CHICAGO, July 28, 2010/Christian Newswire --

On the eve of a demonstration protesting an abortionist on staff at a Catholic CO hospital, Joe Scheidler, the national director of the Pro-Life Action League, is calling on all Catholic hospitals and institutions to recommit themselves to the values and principles they were founded on.

"Catholic hospitals should be permeated with the Catholic vision, not scandalized by having an abortionist on staff," said Scheidler, who has been fighting against abortion for more than 40 years. "This isn't just happening in Colorado, but this instance highlights the importance of looking beyond the mission statement and into the daily practices of any Catholic institution."

In Colorado, Dr. Richard Grossman is on staff at Mercy Regional Hospital and also performs abortions at the local Planned Parenthood. His writings have indicated that he is anti-Catholic. Scheidler comments:

Grossman's presence on the staff of Mercy Regional Hospital not only gives grave scandal, but gives this abortionist respectability that he is not entitled to, since he spends every Wednesday at 'Abortion, Incorporated,' Planned Parenthood.

As bioethics become increasingly complex and moral relativism continues to spread nationwide, I encourage all Catholic institutions to take the high road and aggressively pursue our mission as Catholics in health care, education and social justice ministries.

Scheidler is scheduled to speak at a press conference and protest on Thursday, July 29 at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango, CO. For more information on this event, click here.

WASHINGTON, July 28, 2010/Christian Newswire --

A new documentary, "Eggsploitation," just released by The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network reveals shocking secrets of the infertility industry. The documentary exposes the "deceptive advertising, large monetary incentives and appeals to altruism" that are used by the infertility industry to entice college women to engage in human egg donation, a practice that the CBCN claims exploits them and puts them at "considerable" health risk. While the documentary is available now, its official debut will be August 9 at The Little Theatre in Rochester, NY

Dr. Janice Shaw Crouse, Director and Senior Fellow of Concerned Women for America's Beverly LaHaye Institute, applauds CBCN for exposing the infertility industry's blatant exploitation of women. She said, "Today's college coeds are told that the procedure is safe, when the reality is decidedly unsafe. No young woman should be used in procedures that jeopardize her own fertility -- indeed her own life -- in order to line the pockets of those who promote the infertility industry's human egg trade."

The Eggsploitation documentary spotlights three women who went through the egg donation process -- including high doses of fertility drugs and egg retrieval surgery. The young women's stories, according to CBCN, are a "wake-up call" for those who are unaware of the complications that can result from the "highly unregulated, multi-billion-dollar" infertility industry. All three of the women in the documentary nearly died from the "complications associated with their egg donation." One suffered a stroke that left her brain damaged; another developed breast cancer, and the other developed a health problem associated with ovarian hyper-stimulation.

Crouse continued, "The human egg donation industry is shameless in claiming safety for the procedure as they solicit young college women through appeals to their vanity, claiming that the girls' attractiveness, IQ, or genetic traits warrant a high payment for participation in what they call a 'humanitarian' act. CWA appeals to the public to protect the nation's young women from such exploitation."

For further information, visit www.eggsploitation.com.

WASHINGTON/July 27, 2010/Christian Newswire --

Women who rejected the choice to abort their babies bring their children to Washington D.C. as part of Heartbeat's Babies Go to Congress. Heartbeat International provides an opportunity on Capitol Hill for women to speak publicly about their gratitude for the support they received when faced with an unexpected pregnancy. Moms will testify before elected officials that pregnancy help centers are good for America.

Danica Fountain of AZ felt pressured to abort her baby, but she says, "I was absolutely shocked to see that this so called 'blob of tissue,' the term I so commonly heard people use when referencing a pregnancy this early on, was in fact a fully formed baby! She had a head, arms and legs."

"When I saw my baby's heart beating I knew I would do anything to protect my child," said Fountain, who will meet with members of Congress this week. "The emotional support I received from the pregnancy center helped me realize that I could succeed as a single mom. So I continued in my full time position, knowing they were there if I needed more encouragement or practical help. I can never thank the Women's Center of Tucson enough."

"I am grateful that these busy moms have made it a priority to travel to our Nation's capital to share such positive things about pregnancy help centers," said Heartbeat President Peggy Hartshorn, Ph.D. "This is a testament to the fact that our elected officials need to support public policy that preserves the bond between mother and child."

"These moms and babies put real faces on the abortion issue as they testify to the fact that pregnancy help centers are serving women," said Heartbeat Public Policy/PR Director Virginia Cline. "Heartbeat affiliates provide options and resources for pregnant women who are not satisfied with the choice to abort a child. Families are strengthened by the life affirming work of pregnancy help ministries."

"Aid for Women assisted me throughout my pregnancy and well after my daughter was born. Ever since, they have been my rock," said Terrie Thompson, a client of Heartbeat's Chicago affiliate. "They have remained steadfast. When I lost my apartment, they helped me find shelter. When I couldn't work, they supported me financially, and when I needed support, they were there for me emotionally. They listen with an open ear and heart, and always help me find solutions. For that, I thank them."

I was waiting for this to happen. Fox TV network decided not to air an episode of "Family Guy" because it deals with the issue of abortion. The show's creator, Seth MacFarlane is releasing the episode on its DVD series this fall.

Here's the part I was waiting for...a spirited retort from what I assume to be the "choice" side.

Mary Elizabeth Williams, a writer for Salon, discussed last week how this "Family Guy" situation exemplifies how television is not ready and too "timid" to tackle the subject of abortion.

In her article, she gives a lot of examples of tv shows in the past barely brushing the subject of an unexpected pregnancy, quickly weighing the options of abortion or childbirth before choosing to go with childbirth.

She's right about that. Abortion has been brushed by tv with the tiniest of brushes. It's happened a dozen times. An unwanted pregnancy happens to a character on X tv show, and the result is that life is usually chosen.

I think it's because tv executives have a conscience. Everyone knows that abortion is a topic that gets most people squirming. Yes, it is a "legally acceptable procedure" at this time, as Williams points out. However, it is not morally acceptable which is why "Family Guy" is getting the attention it is for the episode they produced. That's also why the character on X tv show usually does not terminate her pregnancy. The viewers wouldn't be able to deal with it, and the show would lose supporters....

Read entire article here.

BIRMINGHAM, AL/July 23, 2010/Christian Newswire --

The City of Birmingham's Legal Department dismissed all criminal charges against nine members of the Survivors who were arrested in February 2009 and jailed overnight for displaying pro-life signs and handing out literature on a public sidewalk outside a high school in Birmingham. The pro-life youth activists were represented by Life Legal Defense Foundation staff attorney Allison Aranda, along with local attorney Nicholas Beckham.

Despite video evidence of the events showing the team peacefully and lawfully exercising free speech rights on the public sidewalk, the City filed trespass charges against the individuals claiming that the young people unlawfully entered school property. "While we are elated that justice has finally come to the 9 youth who were falsely arrested," said Dana Cody, Executive Director of the Life Legal Defense Foundation. "These meritless charges should have been dismissed long ago." Ms. Cody noted, "The City's delay in doing what justice demands has cost these young people employment opportunities and sullied their reputations for the past year and a half."

A civil lawsuit was filed on June 11, 2010, to seek redress for the unlawful actions of Birmingham police officers in falsely arresting the pro-life demonstrators and prohibiting their peaceful free speech activity on the public sidewalk adjacent to Parker High School.

The dismissal of the criminal charges comes in the wake of last week's victory in the related civil lawsuit, where a federal district court in Alabama approved a consent order ensuring that police will not interfere with the expressive activities of the pro-life youth group Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust during events that will take place over the next few days while the group is back in Birmingham, Alabama.

Recently Al Pacino played Jack Kevorkian in a HBO movie called "You Don't Know Jack." Kevorkian was also the subject of an HBO documentary called simply "Kevorkian" which aired June 28, 2010.The ladies of "The View" talked about this movie and they viewed things in an emotional way.

Whoopi Goldberg described Jack Kevorkian as a "doctor who had invented a machine to help terminally ill people voluntarily end their lives painlessly."

"It's a very lonely thing to take your own life. You need help with that. When you're very ill, and you're in pain, and the life quality is horrifying, you need help with that," said Joy Behar.

Barbara Walters talked as if Kevorkian had been hounded by the law unfairly and was heroic in his efforts to stand up for what is right."They took his medical license away," she said. "They prosecuted him three times. They finally found him guilty and he served seven years in prison. I interviewed him four times. He was interesting and rather weird. He fully believed people should have this right. He didn't have to go to jail. He could have copped a plea."

Then we were treated to a clip from the HBO movie in which Kevorkian explains how he turned away 90% of the people who want his help, and how he demands a second and third opinion before he "helps" them die.

REALITY CHECKS:

WHOOPI GOLDBERG GOT IT WRONG....

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The Pro Life Freedom Ride begins tonight, with Dr. Alveda King and Fr. Frank Pavone leading the bugle charge. Dr. King is a mirror image of her civil rights hero, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, in that she is standing up for equal rights for everyone, including the unborn.

"The pro-life movement is the civil rights movement," declares Dr. King

Dr. Alveda King is the Director of African American Outreach for Priests for Life.

"The most obvious practitioner of racism in the United States today is Planned Parenthood, an organization founded by the eugenicist Margaret Sanger and recently documented as ready to accept money to eliminate black babies," added Dr. King in an article from Catholic.org.

Dr. King is correct. Planned Parenthood founder, Margaret Sanger, was quoted as saying the following in reference to the extermination of the African-American population:

"We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population, if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members." (Woman's Body, Woman's Right: A Social History of Birth Control in America, by Linda Gordon)

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LAWRENCEVILLE, GA/July 21, 2010/Christian Newswire --

Throughout the state yesterday, voters supported an amendment to the GA State Constitution that said the "right to life is vested in each human being from their earliest biological beginning until natural death" and that right should be protected by law.

In all 46 counties where the amendment was presented, it passed overwhelmingly by an amazing 75%! Georgia is the first state in the nation where voters have said "Yes" to the Personhood question.

Georgia Right to Life chapters began work this spring in requesting that their local county parties place this non-binding "party" question on their local party ballots. Both Democrat and Republican parties were approached. Butts county was the only county to succeed in getting both parties to cooperate and approve the measure (Republicans 79% and the Democrats 72%). "There is no question that the people of GA would pass a Personhood Amendment" IF given the chance!", says Dan Becker, President of GA RTL. "The ball is now in the Legislature's hands to allow the people a voice on the most pressing human rights issue of the 21st century... deny them at your own peril."

In 2011, GA RTL will use the results of the ballot to lobby the GA Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the 2012 general election ballot.

The counties in GA and their percentages are: Bacon (88%), Banks (85%), Bartow (81%), Brantley (88%), Bulloch (84%), Burke (86%), Butts -Republican ballot (79%), Butts Democratic ballot (72%), Carroll (80%), Chatham (78%), Cherokee (75%), Clayton (77%), Coffee (87%), Colquitt ( 85%), DeKalb (60%), Dooly (87%), Fannin (80%), Fulton (62%), Glynn (72%), Gordon (85%), Gwinnett (71%), Hall (78%), Hart (83%), Jackson (82%), Jasper (76%), Jeff Davis (92%), Jones (80%), Lamar (80%), Liberty (78%), Lowndes (85%), Murray (88%), Muscogee (81%), Paulding (80%), Pickens (75%), Pierce (89%), Spalding (80%), Thomas (84%), Tift (84%), Towns (81%), Troup (82%), Twiggs (87%), Union (78%), Walker (85%), Walton (82%), Ware (87%), Wilcox (86%), Worth (85%).

The recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick as head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has triggered alarm among various quarters for his self-professed admiration of health care rationing as seen in other countries such as Britain's National Health Service. The issue here moves well past the politics and begs the question: How have we as a society become so deadened to the value of human life, that in our abundance of wealth and blessing from God we could seriously entertain the word "rationing" as applied to health care for our elders, for the poorest among us?

This move is a game-changer on so very many levels. Juxtaposed with the almost weekly reports of breakthroughs in cancer therapy, treatment of chronic conditions and adult stem cell therapies, this is not only an odd moment for considering rationing health care, but a dire threat to the advancement of science. A society that commits itself to death as a solution to its self-inflicted financial wounds cannot long endure as a pioneer of extending and improving the quality of life through research in the biomedical sciences; not when the government that funds such research is busy eliminating the need for it.

So how did we get here? ...

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The number of abortions performed in MI decreased in 2009, according to recently released statistics from the MI Dept. of Community Health. The report from the MI DCH states that 22,357 abortions were performed in MI during 2009 compared to 25,970 MI abortions reported in 2008 - a drop of 13.9% or 3,613 abortions.

Since 1987, there has been a 54.4% decrease in the number of abortions performed in Michigan annually. Abortions in MI have decreased in 4 of the last 6 years and the number of abortions performed in 2009 represents the lowest annual total of reported abortions in Michigan since abortion providers were required to start reporting information in 1979.

Right to Life of MI President Barbara Listing said:

We are extremely grateful for the continuing decrease in Michigan abortions despite the hard economic times we've faced in Michigan. The fact that fewer mothers are having abortions in Michigan shows more and more women are coming to the realization that abortion is not the answer for an unplanned pregnancy.

Recently released polls from CBS and Gallup show our nation is turning its back on the idea that abortion is the solution to unplanned pregnancy. A CBS poll, conducted in April of 2010 found that 61% of Americans favor either stricter limits on abortion (38%) or that abortion should not be permitted (23%). A Gallup poll, released in May 2010, found that a plurality of Americans consider themselves "pro-life." For 2 years in a row, more Americans have called themselves "pro-life" than "pro-choice."

Obama sycophant SodaHead's July 15 blog post headline blared, "Latest Right-Wing Lie Blows Up In Their Faces: NO FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ELECTIVE ABORTION."

SodaHead was attempting to beat back conservatives who were in an uproar over National Right to Life's finding that federal funding for PA's health insurance high-risk pool includes abortion coverage....

Likewise, another of Obama's online guardians, Media Matters, quickly hurled a 1,700-word tome into the blogosphere with such cocky subtitles as (emphasis mine), "[Glenn] Beck repeats discredited claim that Obama admin has OK'd federal funding for elective abortions"....

The only problem is the abortion industry agrees with (all) pro-lifers (other than Democrats) that Obama's executive order didn't apply to high-risk pools and were furious when in the wake of NRLC's discovery a busted White House quickly directed DHHS to write rules ensuring that federal funds indeed would not go toward abortion in state high-risk pools....

So while Obama rags were proclaiming his innocence, pro-aborts who had smartly remained silent during the EO sham could no longer contain themselves and began writing just the opposite.

Jessica Arons at the pro-abort blog RH Reality Check snapped, "But here's the catch, nothing in federal law actually restricts the use of federal or state money for abortion in [high-risk pools]."

Rebecca Sive at the same site was even more frank, stating, "In fact, and as we all know, the executive order was nothing but a most willingly made sop to Rep. Stupak.... [T]he Executive Order's creation and signing was a deeply hypocritical and cynical act...."

Now Obama not only has to deal with the pro-life Democratic faction but also the media faction that wants to perpetuate the lie for him vs. the pro-abort faction demanding he give up the sham....

But I do note that increasingly we're seeing pro-aborts hoist on their own petard - and they're supposed to have the political advantage.

Read my column today, "Obama toadies vs. abortion freeloaders," in its entirety at WorldNetDaily.com.

INDIANAPOLIS/July 20, 2010/Christian Newswire --

The youth-led pro-life group Live Action released a new undercover video today showing staff at an Indianapolis Planned Parenthood clinic using manipulative and medically inaccurate counseling to convince a young woman to have an abortion. This is the third undercover video Live Action has released showing abusive counseling practices at Planned Parenthood of Indiana.

When the woman, purportedly 10-weeks pregnant, asks the clinician, named "Sarah," when her baby's heart begins to beat, Sarah replies, "It's around I think the 8th or the 9th week that you can hear the heartbeat." The heart actually begins beating 3 weeks and 1 day after conception, according to Moore and Persaud's well-known textbook The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology. The Planned Parenthood clinician also insists, "It's not a baby, it's a fetus," which, she claims, is "not like a person."

In the video, Sarah assures the woman that "having an abortion is safer than carrying to term." The woman asks, "The abortion won't hurt me from having more kids in the future, will it?" and the counselor replies, "Nope." But a 2009 study from the Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey recently found that a previous abortion increased a woman's risk of pre-term birth by 20%, and a 2003 report from the Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research notes a 55% increased risk of future miscarriages for women who have abortions.

Lila Rose, UCLA student and president of Live Action, says the new footage places Planned Parenthood well outside the medical mainstream. "Planned Parenthood's counseling is based on its abortion-first mentality rather than the medical facts that women need," observes Rose. "Planned Parenthood gives vulnerable women misinformation to sell them the abortion." IN informed consent law requires that women receive accurate medical information before undergoing an abortion.

The undercover video is the third released by Live Action in the "Rosa Acuna Project," a multi-state undercover investigation of medical misinformation and manipulative counseling at Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion business in America. In the undercover "Mona Lisa Project," Live Action released footage of two Planned Parenthood Indiana clinics agreeing to cover-up the sexual abuse of a child. Indiana lawmakers have since sought to defund the state affiliate of over $3 million it receives annually in government grants.

"Citizens and lawmakers in Indiana must stop Planned Parenthood from using millions of dollars of taxpayer money to exploit young women," states Rose.

Watch here: liveaction.org/rosa-acuna/indianapolis-in
About Live Action: liveaction.org

GRAND RAPIDS, MI/July 19, 2010/Christian Newswire --

As a result of increased attention due to January's earthquake crisis in Haiti and other external factors, Bethany Christian Services, the nation's largest adoption agency, is seeing significant growth and interest in the U.S. adoption market, with overall international and domestic adoption placements up 26% over the same time period in 2009.

The organization is reporting Intercountry Adoption placements up 66% and Intercountry Adoption inquiries ahead by more than 5,000 requests during the same 6-month time period of 2009, totaling an unprecedented 10,567 inquiries. Bethany ascribes these increases in part to the Haiti crisis and the need to find safe homes for children who lost one or both parents during the earthquake.

Domestic Infant Adoption inquiries are also higher than in 2009 with 8,037 in the first half of 2010. Additionally, Infant Adoption Home Studies have increased 15% and formal Infant Adoption applications have increased 23% over 2009.

In addition to the Haiti crisis, Bethany attributes the increase in adoption to new movements within Christian churches, which are creating new attitudes for young couples. Bethany has been instrumental in bringing more families forward to adopt by partnering with organizations such as Catalyst, Saddleback Church, Q Conference, Southern Baptist Denomination, and Christian Alliance for Orphans.

"The figures Bethany released show strong improvement as we confront the global orphan crisis, but the need still remains as there are still an incredible number of orphaned children who wait for their 'forever family'," said Bill Blacquiere, president and CEO at Bethany Christian Services. "It is our vision that every child has a loving family, so we are working to find new families and identify supportive local communities. We all must contribute to take measurable and immediate action in order to find more families who can provide loving homes."

Bethany has been at the forefront of partnering with church leaders to support foster care, adoption, and orphan care programs within their ministries. Most recently, the Southern Baptist Convention announced a new Adoption Fund, which subsidizes the cost of adoption for pastors by $2,000. In addition, Rick Warren's Saddleback Civil Forum focused heavily on orphans and adoption and other popular conferences, such as Catalyst, Together for Adoption, the Christian Alliance for Orphans Summit and Adopting for Life, have put adoption at center stage.

WASHINGTON, July 15, 2010/Christian Newswire --

New evidence reveals that the Obama administration has given up to $10M to groups in Kenya that are campaigning for a "Yes" vote on a new constitution that would legalize abortion. Though officials denied the U.S. government is trying to influence the election, documents from U.S. Agency for International Development show funding agreements with organizations to target certain populations to "drum up political support" for the draft constitution.

The U.S. Embassy in Nairobi claims the U.S. is neutral on the constitution. But an investigation launched by U.S. congressmen unearthed documents showing how the Obama Administration is funding outside organizations to influence the vote.

This same week, the Obama Administration was caught giving $160M to PA to fund a plan under ObamaCare that will cover any legal abortion in the state. Federal officials claim that, despite what is written in the plan, it will be limited to abortions in the case of rape, incest, and life of the mother.

"We can learn how the Obama Administration will behave in our own country by its actions in Kenya. Despite a federal law banning the government from using foreign aid to lobby for or against abortion, the Administration has given up to $10M to sway an election that would result in legalizing abortion. If President Obama is sincere in his promise to 'reduce the need for abortions,' then he must stop funding organizations - internationally and domestically - that are dedicated to increasing abortions," said Wendy Wright, President of Concerned Women for America.

Washington, DC/July 15, 2010/Americans United for Life -

The Sessions/Americans United for Life Action press conference has been postponed due to a floor vote that was scheduled in the US Senate.

We regret any inconvenience.

Instead, Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President and CEO of AUL Action, will meet with Senator Sessions to discuss in detail the report that was released this morning on Elena Kagan's role in the ACOG/AMA partial-birth abortion issue.

The complete report is available for download by clicking here. A printed copy is available upon request by emailing us at press@aul.org.

WASHINGTON, July 15, 2010/Christian Newswire --

Sen. Jeff Sessions, ranking Member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, will host a press conference today with several leading Senators at 2:30pm to discuss a new report released today by Americans United for Life Action which contains new information regarding Elena Kagan's role, during her time in the Clinton Administration, in pressuring the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists to change their policy statement on partial-birth abortion. Senator Sessions will be joined by Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President and CEO of Americans United for Life Action, and leaders of other major pro-life organizations.

What: Sessions Press Conference on new Americans United for Life Action report on Kagan's role in partial-birth abortion and ACOG

When: Thursday, July 15, at 2:30 p.m EDT

Where: TO BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY

Who: Senator Jeff Sessions, Senator Mike Johanns, Senator Jim DeMint, Dr. Charmaine Yoest, and others TBA.

Abortion isn't very funny, as comedian Jimmy Kimmel is learning the hard way.

On June 25 the youth pro-life activist group Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust was holding a Face the Truth event in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, as was their First Amendment right.

"Face the Truth" is pro-life speak for showing the public the reality of abortion via large graphic photos of aborted babies.

While the pro-life protest was under way, a film crew showed up to tape a stunt across the street for Jimmy Kimmel Live, seen weeknights on ABC.

But members of the crew quickly became aggravated by the gory aborted baby-photos and turned two of the hot spotlights on Survivor Ryan Bueler.

In this video, one of many captured by the Survivors, a cameramen states several times he has turned the spotlight on Bueler and his sign because "I don't want to see that," and "The fact is, I don't want to see it."...

Continue reading my column today, "Jimmy Kimmel crew tries to fry pro-lifer," at WorldNetDaily.com.

MEDIA ADVISORY, July 13, 2010/Christian Newswire --

Dr. Albert Mohler, seminary president has stated, "I cannot imagine any development in human history, after the Fall, that has had a greater impact on human beings than the pill."

View the full documentary "28 Days on the Pill."

A Christian worker, his family and a nurse friend investigate throughout North America to uncover the truth about the birth control pill. The debate has been raging for over a decade and yet many people don't know about it. How could this be? How does the pill really work? Can everyday oral contraceptives really cause abortions? Why are so many people uninformed? ...

Whether Christian or not, women across the board do not have a real understanding of how the pill actually works. Does it only prevent ovulation? What do the inserts and pharmaceutical guides really say? How is it that women consume something when they know very little about how it actually works? Do women and men really care?

The producers believe they should be given the opportunity to make an informed choice. No matter what one's conclusions are, they believe everyone has a right to full information and informed consent. Whether on the left or the right, we should all agree, informed consent in the medical community is paramount.

This is a good start to the investigative work of how informed we really are, what we take for granted, who might know and may not want to tell....

The documentary features: Dr. Albert Mohler (quoted in Time Magazine's recent article on The Pill), The Duggars (19 Kids and Counting), Christian author Randy Alcorn (i.e. Heaven, Does the Birth Control Pill Cause Abortions?) and Dr. Walt Larimore (formerly with Focus on the Family).

Cora Sherlock, a barrister writing in the Irish Independent, has challenged the claim by Gabrielle Malone, Irish spokesman for the Marie Stopes abortion business, that women have the universal right "to have the baby or terminate the pregnancy."

She points out that Malone implies that human beings derive their right to life (and the right to be called "a baby") only when they are deemed "wanted" by society:

It is deeply disappointing that someone who deals with women in vulnerable positions on a daily basis should hold such a questionable opinion on the value of human life. My frustration was compounded by her insistence that Irish women must be given the right to abortion and hence "control over their bodies".

Ms. Malone seems to be under the misapprehension that intelligent, modern women cannot understand the most recent scientific evidence that proves beyond any doubt that the unborn child is a separate human being with organs, brainwaves and individual fingerprints. ...

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A few years ago I went shopping for a brand new house. Every model home I visited, regardless of the builder, had a gigantic master suite with a spa-like enormous bathroom where every morning you could cartwheel your way to the shower and back flip to the toilet. Down the hall, placed almost like an afterthought, were 3 or 4 tiny little bedrooms whose total square feet might add up to the space provided in the palatial master suite.

After the 5th house or so, I realized this was an indicator that society's values had shifted. Builders were building what the buyer wanted, which was clearly parental desire and comfort at the child's expense. I also knew it wasn't a good sign.

These days it is all about what parents want, not about what is best for the children. There is nowhere where this attitude is more apparent than in the assisted reproduction industry. We all heard of the Octomom, but it goes so much deeper than that. In vitro fertilization, better known as IVF, is not just about infertility anymore, it is about human manufacturing to specifications.

Recently, two stories have been in the news that illustrate my point. Gillian and Paul St. Lawrence, both fertile and in their 30's, have used IVF to create 5 embryos. They have frozen their 5 offspring until it is more convenient for them to raise children. From the Washington Post:

Our five frozen embryos, which we call our baby blastocysts, will remain in storage until we are ready to use them. Since study after study has indicated that the age of the uterus at the time the embryo is implanted is almost irrelevant to the success rate of achieving a healthy baby, we can wait 10 or 15 years: The chief consideration may well be how old I want to be when I'm raising a teenager.

Upon hearing this, my mother-in-law was quick to ask: "You don't have to wait until you are 40 to use the embryos, right?" No, we do not. We can choose to use them any time. And, of course, my husband and I are still free to have babies the old-fashioned way. We still have all the options we had prior to this project -- but now we have some insurance against future infertility.

Five human lives have been created and put in "storage" until they are ready to "use" as the St. Lawrence's "project" to provide themselves "insurance." (Her words not mine.) There was a time we used "gift" and "blessing" when referring to children but in this Brave New World, "project" and "insurance" are more appropriate. IVF is now being used for human manufacturing to specifications. In this case, ordered with delayed delivery.

What is particularly chilling (no pun intended) is Gillian's description of how she weighed the pros and cons of freezing her offspring as if she was deciding whether the lasagna she made the night before would freeze well enough to still taste good in a few months.

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