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Volume 22, Number 2
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March-April
2011
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Demographic Catastrophe
According to John Rhys-Davies, “There is a demographic catastrophe happening in Europe that nobody wants to talk about, that we dare not bring up because we are so cagey about offending people racially. By 2020, 50% of the children in Holland, under the age of eighteen, will be of Muslim descent. Currently about 50 million Muslims are living in Europe, accounting for the biggest ethnic influx into modern Europe. Combine the two events of Europe’s “birth dearth” and Muslim in migration, and …This is changing the very complexion of Western civilization with different cultural values, then it is something we really ought to discuss. True democracy has come from the Greco-Judeo-Christian western experience. If we lose these things, this will be a catastrophe for the world.
Philippines: Abortion Battle to Resume
Planned Parenthood types, well funded by international organizations, will attempt once again to ram pro-abortion legislation through the Philippine parliament. On the Pro-Life side are those who strongly object to the use of “human pesticides” to control the population (incidentally supported by US money).
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Romanian March for Life
The Provita Movement in Romania is thriving, in March this year there were three cities with simultaneous gatherings, the capital Bucharest as well as Timisonara and in Satu Mare.
YouTube Censors Pro-Life Video
A video depicting the Catholic funeral and burial ceremonies of abortion victims has been censored by the video-sharing site, YouTube. This five-minute film, Requiem for the Disappeared, detailes the burial of the remains of 23 unborn children whose bodies were salvaged last year from dumpsters behind an abortion chamber in Michigan. This is the third such video removed by YouTube.
Belgium March for Life
Last year a group of students sponsored their first March for Life. This year the march was repeated and was double the size of the first, this has added significance because Brussels is the European capital, it hosts the European Parliament and the EU.
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The Boycott List
Life Decisions International has released a new edition of this list. It identifies corporations that are boycott targets due to their support of Planned Parenthood. “As a direct result of the committed actions, and prayers of pro-family people, at least 231corporations have stopped funding Planned Parenthood,” said its chairman, Thomas C. Strobhar.
Notre Dame University Hires Pro-Life Director
In response to continuing protests and a drop in donations resultant from the University of Notre Dame honoring President Obama at its commencement, it has now hired a Director of Pro-Life Activities. However, Fr. John Jenkins, President of University of Notre Dame still has not dropped trespassing charges against those good people who protested on campus when Obama was honored.
Britain: Bad Advice
A Fox News story published online details that the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is now requiring that all women considering abortion be told that most women do not suffer any psychological harm after abortion and that “abortion is generally safer then continuing a pregnancy to term”.
One-Third U.S. Doctors Will Retire
A major new poll reports, “nearly one-third of physicians responding to a survey indicated they will want to leave medical practice after the new federal health ‘reform’ is implemented,” and this in the face of the fact that far more doctors then now exist will be needed to fulfill the requirements of the newly passed health bill.
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CDC Report: Most Teens Not Having Sex, Abstinence Ed Works
New data released by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) confirms that the majority of teens are not having sex – and making it appear that the abstinence education message is working. According to 2006-2008 survey results, released by the National Center for Health Statistics, 68% of boys and 67% of girls between the ages of 15 and 17 have never had sexual intercourse.
The new data also shows overall sexual contact trends are also moving in the right direction with 53% of boys and 58% of girls 15-17 reporting that they have never had any kind of sexual relations with any partner. The findings come from the 2006-2008 National Survey of Family Growth and examine responses from 13,495 teens and adults ages 15-44, including 5,082 ages 15-24
“The perception is all kids are engaging in sex. Obviously, that’s not the case,” Jennifer Manlove, a senior research scientist told USA Today. “They may be more in control of their behaviors than we think.”
Valerie Huber of the National Abstinence Education Association details that these numbers are a positive change from 2002 when only 46% of boys and 49% of girls reported no sexual contact. She says the report challenges the wisdom of the recent federal funding cuts to abstinence education.
Conjoined Twins Celebrate First Birthday
This set of twins, born sharing a liver and a malformed heart, have now celebrated their first birthday. They cannot be separated and they are not candidates for a heart transplant. In spite of this they have continued to live and are now breathing without assistance.
Teen Births Hit Record Lowe
In 2009, among girls aged fifteen through nineteen, the birthrate fell to 39 births per 1,000 teens. This is the lowest level in the 70 years during which records have been kept and is an additional 6% decline from the previous year. Numbers are now down in 16 of the last 18 years.
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International Protect Life Award
Recognizes
Achievements in Reduction of Maternal
Mortality,
and Care and Concern For: the child to be
born
Over 30 NGO leaders active at the United
Nations praised Chile for having the lowest maternal mortality rate
in all of Latin America. In a communication to President Pinera
announcing the group’s decision to designate its International
Protect Life Award to the people of Chile, the leaders celebrated
that more Chilean women have safely delivered their babies than ever
before.
The committee announced the award at the UN during
the 2011 Meeting of the UN Commission on Status of Women, and
emphasized the importance the UN places on reducing maternal
mortality within the UN Millennium Development Goals.
The
leaders also referenced the ways Chile, through its constitution and
other programs, provided for care and protection of the child before
birth. Specifically mentioned was that the “Chile Crece Contigo”
(“Chile Grows With You”) program begun by former Chilean President
Michelle Bachelet and meant to advocate for the well-being and
protection of young children, has always included strong awareness
that the unborn child is a member of the family. Also mentioned by
the NGO leaders was the new “Comprometidos por la Vida” (“Committed
to Life”) program announced by President Pinera to offer assistance
to pregnant women in difficult circumstances in order to carry their
babies to term.
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Teens Suffer More From Abortions
In a study entitled, “Detrimental Effects of Adolescent Abortions,” by A. Sobie and D. Reardon, comparing to adult women, teens are:
• Two to four times more likely to commit suicide.
• More likely to develop psychological problems,
including paranoia,drug abuse, psychotic
delusions, projection of their problems into
others, and &ldquoacting out&rdquo strategies.
• More likely to have trouble in relationships.
• Are generally in need of more counseling and
guidance regarding abortion.
Are nearly three times more likely to be admitted to a mental health hospital.
Study – Cohabitation Increases Divorce
Dr. P. J. Smock, professor at the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan, has published in the Journal of Marriage and Family, a new study on cohabitation in the United States. The result is “From the perspective of many young adults, marrying without living together first seems rather foolish and is increasingly becoming the first co-residential union formed among young adults. This number has doubled in the last two decades. Approximately half of couples who cohabit marry within three years; however, such couples have over five times the risk of experiencing a separation than of those who did not live together until marriage. This failure is more prevalent in white than in black or Hispanic couples”.
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Genital Herpes In New York City
Its Department of Health has revealed that more the one-fourth of the residents of New York City now are infected with genital herpes. Part of the break down shows that the rate of infection for Blacks is 49%, for Whites it is 14%, for Women it is 36% for Men it is 19%, for Homosexuals it is 32% and for Heterosexuals it is 18%.
New Virginia Pro-Life Law
Under New legislation, any physician’s office performing five or more first trimester abortions a month will now be classified as a hospital. This makes this procedure subject to special regulations established by the state board of health.
“Did You Know” Flyer Most Effective
George Weigel has observed that priestly sex abuse “is a phenomenon that spiked between the mid-60s and mid-80s, but since then has virtually disappeared.” He notes that there have been six credible cases of clerical sexual abuse in 2009 in a church of 65 million members. But according to the 2004 study at the U.S. Department of Education, “Physical sexual abuse of students in public schools is likely more than 100 times more frequent than abuse by priests.” Translating, this indicates that almost 10% of students in public schools are targets of educator sexual misconduct sometimes during the child’s school career.
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