ventilator and, while having measurable brain function, is determined to have no hope of recovery. After this judgement is made, doctors remove ventilation from the patient and wait for the heart to stop beating. If the heart stops for five minutes, death is pronounced and the organs are harvested by another surgical team.

The definition of "brain death" also remains controversial, but DCD is even more contested since the method leaves little time for ethical considerations. With "brain death" organs can be harvested at leisure since machines keep air flowing into the lungs and blood circulating; with DCD the stoppage of the heart necessitates very quick harvesting as organs deteriorate without blood flow.

Doctor John B. Shea, medical advisor to Canada's Campaign Life Coalition told LifeSiteNews.com that DCD does represent a potential threat to comatose patients.

Donors for DCD are chosen, he said, not because they are dead, but because their organs are particularly desirable for transplant. Dr. Shea said in a 2006 interview, "The typical scenario for such organ harvesting is a young person between the age of 5-55 who is in good health, is in intensive care due to an automobile accident and is on a ventilator. The doctor makes an arbitrary decision that treatment is futile."

"Those donors are known not to be brain dead but are usually first in a coma and the doctor decides treatment is futile."

See dramatic YouTube video of news report on Thomas's return from brain death:
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=zbaiC9N6bGU&feature=user

Read related LifeSiteNews.com coverage: Controversial Organ Donation Method Begins in Canada – Organs Extracted 5 Minutes after Heart Stops:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/jun/06062707.html

Organ Transplant Doctor Investigated in Non-Heart Beating Donation Case:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/mar/07030903.html

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