Dear Friends for Life,
A new type of Morning-After Pill is now available in Britain. It is Ulipristal and is reportedly "effective" up to five days after sexual intercourse. It is a chemical alteration of the older pills. The maker, HRA Pharma, admits that "alterations to the endometrium (lining of the womb) may also contribute to its efficiency". That is another way of saying that an already conceived child is prevented from implanting in the womb because the pill has hardened its lining and the embryonic baby dies at the end of its first week of life.
The Australian state of Victoria has voted in its Parliament to remove legal restrictions on abortion up to 24 weeks gestation. In practice, this degree of abortion has already been allowed even though abortion was still in the criminal code. This vote takes it out of the criminal code. Now doctors who conscientiously object to abortion may be subject to criminal penalties.
Some good news: The Congress of the Mexican state of Oaxaca has voted 31-6 to amend the state's constitution. The wording is, "Every human being from the moment of fertilization enters under the protection of the law and is considered the same as one that has been born for all legal effects until his natural death." This is the sixteenth Mexican state to pass such an amendment in the past year. These have all happened since the Mexico DF (Mexico City) decriminalized abortion.
And: The Italian Health Ministry has reported that 70% of the Italian gynecologists now refuse to do abortions, and that the number continues to grow. In the region around Naples, 83% objected, in Sicily, 84%. Probably as a result of this, the total number of abortions over the last couple of years has dropped 3%.
God Bless
Jerry Novotny, OMI
(Quote) Disregard for the sacred character of life in the womb weakens the very fabric of civilization. -Pope John Paul II
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Lifeissues.net NEWSLETTER #459
January 31, 2010
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(TABLE OF CONTENTS):
1. Critic denounces Guttmacher teen pregnancy study as 'terribly simplistic'
2. Cardinal Ouellet defends the family as a child's first teacher of love and life
3. New Data: Teen Pregnancy on the Rise, Abortions Too
4. Two Keys to a Happy Marriage
5. Japan: Suicides top 30,000 for 12th year
6. Embryos destroyed for 'minor' disorders
7. 50 years of the Pill
8. What scientists don't tell you about abortion
9. Evangelical Pro-Life Spot To Air In Super Bowl
10. Life: Patrick Henry Hughes - YouTube
11. Bioethics: California's Proposition 71 Failure
12. New Study: Heavily Tattooed Students More Prone to Deviant Behavior
****************************** *************************
(FOCUS ON ASIA): "What Is Poverty, Really? The Case of India" - Countries struggle with measuring the number of people living in poverty. Deciding which figure represents "poverty" is often left up to the individual. India provides an excellent example of the controversial nature of statistical estimates. India also serves as a good example since changes in the country's poverty definition can add hundreds of millions to the global poverty population. http://www.prb.org/Articles/2010/indiapoverty.aspx
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ITEM #1. Critic denounces Guttmacher teen pregnancy study as 'terribly simplistic'
The Guttmacher Institute released a study on Jan. 26 claiming that abstinence-only education programs are to blame for a rise in teen pregnancies and abortions in 2006. However, abstinence education proponent Valerie Huber is denouncing the researchers' conclusions as "terribly simplistic" and "disingenuous."
View full article at CNA:
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/critic_denounces_guttmacher_teen_pregnancy_study_as_terribly_simplistic/
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ITEM #2. Cardinal Ouellet defends the family as a child's first teacher of love and life
The Archbishop of Quebec, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, said last week that the family is a child's first educator in the values of love and life. He noted that it is also primarily responsible for transmitting the faith to children, amidst today's culture that often seeks to attack the basic unit of society.
View full article at CNA:
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/cardinal_ouellet_defends_the_family_as_a_childs_first_teacher_of_love_and_life/
------------------------------ -----------
ITEM #3. New Data: Teen Pregnancy on the Rise, Abortions Too
Pregnancy rates among U.S. teenagers, which had been dropping since 1990, took an upturn in 2006, according to newly released data.
View full article at Time.com:
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1956645,00.html?xid=rss-topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Ftopstories+%28TIME%3A+Top+Stories%29
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ITEM #4. Two Keys to a Happy Marriage
Almost every marriage starts out as a huge celebration. Together with their family and friends, each couple is full of hopes and dreams for their future life together. But the road to a happy marriage is far from easy. And as today's divorce statistics demonstrate all too well, many couples opt not to complete the journey.
View full article at Family & Marriage & Relationships:
http://www.thoughts-about-god.com/family/km-happy-marriage.html
------------------------------ -----------
ITEM #5. Japan: Suicides top 30,000 for 12th year
Suicides increased again in 2009 amid the economic doldrums, staying above 30,000 for the 12th straight year, the National Police Agency said Tuesday in a preliminary report.
The total came to 32,753, the fifth most on record and up 504 from 2008, when the number fell by 844 from the year before. It has remained above 30,000 since 1998. Men accounted for 23,406 of the total and women 9,347.
View full article at The Japan Times:
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20100127a2.html
------------------------------ -----------
ITEM #6. Embryos destroyed for 'minor' disorders
Fertility regulators have triggered a new row over designer babies by allowing doctors to destroy embryos affected by more than 100 genetic conditions, including many illnesses that are not life-threatening.
View full article at The Sunday Times:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/genetics/article6999861.ece
------------------------------ -----------
ITEM #7. 50 years of the Pill
On May 9, 1960, the FDA took the momentous step of approving the contraceptive pill for birth control.
I will focus on the 50 year period from 1910 - the year of the birth of reproductive endocrinology as a scientific discipline-to 1960 - the year in which the first orally active hormonal contraceptive was first approved for sale to the general public in the US.
Article is located at CERC:
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/sexuality/se0194.htm
------------------------------ -----------
ITEM #8. What scientists don't tell you about abortion
It would appear that at long last one of the leading breast-cancer researchers in the world, Louise Brinton, chief of the hormonal and reproductive epidemiology branch of the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI), has admitted a link between abortion and a higher risk of breast cancer among women.
Article can be found at Catholic Education Resource Center:
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/abortion/ab0159.htm
------------------------------ -----------
ITEM #9. Evangelical Pro-Life Spot To Air In Super Bowl
Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and his mother Pam will be featured in the 30-second ad with a "Celebrate Family, Celebrate Life" message, according to the religious group. While on a mission in the Philippines in 1987, Pam Tebow developed a condition that doctors feared would lead to a stillbirth -- and they advised her to have an abortion. She told her story to a Florida newspaper in 2007, saying faith gave her the will to continue.
View entire text at Media Daily News:
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=120800
------------------------------ -----------
ITEM #10. Patrick Henry Hughes - YouTube
Without eyes or the ability to walk, Patrick Hughes has overcome.
View entire text at YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xwCG0Ey2Mg&feature=
------------------------------ -----------
ITEM #11. California's Proposition 71 Failure
Bioethics: Five years after a budget-busting $3 billion was allocated to embryonic stem cell research, there have been no cures, no therapies and little progress. So supporters are embracing research they once opposed.
View entire text at Investor's Business Daily:
http://license.icopyright.net/user/viewFreeUse.act?fuid=NjU2MjI0OQ==
------------------------------ -----------
ITEM #12. New Study: Heavily Tattooed Students More Prone to Deviant Behavior
A new study titled "Body Art, Deviance, and American College Students" suggests that people who have multiple tattoos or body piercings are more likely to engage in risky and criminal behavior.
The research by Jerome R. Koch, a sociology professor at Texas Tech University, reveals that those who have four or more tattoos, seven or more body piercings, or one "intimate piercing," are far more prone to use illegal drugs, be arrested for criminal offenses, cheat on college work, binge drink, and have multiple sex partners.
View entire text at LifeSiteNews.com:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jan/10011410.html
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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. All prior email Newsletters Archives are located online at http://lifeissues.net/newsletters/mojo.cgi?flavor=archive&list=lifenews&start=0
3. 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
4. BECOME INVOLVED: Several years ago Fr. Jerry created a project entitled, "Journey for Life into the Heart of Asia". It 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: Life Issues Trends and Challenges".
For information 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 Asian project, kindly send your donations 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)
------------------------------
Get a weekly dose of clear thinking: subscribe to our free Lifeissues newsletter! Sign up on main page of www.LifeIssues.net. Pass this free service to your friends and various groups.
------------------------------
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Jerry Novotny, OMI
Akebono-cho 1-15-9
Kochi City, Japan, 780-8072
[tel/fax: 088-843-0406]
[email: jerry@lifeissues.net (or) jerry@shirt.ocn.ne.jp]
------------------------------
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English LifeIssues Site: http://www.lifeissues.net,
Japanese LifeIssues Site: http://www.japan-lifeissues.net,
OMI Site: http://www.omijapankorea.net/index.html
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A new type of Morning-After Pill is now available in Britain. It is Ulipristal and is reportedly "effective" up to five days after sexual intercourse. It is a chemical alteration of the older pills. The maker, HRA Pharma, admits that "alterations to the endometrium (lining of the womb) may also contribute to its efficiency". That is another way of saying that an already conceived child is prevented from implanting in the womb because the pill has hardened its lining and the embryonic baby dies at the end of its first week of life.
The Australian state of Victoria has voted in its Parliament to remove legal restrictions on abortion up to 24 weeks gestation. In practice, this degree of abortion has already been allowed even though abortion was still in the criminal code. This vote takes it out of the criminal code. Now doctors who conscientiously object to abortion may be subject to criminal penalties.
Some good news: The Congress of the Mexican state of Oaxaca has voted 31-6 to amend the state's constitution. The wording is, "Every human being from the moment of fertilization enters under the protection of the law and is considered the same as one that has been born for all legal effects until his natural death." This is the sixteenth Mexican state to pass such an amendment in the past year. These have all happened since the Mexico DF (Mexico City) decriminalized abortion.
And: The Italian Health Ministry has reported that 70% of the Italian gynecologists now refuse to do abortions, and that the number continues to grow. In the region around Naples, 83% objected, in Sicily, 84%. Probably as a result of this, the total number of abortions over the last couple of years has dropped 3%.
God Bless
Jerry Novotny, OMI
(Quote) Disregard for the sacred character of life in the womb weakens the very fabric of civilization. -Pope John Paul II
****************************** **********
Lifeissues.net NEWSLETTER #459
January 31, 2010
****************************** **********
(TABLE OF CONTENTS):
1. Critic denounces Guttmacher teen pregnancy study as 'terribly simplistic'
2. Cardinal Ouellet defends the family as a child's first teacher of love and life
3. New Data: Teen Pregnancy on the Rise, Abortions Too
4. Two Keys to a Happy Marriage
5. Japan: Suicides top 30,000 for 12th year
6. Embryos destroyed for 'minor' disorders
7. 50 years of the Pill
8. What scientists don't tell you about abortion
9. Evangelical Pro-Life Spot To Air In Super Bowl
10. Life: Patrick Henry Hughes - YouTube
11. Bioethics: California's Proposition 71 Failure
12. New Study: Heavily Tattooed Students More Prone to Deviant Behavior
****************************** *************************
(FOCUS ON ASIA): "What Is Poverty, Really? The Case of India" - Countries struggle with measuring the number of people living in poverty. Deciding which figure represents "poverty" is often left up to the individual. India provides an excellent example of the controversial nature of statistical estimates. India also serves as a good example since changes in the country's poverty definition can add hundreds of millions to the global poverty population. http://www.prb.org/Articles/2010/indiapoverty.aspx
****************************** *************************
ITEM #1. Critic denounces Guttmacher teen pregnancy study as 'terribly simplistic'
The Guttmacher Institute released a study on Jan. 26 claiming that abstinence-only education programs are to blame for a rise in teen pregnancies and abortions in 2006. However, abstinence education proponent Valerie Huber is denouncing the researchers' conclusions as "terribly simplistic" and "disingenuous."
View full article at CNA:
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/critic_denounces_guttmacher_teen_pregnancy_study_as_terribly_simplistic/
------------------------------ -----------
ITEM #2. Cardinal Ouellet defends the family as a child's first teacher of love and life
The Archbishop of Quebec, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, said last week that the family is a child's first educator in the values of love and life. He noted that it is also primarily responsible for transmitting the faith to children, amidst today's culture that often seeks to attack the basic unit of society.
View full article at CNA:
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/cardinal_ouellet_defends_the_family_as_a_childs_first_teacher_of_love_and_life/
------------------------------ -----------
ITEM #3. New Data: Teen Pregnancy on the Rise, Abortions Too
Pregnancy rates among U.S. teenagers, which had been dropping since 1990, took an upturn in 2006, according to newly released data.
View full article at Time.com:
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1956645,00.html?xid=rss-topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Ftopstories+%28TIME%3A+Top+Stories%29
------------------------------ -----------
ITEM #4. Two Keys to a Happy Marriage
Almost every marriage starts out as a huge celebration. Together with their family and friends, each couple is full of hopes and dreams for their future life together. But the road to a happy marriage is far from easy. And as today's divorce statistics demonstrate all too well, many couples opt not to complete the journey.
View full article at Family & Marriage & Relationships:
http://www.thoughts-about-god.com/family/km-happy-marriage.html
------------------------------ -----------
ITEM #5. Japan: Suicides top 30,000 for 12th year
Suicides increased again in 2009 amid the economic doldrums, staying above 30,000 for the 12th straight year, the National Police Agency said Tuesday in a preliminary report.
The total came to 32,753, the fifth most on record and up 504 from 2008, when the number fell by 844 from the year before. It has remained above 30,000 since 1998. Men accounted for 23,406 of the total and women 9,347.
View full article at The Japan Times:
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20100127a2.html
------------------------------ -----------
ITEM #6. Embryos destroyed for 'minor' disorders
Fertility regulators have triggered a new row over designer babies by allowing doctors to destroy embryos affected by more than 100 genetic conditions, including many illnesses that are not life-threatening.
View full article at The Sunday Times:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/genetics/article6999861.ece
------------------------------ -----------
ITEM #7. 50 years of the Pill
On May 9, 1960, the FDA took the momentous step of approving the contraceptive pill for birth control.
I will focus on the 50 year period from 1910 - the year of the birth of reproductive endocrinology as a scientific discipline-to 1960 - the year in which the first orally active hormonal contraceptive was first approved for sale to the general public in the US.
Article is located at CERC:
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/sexuality/se0194.htm
------------------------------ -----------
ITEM #8. What scientists don't tell you about abortion
It would appear that at long last one of the leading breast-cancer researchers in the world, Louise Brinton, chief of the hormonal and reproductive epidemiology branch of the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI), has admitted a link between abortion and a higher risk of breast cancer among women.
Article can be found at Catholic Education Resource Center:
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/abortion/ab0159.htm
------------------------------ -----------
ITEM #9. Evangelical Pro-Life Spot To Air In Super Bowl
Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and his mother Pam will be featured in the 30-second ad with a "Celebrate Family, Celebrate Life" message, according to the religious group. While on a mission in the Philippines in 1987, Pam Tebow developed a condition that doctors feared would lead to a stillbirth -- and they advised her to have an abortion. She told her story to a Florida newspaper in 2007, saying faith gave her the will to continue.
View entire text at Media Daily News:
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=120800
------------------------------ -----------
ITEM #10. Patrick Henry Hughes - YouTube
Without eyes or the ability to walk, Patrick Hughes has overcome.
View entire text at YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xwCG0Ey2Mg&feature=
------------------------------ -----------
ITEM #11. California's Proposition 71 Failure
Bioethics: Five years after a budget-busting $3 billion was allocated to embryonic stem cell research, there have been no cures, no therapies and little progress. So supporters are embracing research they once opposed.
View entire text at Investor's Business Daily:
http://license.icopyright.net/user/viewFreeUse.act?fuid=NjU2MjI0OQ==
------------------------------ -----------
ITEM #12. New Study: Heavily Tattooed Students More Prone to Deviant Behavior
A new study titled "Body Art, Deviance, and American College Students" suggests that people who have multiple tattoos or body piercings are more likely to engage in risky and criminal behavior.
The research by Jerome R. Koch, a sociology professor at Texas Tech University, reveals that those who have four or more tattoos, seven or more body piercings, or one "intimate piercing," are far more prone to use illegal drugs, be arrested for criminal offenses, cheat on college work, binge drink, and have multiple sex partners.
View entire text at LifeSiteNews.com:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jan/10011410.html
****************************** ************************** ********************************************************
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. All prior email Newsletters Archives are located online at http://lifeissues.net/newsletters/mojo.cgi?flavor=archive&list=lifenews&start=0
3. 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
4. BECOME INVOLVED: Several years ago Fr. Jerry created a project entitled, "Journey for Life into the Heart of Asia". It 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: Life Issues Trends and Challenges".
For information 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 Asian project, kindly send your donations 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)
------------------------------
Get a weekly dose of clear thinking: subscribe to our free Lifeissues newsletter! Sign up on main page of www.LifeIssues.net. Pass this free service to your friends and various groups.
------------------------------
Contact EDITOR:
Jerry Novotny, OMI
Akebono-cho 1-15-9
Kochi City, Japan, 780-8072
[tel/fax: 088-843-0406]
[email: jerry@lifeissues.net (or) jerry@shirt.ocn.ne.jp]
------------------------------
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
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