(Prolifer)ations 8-31-10

as featured on Jill Stanek.com
by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN

• Fr. Frank Pavone reminds us that even though many will suggest pro-lifers “agree to disagree” with pro-choicers, “abortion is not about beliefs; it’s about bloodshed. It’s not about viewpoints, it’s about victims.”
• Pro-Life Action League notes 39 states now have parental involvement laws and points to a Ms. Magazine blog which described AK’s recent passage as “unfortunate.” This view, according to PLAL, “sums up the attitude of radical feminists, Planned Parenthood, the ACLU and others who seek the breakdown of the traditional family.”
• Bryan Kemper blogs about Planned Parenthood WI’s 75th birthday celebration, promoted by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
• Mommy Life discusses the latest reports on the drop in the US birth rate, and notes the 2009 rate was the lowest in a century.
• Wesley J. Smith discusses an article suggesting that doctors’ religious beliefs (or lack thereof) can affect ethical decisions surrounding terminally ill patients. While noting the proponents of assisted suicide tend to be atheist or Unitarian, Smith believes “what matters is that [each doctor] accepts human exceptionalism and adheres to the Hippocratic tradition of valuing each individual patient equally, giving each optimal care, and never participating in the intentional taking of human life.”

Peter Singer hosts conference on abortion inspired by President Obama

Open Hearts, Open Minds and Fair Minded Words is the name of the conference that will be hosted in October by Princeton University. Sounds good, huh? The topic abortion. Let's look at the organizing committee first....two names jump out at you. Frances Kissling, Yikes and Peter Singer!!! Double Yikes!!! Singer advocates infanticide for babies born with disabilities. From his book Rethinking Life and Death he states

"Since neither a newborn human infant nor a fish is a person, the wrongness of killing such beings is not as great as the wrongness of killing a person."

So if he is part of the organizing  committee, I am very suspicious. I look at the speaker list and do not see any well known speakers. Yes, there is Kristen Day from Dems for Life but she lost credibility when she sold out to Obamacare and tried in vain to protect the Dems who caved.

 Then I see another committee member and speaker....Frances Kissingler of Catholics for Choice (an oxymoron) I  examine her bio and in part it reads..." Her primary interest is the development of a new ethic of abortion that seeks to infuse the traditional feminist approach to abortion as a human right with a commitment to personal responsibility and respect for the value of fetal life." Now what does that mean in real terms...that we are to show respect for the fetus(offspring)  that is about to be dismembered....like the gladiators...those who are about to die salute you or the Peta training one friend went through where they were taught to show respect for the animals they were about to kill.

We oppose abortion because it takes the life of a defenseless human being.  You can pretty it up all you want and talk about the feelings and the plight of the woman. I get that. But the end result is that someone dies here and in a cruel manner. I often wonder if we would put convicted criminals to death in the same manner what kind of outcry we would have. The gist of Roe Vs. Wade was that the woman has dominion over the life in her womb. Her choice to destroy.

They said that this conference was inspired by the words of Obama when he addressed Notre Dame at their commencement. Oh to be inspired by the president who voted against the ban on partial birth abortion and that babies that survived botched abortions should be shelved to die without medical intervention and care because it would place a burden on the mother who made the decision to end the life.  Yes, the one who said babies were a punishment. Oh for such inspiration!

I would love to see honest work on this, but the bridge between life and death is too far. When we use euphemisms and lofty ideas to justify dismembering  human lives  regardless of their disability or wishes of the mother;  we know that this conference is an attempt by the culture of death to try to gain some respect!  They can read the polls and they know they are in trouble. I wonder who is funding this conference?

Issues to be explored:

•  Emerging opportunities to bridge the abortion divide
•  Moral status of the fetus
•  Whether some reasons for abortion exacerbate discrimination against persons
•  When might a fetus feel pain and what should we do about it
• How far the right of conscientious refusal extends
•  Should abortion be a matter for the courts or the legislatures

Catholic College Keeps Pro-Abortion Links Up Despite 15,000 Complaints

 Once again, parents sacrifice to send their daughters to college and then find out this....this college is located in Milwaukee, WI

from: Dallas/Ft. Worth Catholic.org

August 30, 2010

McKinney, TX  (MetroCatholic) — Well over 15,000 students and parents have politely requested that Alverno College, a Catholic college founded by the School Sisters of St. Francis, delete several web site links that channel students to abortion advocacy groups. However, despite the large number of complaints the links remain up and running.

Pro-abortion groups listed include the Center for Reproductive Health, National Organization for Women (NOW), EMILY’s List, and many more.

“You can’t be a true Catholic and at the same time favor abortion,” said TFP Student Action director John Ritchie. “It betrays the very mission of a Catholic institution. So, we’ve decided to intensify our prayers and protest until all the pro-abortion links are gone.”

One of the groups linked to Alverno College’s web site is called Radical Women. This organization bills itself as “a trailblazing socialist feminist organization,” and its web site not only promotes communist ideology and homosexual vice, but also the brutal abortion procedure known as partial birth abortion.

After TFP Student Action started its peaceful protest in June, Alverno College merely removed a few links and posted a disclaimer stating: “The views expressed in these weblinks do not necessarily reflect the views of the Alverno College Research Center for Women and Girls.”

However, according to TFP spokesman John Ritchie, “the disclaimer is just window dressing.”

Two Catholic institutions, Rosemont College and the University of Detroit Mercy, recently took down links to pro-abortion groups that were listed on their web sites. Yet Alverno College has not done so thus far.

TFP Student Action is asking its members to “speak out against this scandal” and sign an online protest addressed to Dr. Mary Meehan, president of Alverno College. The petition is available at:www.tfpstudentaction.org.

Tennessean: Tennessee enmeshed in embryonic stem cell fight

Sunday's Tennessean featured this article on ESCR . Vanderbilt is on one side wanting federal money for their research. No mention of the fact that private funding is allowed. It is federal money they really want because once you turn on that facet, it never seems to get turned off.

 The article did mention in Dickey Wicker Amendment that originated in 1995 under Clinton but failed to mention that Obama signed the annual appropriations bill  including the Dickey Amendment two days after his much heralded Executive Order allowing for federal funding. It is almost comical that two days after the infamous EO he signed a bill that upheld the provision that federal funding NOT be used to destroy embryos for research. No one argues that the embryo is destroyed to get the stem cells but the govt. and those who seek to profit from it like Vanderbilt want to argue that the amendment does not apply to research on embryonic stem cells because they are not embryos. The good judge sees it differently.

"After filing a federal lawsuit 18 months ago, the Tennessee-based Christian Medical and Dental Association and others involved in the suit are cheering the recent court injunction as a victory on moral ground. "It's not a matter of if we should be doing regenerative medicine research; it is a question of where we get the stem cells," said Dr. David Stevens, chief executive officer of the representative group for 17,000 medical professionals, headquartered in Bristol in the northeast corner of Tennessee. "We crossed the line of ethical medicine." Opponents believe destroying an embryo to harvest its stem cells is the equivalent of taking a human life. They point to adult stem cells, taken from a living donor, as a more ethical alternative."

"Many opponents of embryonic stem cell research, including the National Embryo Donation Center in Knoxville, believe scientists should focus on developing cures from adult stem cells. They also support studying induced pluripotent cells, which are adult stem cells modified to behave like embryonic ones."Adult and induced pluripotent stem cells are now being used to treat or investigate more than 70 disease conditions, compared to only one clinical trial with embryonic stem cells," said Dr. Jeffrey Keenan, medical director of the National Embryo Donation Center. That clinical trial, involving therapy for spinal cord injuries, began last year."

Robertson County TN announces essay contest for grades 6-8

ROBERTSON COUNTY  TN RIGHT TO LIFE ANNOUNCES ESSAY CONTEST FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 6-8

200-400 WORDS

PREFER TYPED SUBMISSIONS

CASH PRIZES

DEADLINE: OCTOBER 1, 2010

SUBJECT

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SEND ENTRIES TO:

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WHITE HOUSE, TN 37188

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Movies glamorizing mommies without daddies via artificial insemination...is this the latest trend??

Today's paper had an article discussing the latest fad or trend of single career women in their 40's deciding to go forward with parenthood,  but in an unusual way. They are opting for artificial insemination that coincidentally is being made popular by two movies, The Switch with Jennifer Anniston and Back Up Plan with Jennifer Lopez. This reports makes light of the fact that these children will more likely than not be raised in a single parent home unless the mother marries, and ignores all the evidence that state that the father is critical to the welfare of the child regardless of sex.

"Dad is Destiny. More than virtually any other factor, a father's presence in the family will determine a child's success and happiness." -U.S. News and World Report, Feb. 27, 1995

"A father brings unique contributions to the job of parenting that a mother cannot."

-Harvard University study-

"The research is very clear . . . The # 1 role model in a child's life is their father!"

-Dr. Phil McGraw-

This article even chastises Bill O' Reilly for saying   that Anniston casual statement that women don't have to fiddle with a man to have a child. He called her words "destructive to our society," concerned that Aniston was spreading a message to young girls that they don't need a dad. He is absolutely correct.
An excerpt reports concerns:

"However, a June report titled "My Daddy's Name Is Donor" by the Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American Values surveyed 485 adults ages 18 to 45 who said their mother used a sperm donor to conceive them. Among other findings, the report states that young adults conceived through sperm donation experience struggles with their origins and identities and that family relationships are often characterized by confusion, tension and loss."

TN: Woman injects salt water in son's feeding tube to hasten death suffers from Munchausen by proxy

A sad and disturbing story in today's paper about a disturbed mother who injected salt water into her infant son’s feeding tube in an effort to poison hi. She pleaded guilty but mentally ill  to aggravated assault.
Amber Brewington, 23, of Duck River, Tenn., will spend five to 15 years in a mental facility. She stated she was trying to speed up the death of her ill child.  Now the child is  is partially blind and suffers from mild cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, has water on the brain and has suffered stroke. This is reported to be a result of the poisoning.

"Brewington’s son was originally taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., for treatment of salmonella but came to develop other symptoms which authorities now believe were the result of sodium poisoning induced by his mother. He was transferred to Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh where doctors diagnosed the poisoning."

"A psychiatrist testified then that Brewington suffered from Munchausen by proxy syndrome, in which a caregiver tries to cause illness or injury to generate sympathy. Brewington also had borderline personality disorder and suicidal thoughts, the psychiatrist said."

A TN couple is seeking to adopt the child.

What's in a name??

Something caught my eye this AM...an ad for abortion mills in CA called Her Smart Choice. Subliminal message....abortion is the smart choice for unplanned pregnancy. But of course it is your decision...they start off with the usual dribble saying it can be one of life's most difficult choice....why I thought it was the smart choice?  Hard to be smart, I guess.  Then they go on to explain that in CA parents do not have to consent to a minor child's abortion so we will keep your secret from your parents...another smart choice, I guess.

Also interesting  is that they offer PE which stands for presumptive eligibility program which  is financed by Med Cal that provides "temporary" abortion care  immediately and free for those who qualify. So my first thought is what is temporary about abortion.? It is a permanent decision that cannot be reversed. So they presume you are eligible and give you a free abortion and find a way to charge the state....especially those minors. No wonder the state is broke.

 They also brag that their clinic is different from others... .it is clean....wow what a relief!




While saying how safe this all is they end with the  usual things to watch for following the procedure and discharge instructions and a number of their answering service  to call for complications and since you are so important they will make "reasonable"efforts  to return your call but end with this bolded warning.

REMEMBER, IF YOU SEEK MEDICAL CARE ELSEWHERE, WE CANNOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF OTHERS OR THE RESULT.

Her smart choice??? I don't think so.


 

WA TIMES EDITORIAL : Regulating abortion clinics Virginia AG Cuccinelli tries to clean up a dirty business

 Good editorial in Washington Times on this issue

The usual tactic of getting around having to regulate their abortuary is to say that it is a doctor's office that does many things and just one of those include abortions. They may advertise that they do well women checkups, birth control, and STD testing as well. There is no doubt that abortions are their main business but with no inspection that has to be proven. In TN, the courts have declined to enter into the fray that the majority of their business constitutes abortion and ACLU is quick to protect them from mandatory regs. so in abortions mills it is let the buyer beware!

From the editorial:

"Liberals usually want to regulate everything that breathes, moves, burns, flows or produces. When it comes to abortion mills, however, the same leftists scream bloody murder - not against killing babies, but against daring to regulate the practice even for the mother's safety."

"Those who oppose this regulatory authority haven't explained how ensuring safety could be unlawful."

Rassmussen reports stunning reversal: 57% of voters oppose taxpayer funded embryonic stem cell research

Rassmussen reports stunning reversal: 57% of voters oppose taxpayer funded embryonic stem cell research

(Prolifer)ations 8-27-10

From Jill Stanek.com

by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN

• Bryan Kemper promotes the upcoming Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity on October 19, giving attention to the 4K babies a day who are silenced by abortion.
• Genuine GOP Mom posts an article (originally appearing at NewsRealBlog) discussing how Catholics for Choice sided with the Empire State Building’s refusal to honor Mother Teresa’s birthday.
• Ethika Politika notes the confusion which seems to surround IVF and asks whether, in such a case, life actually begins at conception.
• 40 Days for Life shares exciting news about their biggest campaign yet (new cities, more US locations, and more countries) in 2010.
• Generations for Life showcases Chicago’s screening and DVD sale of Blood Money with this trailer:

 

Update and Praise...Pastor Joshua being fed orally

Thank you to everyone who has done something to help Pastor Joshua (Kulendran Mayandy). If you have not followed the story closely, the article that was printed in the Brampton Guardian is included with this email.

After meetings yesterday with our legal counsel, several doctors and a lawyer from the Christian Legal Fellowship, a major breakthrough happened today. The court appointed Substitute Decision Maker (SDM) has given permission for a nurse, who is a member of the Church, to feed Joshua orally.

Today Joshua was fed orally and I was told it went very well.

We thank the SDM for this wise decision  but we remain cautious. This is incredible news but we recognize that an opposite decision may be made at any time.

The decision on August 13, 2010 by the Consent and Capacity Board stated:

"If the attending physician determines that his condition sufficiently improves to the point that aggressive care becomes appropriate, and proposes such treatments, nothing precludes (the SDM) from consenting to same."

Now that Joshua has proven that he is capable of swallowing while being orally fed, how can anyone deny him this basic necessity of life?

The final hope is that Joshua will get the opportunity to recover. Today I received an article by email describing how a man in the UK has totally recovered from a massive stroke. I have no idea whether Joshua could recover to that point, but I think he should be given the chance.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7966357/Pensioner-tells-how-he-beat-locked-in-syndrome-after-massive-stroke.html

Alex Schadenberg

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca

Donations to the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/Donations.htm

We will laught at anything these days because nothing is off limits anymore

 Family Guy will release its DVD entitled Partial Terms of Endearment  for sale on Sept. 28th.They proudly put on the cover " Banned from TV." They are proud of it. Makes for more sales, don't ya know.
This article spells out how there is nothing off limits anymore. We can laugh at anything....wonder how Family Guy would handle the Holocaust, or the 911 attack? As the article points out, if they  can find humor in suctioning out body parts of babies...they can find humor in anything. Gallows humor, I think they call it.

Some real side splitting excerpts:

Oh, it's a big decision, Peter readily acknowledges. "But life is FULL of big decisions — like deciding whether or not to have Indian food."

At one point, Peter (voiced by MacFarlane) watches an anti-abortion video, whose speaker declares, "Science has proven that within hours of conception, a human fetus has started a college fund and has already made your first Mother's Day card out of macaroni and glitter."

Stem Shell Game Exposed: Obama signs bill blocking federal funding of ESCR two days after he signed EO allowing ESCR

 Monday August 23, 2010
from Life Training Institute

http://lti-blog.blogspot.com/

Excellent article
 
 Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. issued an injunction on the use of federal funding for embryo-destructive stem cell research.

The New York Times’ (for one example) reaction to the announcement was one of stunned indignation: "The ruling came as a shock to scientists at the National Institutes of Health and at universities across the country, which had viewed the Obama administration’s new policy and the grants provided under it as settled law."

What the Times failed to note in its story was that Judge Lamberth was not the first federal official to strike a legal blow against President Barack Obama's stem cell "policy" and thereby block federal funding of embryo destructive stem cell research. The first such move actually occurred on March 11, 2009. That move was made by ... President Barack Obama. The fact is that Judge Lamberth's ruling is perfectly consistent with the law. While the administration, with great public fanfare, claimed to have "lifted the ban" on ESCR with his March 9, 2009 Executive Order (EO), Mr. Obama quietly overrode his own EO just two days later when he re-signed (as has every president since 1996) the Dickey-Wicker Amendment to a federal appropriations bill (as Scott noted in his post on the subject). The Dickey-Wicker Amendment bans public funding of research that destroys human embryos. Mr. Obama signed it. He didn't call a big press conference to herald the occasion because doing so would not fit the narrative he is trying to sell about his forward looking faith in science as opposed to the Luddite opponents of ESCR. The dirty little secret here is that the stem cell research EO Mr. Obama and those who are carrying his water have called "policy" and referred to as "settled law" is a hollow document that carries no legal force. His signing of the Dickey-Wicker Amendment into law is binding and the unquestionable basis on which Judge Lamberth rendered his decision. The reality of that fact is something pro-lifers need to soak in. Though it is becoming a fading memory, it serves to remind us of another EO Mr. Obama issued during the health care debate. In exchange for the votes of so-called "pro-life" Democrats, Mr. Obama issued an EO proclaiming there would be no federal funding of abortion in the health care bill. They bought it. He signed it. And now we are left with an EO on abortion that contains the same amount of legal power we find in his EO on stem cell research. None.

Abortion advocates stoke fears in Virginia

By: Cheryl K. Chumley
Special to The Examiner

A controversy is brewing in Virginia over the future fate of a woman’s right to choose, but criticisms from the pro-choice crowd are largely unfounded – and some may have even taken a sharp turn down Crazy Lane.

Explaining that abortion is a court-ruled woman’s right that should not be infringed is one argument. Telling the attorney general of Virginia to “get your cross out of my crotch,” according to this rant from the aptly named EnoughisEnough1 – if it’s not been deleted, it’s at the bottom of the Washington Post blog entry -- is quite different and really, one has to wonder what medicines have gone missing from that commenter’s cabinet. Does that really help the pro-choice cause?

The comments stem from a recent opinion of the attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli that states the Commonwealth “has the authority to promulgate regulations for facilities in which first trimester abortions are performed, as well as for providers of first trimester abortions, so long as the regulations adhere to constitutional limitations.” From that come headlines like “Cuccinelli goes after state abortion providers” or claims, like the one from NARAL Pro-Choice America, that Cuccinelli is taking on abortion providers with the ultimate goals of closing abortion clinics.

The truth, however, is far less shocking.

Cuccinelli’s opinion simply states the state has the right, as based on analysis of legal precedents, to regulate the safety and medical practices of abortion clinics and physicians who perform the procedure – in a manner that’s similar to how other medical facilities in the commonwealth are monitored. For instance, right now in Virginia, “first-trimester abortions are not required to be performed in licensed hospitals” that are subject to state standards for staffing, for sterile equipment, for how operations are conducted, according to Cuccinelli’s opinion. A facility can dodge state licensing requirements completely by simply calling itself a physician’s office and providing solely services that focus on reproduction.

That may be a plus for women seeking speedy access to abortions, but if safety and welfare of the patient is also a health care priority, suddenly Cuccinelli’s opinion doesn’t seem so radical.

NARAL would have the public believe that 17 of the 21 state clinics that offer abortion services would close, due to Cuccinelli’s opinion and ensuing new regulations that could result. But if that’s true – isn’t that just making the case that these clinics are presently sub-par in the area of health standards?

Read more at the Washington Examiner:

Liberal evangelical Jim Wallis admits to $$ from pro-abort billionaire George Soros

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, 2010/Christian Newswire --

Evangelical left voice Jim Wallis, who has boasted of his ties to the Obama administration, finally has admitted that his "progressive Christian" Sojourners movement has received funding from leftist billionaire George Soros' Open Society Institute.

According to WORLD magazine, Soros, an atheist billionaire who has financed groups promoting abortion, atheism, and same-sex marriage, bankrolled Sojourners with a$200k grant in 2004. Since then Sojourners has received at least 2 more grants from Soros organizations altogether totaling $325k, the most recent in 2007. Sojourners revenues have more than tripled -- from $1,601,171 in 2001-2002 to $5,283,650 in 2008-2009.

Wallis originally rebutted a criticism of "religious progressives" for being allied with Soros in 2005: "I know of no connections to those liberal funds and groups that are as direct as the Religious Right's ties to right-wing funders." Earlier this month in Patheos, Wallis wrote, "No, we don't receive money from George Soros."

Google searches stats compare with abortion rates!

 How interesting.....Google searches for the word abortion is linked to actual abortion rates per this  article.

Now why would this be? The internet does not give reliable information all the time. The article  felt that in areas where abortion was restricted or not readily available that the internet was the search engine needed to find access.

I am amazed at how many people ask serious medical questions via the internet in different chat venues. They take advice from strangers! Does this mean that they do not trust their docs to give them information or are too embarrassed to ask some questions of their doctor. I can see why a google search on abortion might be a first step in thinking through their options.

"The findings are the result of research at the Children's Hospital in Boston, which analyzed a year's worth of abortion statistics within 50 US states and 37 countries. It compared them to Google's data on the volume of abortion searches from those same countries."

This shows why the pro life movement must be on the internet with their options, information and help lines. I think they are pretty good in that area but we always need to do better in reaching out especially in states such as mine (TN) where informed consent is not mandated.

Update: Dehydration of Pastor Joshua Day 9

After a long discussion with our legal counsel concerning the possible legal avenues that we could take to stop the dehydration of Joshua (Kulendran Mayandi) the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition has determined that a legal action is possible.

For those who have not followed the story of Joshua, he is a pastor of a small pentecostal church in Brampton Ontario who is currently in the Brampton Civic Hospital (William Osler Health Centre) where IV fluids, nutrition and medicine has been completely withdrawn since August 17.

Links to the back story here  and here

 

The problem is that the cost of a legal intervention, which may or may not be successful, is significant and the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition needs to know if we will have the financial support of our donors and members to go ahead with this endeavour?

Our original goal was to convince the court appointed Substitute Decision Maker (SDM) to change his mind and have the IV re-inserted.

Time is running out. If action is not taken soon, Joshua will begin to die.

You need to know that Joshua was a loved pastor. The members of the Church have been with him constantly.

If you are willing to help please email me your commitment. If you decide to make a donation today you can do so by contacting the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition at: 1-877-439-3348 or online at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/Donations.htm

If you haven't sent a letter in support of Joshua yet send letters and emails to:

Brampton Civic Hospital - email: communications@oslerhc.org or call the Communications Hotline at: 905-494-2120, ext. 22505.

Consent and Capacity Board of Ontario - email: ccb@ontario.ca,  Phone: 416-327-4142, Fax: 416-924-8873.

Letters to the editor - Brampton Guardian: letters@thebramptonguardian.com

Alex Schadenberg

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

Phone: 1-877-439-3348

Email: euthanasiaprevention@on.aibn.com

Website: www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca

ALL: The fatal formula

Excellent and well done. A must see.

Susan B. Anthony president Marjorie Dannenfelser puts NARAL VA’s Tarina Keene on the defensive over clinic regualtions

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition :Dying of Thirst:Joshua (Kulendran Mayandi)

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition posts this update. Pastor Joshua needs our prayers.

(Prolifer)ations 8-24-10

from Jill Stanek.com
by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN

• Wesley J. Smith points out a New York Times column which condemns health care rationing “fear mongers” while advocating for health care rationing. Pathetic, but hilarious.

• Barbara at Mommy Life discusses her boycott efforts after receiving the latest list of Planned Parenthood corporate supporters from Life Decisions Int’l. Some companies responded to the list, stating they do not support PP directly – but they support charities like Komen’s Race for the Cure, which funds PP.
• Bryan Kemper discusses a “pro-choice” reminiscent article on a Christian website from someone who claims to be opposed to abortion but resists being called “pro-life.” Bryan responds, “It seems to me that you say you’re against abortion but you would rather not have to act on it so you just make false, outrageous claims against the pro-life movement.”
• Andy at Star Studded Superstep contrasts the outrage toward aborting calves in New Zealand with the apathy toward aborting 18k humans annually.
• ProWomanProLife asks, “when does motherhood begin?”
• Pro-Life Action League reports on the ACLU’s mixed messages regarding abortion, free speech, and parental notification.

VA: Abortion facilites must be regulated : Abortion industry $$ objects

Virginia, Attorney General Ken Cuccinell has issued an opinion that abortion facilities should be regulated reports the Washington Post.

"The state has long regulated outpatient surgical facilities and personnel to ensure a certain level of protection for patients,'' he said. "There is no reason to hold facilities providing abortion services to any lesser standard for their patients. Even pharmacies, funeral homes, and veterinary clinics are regulated by the state."

"Abortion providers fear that clinics won't be able to afford the costs of making the changes and will shut down or increase their prices. Keene said if the Board of Health imposes the restrictions, 17 of the 21 abortion providers in the state would most likely have to close their doors."

Good for Va, TN needs to follow suit. Just imagine that in VA 17 out of 21 providers would not meet the standards that even vet offices must meet. The abortion industry $$ cares about the safety and health of women....NOT.  They should welcome this instead of fighting it. This tells a lot about them, doesn't it?
In TN, when they try to get the abortion facilities regulated, the ACLU goes to court to help them fight against it  and to date they have been successful.  You would be safer in the vets office.

Judge rules that federal finding cannot be used for embryonic stem cell research

Wonderful ruling  discussed in this article from Politico.
Some excerpts:

"A federal judge on Monday issued a temporary ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, sidetracking President Barack Obama’s executive order which had expanded federal funding for human stem cell research last year."

"U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth ruled that the order, which Obama signed in March 2009, violated a federal law that prohibits the use of federal funds for research practices that result in the destruction of a human embryo."

"According to the ruling, the Dickey-Wicker Amendment, which Congress passed in 1996, clearly prohibits the use of federal funds for stem cell research, regardless of whether the stage of research directly involves the destruction of an embryo."

"The ruling stems in part from an appeal by Nightlight Christian Adoptions, a nonprofit group that advocates for adoption of “snowflake babies” – children born from stored, fertilized human embryos. The group had argued that Obama’s executive order was illegal, and that embryonic stem cell research reduces the number of children available for adoption"

This does not mean that embryonic stem cell research can still be done with private funding. I am sure they will not be happy since it is the  public monies that they desire.