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1. Arizona Nursing Board Approves Recommendation Allowing Nurses To Perform First-Trimester Abortions – May 20, 2008
2. Beyond Same Sex Marriage – May 20, 2008
3. Gairdner's Book Is Excellent For Those Interested In What's Wrong With Canada – May 24, 2008
4. Introduced Abortion Statistics 2005 Canada – May 25, 2008
5. Latimer's Cause Is A Real Threat – May 22, 2008
6. Lifeissues.Net Newsletter #372 – May 25, 2008
7. Omar Demetrius White Was Nearly Aborted – May 22, 2008
8. Pro-Life Pregnancy Centre Launches Legal Action, Needs Your Support Today – May 21, 2008
9. Sacrificing Our Children For Same-Sex Marriage – May 21, 2008
10. Sample One-Day List Of Items From LifesiteNet – May 25, 2008
11. Thank God Some Politicians Are Still Awake Even If They Aren't Canadian – May 22, 2008
12. This Final Ruling Is Effective Immediately In All Provinces Except British Columbia, Quebec And Newfoundland – May 15, 2008
13. We Are Failing To Understand God's Glorious Plan For Human Sexuality – May 27, 2008

 

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1. Arizona Nursing Board Approves Recommendation Allowing Nurses To Perform First-Trimester Abortions – May 20, 2008

PharmFacts E-News Update – 20 May 2008 AD

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/107851.php

PFLI Exclusive!

Arizona Nursing Board Approves Recommendation Allowing Nurses To Perform First-Trimester Abortions

Article Date: 19 May 2008 – 8:00 PDT

The Arizona Board of Nursing on Wednesday voted to approve a recommendation from the board's Advance Practice Committee that nurse practitioners with special training be permitted to perform certain abortion procedures, Capitol Media Services/Arizona Daily Star reports.

The board approved the recommendation with one dissent. Under the decision, nurses in the state can perform "aspiration" abortions, in which the foetus is vacuumed out of the uterus, up to the 13th week of pregnancy. Nurses will not be permitted to perform any abortions after 13 weeks' gestation, the board said (Fischer, Capitol Media Services/Arizona Daily Star, 5/15). Although state law regulates nursing, there previously were no rules specifically addressing which types of practitioners can perform abortions.

In June 2007, the nursing board received a complaint against Mary Andrews, a nurse practitioner with Planned Parenthood Arizona ( Daily Women's Health Policy Report, 5/12). According to Capitol Media Services/Daily Star, Andrews has been performing aspiration abortions through 16 weeks' gestation since 2001. The board on Wednesday decided it will not penalize Andrews since it did not previously have a rule on when nurse practitioners could legally perform abortions. Andrews said she stopped performing second-trimester abortions in March and would comply with the nursing board's decision and not perform them in the future.

However, the board's decision does "not end the dispute," Capitol Media Services/Daily Star reports. The Arizona House recently passed a bill (HB 2269) that would prohibit all nurses from performing surgical abortions. If the bill passes the Senate and is signed into law by Gov. Janet Napolitano (D), it would override the board's decision. It is unclear whether Napolitano, who recently vetoedtwo antiabortion measures, would sign the measure, according to Capitol Media Services/Daily Star.

Carol Bafaloukos, a spokesperson for PPAZ, said nurse practitioners had been performing abortions for PPAZ because of a shortage of doctors. She added that some women seeking abortions after the 13th week of pregnancy might have to wait to receive the procedure. Deborah Sheasby, an attorney for the Center for Arizona Policy, criticized the decision. Sheasby said that even if HB 2269 does not become law, she believes existing laws prohibit nurse practitioners from performing abortions ( Capitol Media Services/Arizona Daily Star, 5/15).

Reprinted with kind permission from http://www.nationalpartnership.org. You can view the entire Daily Women's Health Policy Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery here. The Daily Women's Health Policy Report is a free service of the National Partnership for Women & Families, published by The Advisory Board Company.

© 2008 The Advisory Board Company. All rights reserved.

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2. Beyond Same Sex Marriage – May 20, 2008

Jennifer Roback Morse – Tuesday, 20 May 2008 – from Mercatornet

Beyond same sex marriage

Civil unions, same sex marriage, then what? The final stop on this train ride is the complete de-gendering of society.

The “I’m against same sex marriage but favour civil unions” position is the major unheralded casualty of the California Supreme Court decision redefining marriage. Politicians from across the political spectrum have taken refuge in this dodge, believing it allows them to navigate the treacherous shoals of powerful but divided public opinion about same sex marriage. The court’s ruling has shown beyond any shadow of a doubt that civil unions are not a stable political or social compromise, however rational and reasonable that position may appear to be. Here is why.

California has had registered domestic partnerships since 1999. In the years since, the state legislature has steadily increased the rights for which registered domestic partners automatically qualify. Hospital visitation was granted that very first year. In 2000, the legislature granted domestic partners the right to make medical decisions for each other, the right to use stepparent adoption procedures to adopt a partner’s child, and the right to sue for a partner’s wrongful death.

In 2002, the legislature gave domestic partners the rights to receive copies of each other’s birth and death certificates. The legislature also changed the inheritance rules for domestic partners who die without a will, mandating that their property be distributed between the surviving partner and any blood relatives on the same terms as married couples. Legislation passed in 2003 required domestic partners to pay alimony and child support.

Thus, registered domestic partnerships have been available in California since 1999, and their status has been continually upgraded. The benefits of domestic partnerships now mirror the benefits of marriage very closely. Yet, that has never been enough. The pressure for the complete redefinition of marriage has continued without missing a beat.

Can we be confident that even same sex marriage is the ultimate goal? I think the honest answer is no. The freight train of same sex marriage will not stop at the station called simple “equality.” The legal equivalence of same sex couples with opposite sex couples means that marriage will no longer be society’s most reliable method of attaching mothers and fathers to their children and to each other. Marriage will become a gender-neutral creation of the state, which actively detaches children from at least one of their parents. Parentage will not flow automatically from the marital union, but will have to be assigned by the state. The final stop on this train is the complete de-gendering of society, along with the continual incursion of the state into civil society.

The state must hold that mothers and fathers are completely interchangeable. Biological parents married to each other become officially equivalent to one parent plus their lover. The state will be indifferent as to whether children have any connection with their biological parents.

The experiences of other countries with same sex marriage illustrate that this is no mere expansion of an existing institution. In Spain, the words “mother” and “father” were removed from birth certificates in favour of “Progenitor A” and “Progenitor B”. Courts in Canada have assigned parental rights to three adults. Similar experiences from Massachusetts and the UK leave no doubt that the state will have to continually intervene to prop up same sex marriage, and the gender-oblivious society that comes along with it. Sexual orientation will be viewed as immutable, with sex itself as a mere social construct.

As Douglas Farrow, a Canadian academic asks in his book, A Nation of Bastards http://www.bpsbooks.net/?q=nation, is this really what we intended to do?

Gays and lesbians have as much political power in California as in any state in America. If civil unions could have ever been a viable political compromise position, it would have been here. Any candidate who favours civil unions, is really saying that he favours the continual progress of this train toward the destination of same sex marriage, and perhaps even beyond to the ultimate radical goal of a completely non-gendered society.

This ruling gives the electorate the chance to gain genuine clarity from the candidates. The “I oppose same sex marriage, but favour civil unions,” position is the equivalent of “I’m personally opposed to abortion but support your right to have one.” It is a cowardly subterfuge that should no longer fool anyone.

Jennifer Roback Morse http://www.jennifer-roback-morse.com/index.html, Ph.D. is the author of Love and Economics: It Takes a Family to Raise a Villagehttp://www.jennifer-roback-morse.com/LE/index.html, newly reissued in paperback.

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3. Gairdner's Book Is Excellent For Those Interested In What's Wrong With Canada – May 24, 2008

The London Free Press
May 24, 2008
By Rory Leishman

William Gairdner is an extraordinarily accomplished political philosopher. Having first gained national prominence by competing for Canada at the 1964 Olympics, he returned to national attention in 1990 with the publication of his first book, The Trouble with Canada.

Gairdner followed up in 1992 with an international best seller, The War Against the Family: A Parent Speaks Out on the Political, Economic, and Social Policies That Threatens Us All. And now, five informative books later, he has come up with a wide-ranging collection of essays entitled, Oh, Oh Canada: A Voice From the Conservative Resistance.

Many Canadians entertain the fond supposition that Canada is, and always has been, a singularly virtuous nation. Gairdner harbours no such illusion. In Oh, Oh Canada, he notes that an estimated 1,800 blacks were held as slaves in Canada in 1780 and that more than a few of them sought refuge in Michigan, which had abolished slavery in 1775.

What about today's generation of Canadians? Are we not decidedly more virtuous than our ancestors?

Gairdner thinks not. He writes: "Future historians will surely wonder at our own tortuous moral and legal chicanery in granting modern mothers the legal 'right' to vacuum out – and even crush heads and tear limbs off – young babies in their own wombs."

Those same historians might well also marvel over the calamitous drop in fertility rates in Canada over the past 30 years. At just 1.54 children per woman, the current level is far below the rate of 2.1 needed to replace the population.

What has gone wrong? One obvious factor is the ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada in “Morgentaler”, 1988, which abolished all legal restrictions on abortion. As a direct result of this calamitous decision, the average annual death toll from abortion over the past 15 years has exceeded 100,000.

Gairdner contends that the developing demographic crisis in Canada is also related to the subversion of the natural family, the institution best suited to the nurturing of children. He writes: "Canada is now viewed by leftist radicals the world over as a model 'autonomist' nation, where the biological basis of society has been all but neutralized or eradicated in public policy."

In the past, Canada allowed husbands and wives to split incomes before taxation. By the end of the 1960s, radical feminists had persuaded the federal and provincial governments to treat spouses as autonomous individuals for tax purposes. Gairdner credits the present Conservative government with at least beginning the process of reversing this tax attack on the unity of the family.

Meanwhile, Gairdner deplores the allocation of billions of dollars of taxpayers' money to day-care programs that encourage parents to remove their children from the home. Years of research have conclusively established that widespread resort to professional child-care is neither good for children nor conducive to sustainable birth rates.

Gairdner is also concerned by the mounting legal attacks on the institution of marriage between a man and a woman, which culminated in the bizarre ruling last year by the Ontario Court of Appeal in the "three-parents case" that a child can legally have two lesbian mothers and a father. Gairdner warns: "This decision opened the door to legalized polygamy, and soon our Charter will be used specifically for this purpose, and then to defend such things as 'intergenerational sex' (a fancy term for pedophilia)."

Gairdner adds: "Just wait. In 1990, people thought that gay marriage was a ludicrous idea (let alone a right), and those who warned against it, such as this writer, were mocked as fear-mongers."

Gairdner insists that judicial activists have no right to usurp legislative powers. "And I would say this," he avows, "whether the courts were leftist or rightist, because the principle is dead wrong in and of itself, for it surrenders us to judicial oligarchy, of whatever stripe." Quite so.

Oh, Oh Canada is a most provocative and penetrating book. It is bound to appeal to all open-minded Canadians who cherish responsible government and freedom under law.

Rory Leishman
Author and Freelance Columnist
http://www.roryleishman.blogspot.com/

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4. Introduced Abortion Statistics 2005 Canada – May 25, 2008

Stats Can has just released the death toll from abortion for 2005. Every number on the page is a dead baby.  I'm sending the link in case you need it for media.

Thanks,

http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=82-223-X

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5. Latimer's Cause Is A Real Threat – May 22, 2008

Alex Schadenberg euthanasiaprevention@on.aibn.com
To: info@epcc.ca

Latimer's 'cause' is a real threat

National Post  *Published: Thursday, May 22, 2008

Re: Outside the Concrete Walls, May 21.

When Rebecca Beayni – a 25-year-old living with cerebral palsy who is unable to talk or walk – was awarded the city of Toronto Young Adult Award for Social Justice last year, there wasn't a mention of it in the Post. And to quote this article, Tracy Latimer "functioned at the level of a three-month-old." So does this mean that three-month-olds are expendable too?

I have a friend, Michael, with Tracy's condition, a man with severe cerebral palsy whom doctors predicted wouldn't live past 10 – he's now 36. He needs care in all aspects of life. He eats with a feeding tube. He has a particular love of music. Six years ago he danced for Pope John Paul II in front of an audience of millions. He's living a deeply meaningful life.

I'm able-bodied and able-minded, just like your reporters. With these tools I'm writing for my friends Rebecca and Michael, against the threat that Robert Latimer's "cause" poses to them and those whom their lives represent. My message to your readers: Wake up!

Deiren Masterson, Toronto.

Copyright © 2007 CanWest Interactive, a division of CanWest MediaWorks
Publications, Inc.. All rights reserved.

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6. Lifeissues.Net Newsletter #372 – May 25, 2008

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

Dear Friends for Life,

Peru Rejects Pro-abortion UNFPA Treaty: In December, the Peruvian National Congress, acting in full session, refused to ratify a pro-abortion, pro-homosexual U.N. convention. The "Ibero-American Convention on the Rights of Young People" had been formulated under the auspices of the pro-abortion UNFPA. It has been signed by several Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries. However, it has a number of very troubling provisions. One is that it would have essentially legalized homosexual marriage, grossly broadened the type and sweep of sex education, and for all practicable purposes guarantees a universal right to abortion. This treaty on the "rights of young people" has been thoroughly rejected by Peru.

South Korea – Girls Now Accepted: This nation, once one of Asia's most rigidly patriarchal societies is witnessing a major social change. Until recently, most abortions killed little girls, as boys were preferred. But a radical shift has occurred. As women move into the commercial work force, they have been increasingly accepted and valued. This is the first Asian nation to begin to reverse its male over female sex imbalance at birth. Fearing that the country's population will start to decline in another decade, its government has also initiated plans to spend large amounts of money promoting childbirth and related social safety nets. This is also a reversal of social policy, as not too many years ago, they were trying to limit families to two children.

The Culture of Death marches on as Luxembourg legalizes euthanasia. By a vote of 30 - 26 the Luxembourg Parliament is legalizing euthanasia. If this passes its second reading, which is anticipated, it will become the third country in the European Union to legalize.

God Bless, Jerry Novotny, OMI

Thought: "When we consider that women are treated as property, it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property, to be disposed of as we see fit." – Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Lifeissues.Net Newsletter #372 – May 25, 2008

Table Of Contents:
1. In One Year 66 Babies Survived Abortions In UK And Were Left To Die
2. Pope Benedict XVI Says Catholic Church Must Minister To Women After Abortions
3. MPs Back Hybrid Embryo Research
4. One-Fifth Of Japanese Population Aged 65 Or Older In Rapidly Aging Japan
5. New Report Urges The European Union To Support Pro-Natalist Policies
6. Preterm Birth And Abortion
7. MPs Reject Cut In Abortion Limit (24 Weeks)
8. Only Abstinence Until Marriage Offers A Real Guarantee Of Safe Sex
9. Step-By-Step Euthanasia Video Released
10. Zarelli, Other State Lawmakers Voice Opposition To Assisted Suicide Initiative
11. Mom Rejects Abortion After Down Syndrome Diagnosis
12. Pornography And Sex Trafficking

Focus On Asia: "China earthquake toll jumps again" – The death toll from the massive earthquake in South-west China rose again, as an official said more than five million buildings had collapsed. The vice-governor of Sichuan province said 55,239 people were now known to have died in the 12 May quake.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7416035.stm

Item #1. In One Year 66 Babies Survived Abortions In UK And Were Left To Die
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists suggested to doctors that babies over 22 weeks old who survive abortion be killed by lethal injection.

View full article at Catholic Online:
http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=26788

Item #2. Pope Benedict XVI Says Catholic Church Must Minister To Women After Abortions
Pope Benedict XVI told participants at a weekend conference that the Catholic Church has an obligation to minister to women who have been victimized by abortion. The Pope said abortion has left millions of women physically, emotionally and spiritually wounded and Catholics must reach out to them...Pope Benedict said Catholics have an obligation to reach out to women hurting after an abortion, saying they are "looking for peace and the possibility of recovery."

View full article at LifeNews.com: http://www.lifenews.com/int686.html

Item #3. MPs Back Hybrid Embryo Research
Legislation to widen the scope of medical research has cleared its first hurdle as a bid to ban hybrid human animal embryos was defeated by MPs.

View full text at BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7407589.stm

Item #4. One-Fifth Of Japanese Population Aged 65 Or Older In Rapidly Aging Japan
The number of elderly in Japan hit a record high of more than 27 million in 2007, the government reported Tuesday, warning of an imminent pension crisis and a widening gap between rich and poor as the country rapidly ages.

View full article at Pr-inside.com:
http://www.pr-inside.com/one-fifth-of-japanese-population-aged-r598332.htm

Item #5. New Report Urges The European Union To Support Pro-Natalist Policies
Abortion, together with cancer, emerges as the leading cause of death in Europe, with 1.2 million abortions each year, translating into one abortion every 27 seconds. The highest increase in abortion rates has been experienced by Spain, whose government has recently instituted many new social policies, including legalization of same-sex marriage.

To learn more see C-Fam:
http://www.c-fam.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=749&Itemid=102

Item #6. Preterm Birth And Abortion
The supporters of abortion on demand in the United States have always argued that abortion was a safe procedure. They have tended to limit their analysis of abortion complications to those that occur to the woman at the time of the abortion. They have refused to acknowledge the possibility of long-term negative effects from abortion. One of the long-term complications that might be caused by abortion is the possibility that the woman having an abortion is at increased risk for having a premature birth in a subsequent pregnancy.

See the full article at LifeIssues.net:
http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/air/air_vol20no2_20071.html

Item #7.  MPs Reject Cut In Abortion Limit
The upper time limit for abortions will remain at 24 weeks after MPs voted against proposals to reduce it.

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

Item #8. Only Abstinence Until Marriage Offers A Real Guarantee Of Safe Sex
Teens who engage in sexual activity risk all kinds of costly and detrimental outcomes not limited to STD (sexually transmitted diseases) infections, emotional and psychological harm, lower educational attainment and unmarried childbearing. All of these have direct impact on Medicare, Medicaid, government spending and the budget.

It is known that STDs infect about 12 million Americans per year, with 65,000 plagued with an incurable form (Centers for Disease Control). STDs can be a direct cause of infertility in both men and women.

Nearly half of all pregnancies as well as 1 million teen pregnancies (95 percent) are unintended (CDC), and there are approximately 40,000 new HIV infections per year.

An estimated 1.3 million babies die every year through abortion, and about 80 percent of all U.S. abortions are performed on unmarried women.

Full Article at Citizen-Times.com:
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880520038

Item #9. Step-By-Step Euthanasia Video Released
The video, Betty Cooks with Sodium, was filmed in Melbourne last week and shows the first of eight steps in the making of what the organisation calls a peaceful pill.

View entire text at Daily Telegraph:
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23543079-5001028,00.html

Item #10. Zarelli, Other State Lawmakers Voice Opposition To Assisted Suicide Initiative
Comment: Following the article, some wrote their opinion, one said, "How a person dies should be a personal decision." I think that statement is fairly typical and should not be ignored. True that we have a right to refuse medical treatment, but it is no longer just a personal decision when laws are changed to allow for medically ending a person's life. For starters, it puts the most vulnerable at great risk. – Cheryl, DHN

View entire text at TDN.com:
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/05/20/area_news/doc483318d29f55d128012543.txt

Item #11. Mom Rejects Abortion After Down Syndrome Diagnosis
In December, her doctor told her that prenatal tests indicated the child she was expecting in May would be born with Down syndrome, a genetic condition that stems from an extra chromosome and that impedes a child's physical, intellectual and language development. Only one year into her governorship and with four children at home already, a child with Down syndrome would present serious challenges. Studies in the late 90s showed that more than 80 percent of prenatal Down syndrome diagnoses end in abortion.

View entire text from WorldNetDaily:
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=64876

Item #12. Pornography And Sex Trafficking
California Assemblyman Charles Calderon estimates that people spend over $3,000 every second on adult entertainment and that there is a new adult video produced every 39 minutes. California lobbyists for the adult entertainment industry estimate that they employ 50,000 people and generate $4 billion a year. That multiple billion-dollar figure reveals a pivotal fact about obscenity and pornography. They're big bucks and big business.

Of course, we have laws on the books about obscenity and pornography, but, amazingly, obscenity is not taken seriously even by those legally charged with prosecuting offenders. So, while the Department of Justice is not looking, our homes are being invaded by offensive language, suggestive advertisements, blatantly obscene so-called "entertainment" and movie scenes that make "dirty dancing" seem tame.

Many people defend anyone's right to produce, distribute and consume obscene materials. They call us prudes when we object to the pornification of our culture. Evidently, they think it's cute when little children are sexualized. They are blasé at obscenity on television and in movies. They shrug their shoulders at people who have a foul mouth or tell offensive jokes and use crude, vulgar language.

They just don't understand the ramifications of cultural disintegration. Yet, those who know the facts understand that small seedlings of the obscene can grow into giant sequoias of criminal sex networks.

View entire article taken from CWA:
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/15208/BLI/dotcommentary/index.htm

You Can Change Society:
1. Be Informed: "My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge." Hosea 4:6. Visit Lifeissues.net Website for insights into current Life Issues www.lifeissues.net.
2. Pray Daily: for the courage to be God's presence in society and to strongly support those who are deemed "unworthy of life". "If My people who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14
3. Become Involved: "Journey for Life into the Heart of Asia" is a project, which appeals for donations to help finance plane travel for lectures and seminars to developing countries in Asia. Strong focus is placed on reaching Asian Catholic Major Seminaries, Universities, Parishes, Hospitals and Family/Pro Life related groups. The lectures place emphasis on "The Asian Family at Crossroads: Trends and Challenges". For inquires about no-cost Pro Life Talks to your group in Asia: contact Fr. Jerry at jerry@shirt.ocn.ne.jp . To become a supportive Missionary participant for this project in Asia, 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).

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

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.

May 22, 2008

Dear Mr. Wills:

I want to share a VERY special birth announcement with you!

Omar Demetrius White took his first breath outside of the womb on Monday, May 19, 2008 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, OH. Omar means “First Born Son”.

Omar was nearly aborted. Megan, his mother, had made an appointment at the Planned Parenthood abortion mill and had even given them a non-refundable deposit.

But Omar's life was saved because of our Urban Outreach project. In October, Arnold Culbreath, director of Protecting Black Life — an outreach of Life Issues Institute — spoke to Megan and several other African-American women at the local YWCA about abortion. Because of Arnold's presentation, Megan chose life for her baby! Sadly, because Megan's decision was contrary to the YWCA's philosophy on abortion, the caseworker was fired for allowing Arnold to come in and speak the truth!

Doing the right thing wasn't easy for Megan. Losing the non-refundable deposit given to Planned Parenthood was a financial hardship for her. As a result, the staff of Life Issues Institute pooled our resources and replaced it. But the reason this baby's life was saved was because Arnold and Life Issues Institute were able to reach Megan with the truth about abortion before it was too late.

Arnold and I visited Megan yesterday at the hospital, which happened to be Megan's 23 rd birthday. What a joy it was for each of us to hold that precious little baby! And Arnold acted just like a proud father!

I know you rejoice with us that Omar's life was spared. But so much more needs to be done to reach the black community with the facts about abortion. Please contact Arnold if you'd like to help save African-American babies in your community. He would love to help you!

Arnold M. Culbreath
Urban Outreach Director
Protecting Black Life
www.protectingblacklife.org
513.729.3600

Sincerely for Omar and ALL unborn babies,

Bradley Mattes
Executive Director
Life Issues Institute
www.lifeissues.org
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8. Pro-Life Pregnancy Centre Launches Legal Action, Needs Your Support Today – May 21, 2008

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9. Sacrificing Our Children For Same-Sex Marriage – May 21, 2008

QUEERLY BELOVED
Sacrificing our children for same-sex 'marriage'
Exclusive: Margret Kopala highlights research citing negative effect of anomalies on offspring

MARGRET KOPALA

Sacrificing our children for same-sex 'marriage'

Posted: May 21, 2008
1:00 am Eastern

By Margret Kopala
© 2008 

Explaining its recent decision to legalize same-sex " marriage," the Supreme Court of California rightly refrained from offering any judgment about it as policy; rather, the court limited its consideration to the constitutional validity of same-sex "marriage." But like Canadian same-sex "marriage" advocates, it erred when it compared the ban on same-sex "marriage" with the ban on interracial marriage that was overturned in 1948.

The issue is not who is allowed on the "bus," but rather, who is driving the bus. Few would allow the blind or otherwise incapacitated to do this job. Though marriage performs many functions, it is also society's premier institution for conceiving and nurturing children, and this involves gender specific roles. The bus being the family, the question becomes who should be its designated driver?

The argument placed by counsel for the Government of Alberta before Canada's Supreme Court in 2004 on this issue is even more to the point. Any change to the opposite sex requirement of marriage is a change to the nature of marriage itself, he said. Equality guarantees are not a vehicle for remaking fundamental social institutions in an effort to manage questions of social status and approval. Only by elevating incapacity to inequality does the gay marriage movement make any sense, he added.

In other words, interracial marriage doesn't change the institution. Same-sex "marriage" does.

Unlike Canada where parliamentarians muddled and the Supreme Court effectively decided the issue, Californians may soon have the opportunity to decide for themselves. With a sufficient number of signatures, an amendment to the state Constitution banning gay-marriage will appear on the ballot in November's election. A look at the larger picture and how same-sex "marriage" is playing out in Canada will prove illuminating for anyone concerned about this issue.

To read further, go to:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=64817

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10. Sample One-Day List Of Items From LifesiteNet – May 25, 2008

"Women Should Have the Right to Choose" says Head of UK Parliamentary Pro-Life Group

No Comment from Bishops as Cherie, wife of Former PM Blair, Touts Catholicism While Extolling Contraception

British MPs Defeat all Pro-Life Provisions in the HFE Bill

Abortion-Politician-Communion Scandal Shows Real Lack of Pastoral Concern – Editorial

Pro-Life Movement Offers Sen. Kennedy Prayers and Forgiveness as He Faces Potentially Fatal Brain Tumour

Archbishop Chaput to Obama Catholics: If You're Serious Catholics, You'll Be Serious About Making Your Candidate Pro-Life, Not Editing My Words

F.D.A. Delays Human Trials of Embyonic Stem Cell Research Treatment

US Court Rules Banning Partial Birth Abortions Performed "By Accident" Are Unconstitutional

Land of Anne of Green Gables, Prince Edward Island, Re-writes Laws To Recognize Same-Sex Marriage

Abortion Most Prevalent Among Women Aged 20 to 24 – Statistics Canada

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11. Thank God Some Politicians Are Still Awake Even If They Aren't Canadian – May 22, 2008

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12. This Final Ruling Is Effective Immediately In All Provinces Except British Columbia, Quebec And Newfoundland  –  May 15, 2008

http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=8cbd61ea-1c27-493e-81d3-d72d6c719d26
Morning-after pill approved for over-the-counter sales

Linda Nguyen
Canwest News Service

Thursday, May 15, 2008

OTTAWA – The emergency contraceptive pill Plan B will now be sold on the front shelves of Canadian pharmacies without any medical consultation after a landmark decision came down Thursday to make the drug more accessible.

In its final ruling, the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA) has given Plan B, or Levonorgestrel, full over-the-counter status.

This new status will make Canada the fifth country worldwide that allows women to go into any pharmacy and purchase the single dose pill without speaking to a pharmacist first. Plan B is already available without a prescription and a medical consultation in Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and India

"I could walk in today and get it," said Dr. Colleen Metge, an associate pharmacy professor at the University of Manitoba. "This is a good thing for women."

Plan B, also known as the morning-after pill, contains hormone progestin, the same ingredient as in regular birth control. It has an 89 per cent effective rate of preventing pregnancy if taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex. Side effects include nausea and vomiting. One dose costs $30.

In April 2005, the former prescription-only drug was given partial over-the-counter status in Canadian pharmacies, which made it available only to women who had a medical consultation with a pharmacist.

Since then, 638,000 units of the pill have been sold in Canada - double the number of sales compared to when it was only available with a prescription, according to IMS Health Canada, which tracks drug sales in the country.

"Women just don't want to or be forced to discuss their personal lives with a pharmacist," said Metge who is happy that the last of the barriers to women purchasing or using the drug have been knocked down. "They want to be able to take charge of their own lives. They should be able to get the pill because it is for an emergency. It's the last chance women have to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. There's no reason not to do this since the pill is so safe and effective."

Metge said the reason why some pharmacists are so adamantly against this decision may be tied to a loss of fees they used to be able to collect if they provided a consultation prior to distributing Plan B. 

But Janet Cooper of the Canadian Pharmacists Association said Thursday the issue is not over money, but over the fact that most women are misinformed about the pill and should speak to a professional before taking it.

"We are disappointed with the decision because we really don't believe it is in the best interest for women. It will not improve their knowledge and certainly not improve access to the pill," she said.

Cooper argued that in the past, pharmacists were able to "bridge the gap" between patients and doctors and were able to answer any questions women had with taking the pill, flag a woman if she was taking it often, and provide advice or refer them to a physician if needed.

"This is particularly important for teenage girls. For it to be out there with the condoms or the Tylenol sends a message that this is not a big deal," Cooper said. "It is."

She said pharmacists have been reporting that some women have been using the drug incorrectly, for instance, wanting to use it after the time period it's most effective or when they missed one contraceptive pill and aren't at great risk for unwanted pregnancy.

Yet Andree Poirier, of the Federation of Medical Women of Canada, said fears that women will be using the pill in place of their regular contraception are often unfounded.

"Women know best when they need this product. They should have this product available easily and not feel they are being labelled or reprimanded for taking this in an emergency situation," she said. "If a 14-year-old girl is having sexual relations and had an accident, where a condom broke or she forgot to take a contraceptive pill, and she's smart enough to get Plan B, then it should be accessible to her."

This final ruling is effective immediately in all provinces except British Columbia, Quebec and Newfoundland.

• In B.C. and Newfoundland, there will be a waiting period of up to three months.
• In Quebec, Plan B is still only available with a prescription.

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13. We Are Failing To Understand God's Glorious Plan For Human Sexuality – May 27, 2008

Friday Five – Christopher West
Citizensforum.com
by Jennifer Mesko, managing editor

'We are failing to understand God's glorious plan for human sexuality.'

Christopher West has taken his message of biblical sexuality to four continents, nine countries and 150 U.S. cities. He is a research fellow and faculty member of the Theology of the Body Institute.

He recently visited Focus on the Family and took a few minutes to talk with CitizenLink.

1. What is the Theology of the Body?

Theology of the Body is a collection of 129 talks by the late John Paul II. It's a thoroughly biblical reflection — over 1,000 verses of Scripture — to give us the biblical vision of our creation as male and female. Why did God create us as male and female? Why does He call the two to be one flesh? What is God's plan for marriage? It's not just for married people. If you have a body, this theology applies to you.

2. You have said that if the task of the 20th century was to rid itself of the Christian sexual ethic, the task of the 21st must be to reclaim it. Explain what you mean by that and what that might entail for Christians.

The 20th century began with a Victorian prudishness. This is not a healthy approach to the body. In the span of 100 years, we went to the other extreme, where there's just this blatant indulgent of lust. We live in a pornographic culture. The result has been a culture of death and degradation. We are killing 4,000 babies a day in this country. The root of this problem is really of a sexual nature: We are failing to understand God's glorious plan for human sexuality.

It is the sexual relationship that builds families. Families build neighbourhoods. Neighbourhoods build communities. Communities build cities. Cities build states, and states build nations. And nations shape the world. When the union of man and woman is distorted, it will build a very distorted culture. When the union of man and woman is founded on these biblical principles, it will build a culture of love and life.

If we are to build a true Christian culture, we must reclaim the Christian sexual ethic. What is needed is a bold, biblical vision that demonstrates the beauty of God's plan for human sexuality and the joy of living it.

3. We see countless policy battles that promote the further normalization of homosexuality in American society. How does this message relate to homosexuality?

This teaching, Theology of the Body, is founded on the words of Christ, when the Pharisees come to Jesus to question Him about man and woman's relationship. Jesus says, "Moses allowed divorce because of the hardness of our hearts, but in the beginning, it was not so." Those words — "in the beginning, it was not so" — are critical if we are to understand the biblical vision of sexuality. If there's anything we can say about homosexuality, it's this: "In the beginning, it was not so. Haven't you read, that in the beginning, God made them male and female and called the two to become one flesh?" Theology of the Body is a reflection on God's design for the union of the sexes. We can understand what His plan is by looking at what He created.

Whatever our sexual distortions might be, whether it's homosexuality or anything else, Christ can redeem us. He can heal us. He can empower us to be the men and women we're really created to be.

4. How has a misguided or muddled understanding of human sexuality led to cultural breakdown, particularly in the policy realm?

If our society has a cancer, we have to treat that cancer at the cellular level. What's the fundamental cell of society? It's the family. What is the nucleus of the cell? What is the very core of the family? What's the origin of the family? The intimate embrace of a husband and wife. That's where babies come from. This is not only a biological truth; it's a theological truth. It points to God and his mystery of love and his plan for our lives. If that nucleus, if that cell, is harmed, is distorted, is diseased, the whole body, the whole civilization, will be diseased. Restoration of God's plan for marriage and family is critical if we are to rebuild civilization.

Rick Santorum, former senator of Pennsylvania, said it well — In the political world, there is a battle for two different visions of happiness. One says this: Happiness will come when we separate sex from its most natural consequence: the family. A whole system of issues and public policies and laws are founded upon on safeguarding this vision. The other vision: Human happiness comes from the most fundamental building block of our relationships, which is family, from the link between the sexual embrace and procreation.

Anyone out there who embraces those sacrifices can also attest that real, genuine human happiness comes from embracing those challenges, from embracing those bonds that unite us. We need to fight for laws, for public policies, that safeguard that interconnection of sexuality, marriage and family life.

5. The culture often appears to be corrupt and depraved beyond redemption. Do you see hope for cultural change?

The world is looking pretty grim; it's looking pretty dark. But the darker it gets, the brighter the light shines. We as Christians, we are people of great hope, because we know that death is not the final word. There is also resurrection. I believe that there will be a collapse of this culture of death, if it takes its natural course. From the ashes will rise up a culture of life.

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