Dear Friends for Life,
Sex selection in India in bad state. Due to sex selection abortion, the ratio of girls is continuing its free fall. In 1991, there were 945 girls for every 1,000 boys. In 2001, it was 927. In some areas, it is worse. Wealthy urban families in the Punjab have 300 girls per 1,000 boys. In South Delhi it is 832. In the state Haryana it is 822. This confounds the conventional wisdom expected that as India develops more, more families move into the middle class, more girls go to school and more women join the workforce, that traditional ideas about lesser value of girls will erode. Actually the opposite has happened.
Africa's population is growing. The population of Africa has reached one billion with a rate of increase of about twenty-four million a year. Growth has slowed in North Africa but in Sub-Sahara Africa the average woman has 5.3 children (down from 6.7) compared to the global average of 2.6.
A Catholic voice speaks out. Archbishop R. Burke, head of the Vatican's Apostolic Signatura, the Church's highest Court has stated that Church law is clear. Politicians, who support abortion publicly and despite being formally corrected, continue to overtly support abortion, should definitely be denied Holy Communion. Nor can they worthily receive it.
God Bless,
Jerry Novotny, OMI
(Quote) If people contemplate and really see the sanctity of life, their "quality of life" arguments fall away and they will understand that we are here to care for each other, not to kill each other. Caring, and not convenience, is the sign of a civilized and just society! -Ron Panzer
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Lifeissues.net NEWSLETTER #490
September 5, 2010
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(TABLE OF CONTENTS):
1. Talking to your kids about drugs and alcohol
2. Contraception: The Bacteria Devouring America's Soul
3. Legal guardians can't pull plug on mentally disabled
4. Sterilize the Unfit Says British Professor
5. Britain's Leading Gay Activist Calls for Lowering of Age of Consent to 14
6. USAID Pushes Social Marketing of Contraceptives in Philippines
7. HIV/AIDS in Asia
8. Global: Spotlight on violence against children
9. Number of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Indonesia on the Rise
10. Poll: 57% of Americans Oppose Tax Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research
11. Church intervenes in pastor's euthanasia battle
12. Stem-Cell Plaintiffs Cite Ethical Motivation
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(Focus on Asia): "Aging philanthropist is Pakistan's Mother Teresa" - The aging man in mud-splattered, frayed clothes has barely lowered his body onto the sidewalk when the money starts piling up. Heeding his call for donations for flood victims, Pakistanis of all classes rush to hand over cash to Abdul Sattar Edhi, whose years of dedication to the poor have made him a national icon. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jobQzB5hDwq1UuX_jDpODPl7_n0QD9HTIPVO0
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ITEM #1. Talking to your kids about drugs and alcohol
By now you probably know that drugs and alcohol present an insidious threat to your children. But did you know that you are the crucial element in protecting your children? Healthy communication at home is the best path to a promising future free of alcohol and drug abuse.
View full article at Focus on the Family:
http://www.focusonthefamily.com/parenting/parenting_challenges/talking-with-your-kids-about-drugs-and-alcohol.aspx
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ITEM #2. Contraception: The Bacteria Devouring America's Soul
Having seen an inordinate number of eloquent commentaries delineating the moral evils of the recent United States District Court decision nullifying the will of California voters on Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage, I am nonetheless left wondering why none of the commentators was able to connect the dots.
Obviously, same-sex "marriage" or even same-sex "civil unions" are a bad idea, particularly if legitimized by a court system that previously put its stamp of approval on contraception and abortion. But why isn't anyone pointing out the obvious root cause of this latest moral and legal debacle? Why isn't anyone hammering on contraception?
View full article at Catholic Exchange:
http://catholicexchange.com/2010/08/27/133737/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+catholicex+%28Catholic+Exchange%29
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ITEM #3. Legal guardians can't pull plug on mentally disabled
"A person's value isn't based on his or her physical or mental abilities," said ADF Legal Counsel Matt Bowman. "No one should be allowed to decide that a person's life is not worth saving just because he or she has a disability or medical condition."
View full article at ADF:
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/News/Detail?ContentID=18406
**The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) maintains its website with much information at: http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/
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ITEM #4. Sterilize the Unfit Says British Professor
The mentally and morally "unfit" should be sterilized, Professor David Marsland, a sociologist and health expert, said this weekend. The professor made the remarks on the BBC radio program Iconoclasts, which advertises itself as the place to "think the unthinkable.
View full article at LifeSiteNews.com:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/aug/10083101.html
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ITEM #5. Britain's Leading Gay Activist Calls for Lowering of Age of Consent to 14
One of Britain's leading homosexualist activists has called again for the lowering of the age of sexual consent from 16 to 14, saying that this will reduce incidents of sexual abuse of young people. Peter Tatchell, founder of the group OutRage!, wrote on the website Big Think, "Whether we like it or not, many teenagers have their first sexual experience around the ages of 14 or 15."
View full article at LifeSiteNews.com:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/sep/10090110.html
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ITEM #6. USAID Pushes Social Marketing of Contraceptives in Philippines
The Philippine government is implementing a new marketing scheme developed by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to push contraceptives on the largely Catholic population of the country.
View full article at LifeSiteNews.com:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/sep/10090210.html
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ITEM #7. HIV/AIDS in Asia
HIV (ie, HIV-1) epidemics in Asia show great diversity, both in severity and timing. But epidemics in Asia are far from over and several countries including China, Indonesia, and Vietnam have growing epidemics. Several factors affect the rate and magnitude of growth of HIV prevalence, but two of the most important are the size of the sex worker population and the frequency with which commercial sex occurs. In view of the present state of knowledge, even countries with low prevalence of infection might still have epidemics affecting a small percentage of the population. Once HIV infection has become established, growing needs for care and treatment are unavoidable and even the so-called prevention-successful countries of Thailand and Cambodia are seeing burgeoning care needs. The manifestations of HIV disease in the region are discussed with the aim of identifying key issues in medical management and care of HIV/AIDS.
Article is located at The Lancet:
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(04)16593-8/fulltext
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ITEM #8. Global: Spotlight on violence against children
Between 133 million and 275 million children experience violence at home every year, most of whom live in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, according to the 2006 UN Study on Violence against Children.
Article can be found at IRIN:
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=90390
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ITEM #9. Number of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Indonesia on the Rise
In terms of how they were infected, the data showed 10,722 cases happened through heterosexual relations, 718 through homo- and bisexual relations, 8,786 through drug injections, 20 through blood transfusion, 587 through perinatal transmission, and 937 cases by unknown means.
View entire article at Jakarta Globe:
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/number-of-people-living-with-hivaids-in-indonesia-on-the-rise/393067
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ITEM #10. Poll: 57% of Americans Oppose Tax Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research
On the week in which a federal judge ruled that President Barack Obama's executive order forcing Americans to pay for embryonic stem cell research with taxpayer funds violates a federal law, a new poll shows a majority of Americans opposed tax-funding the controversial and unproven research.
View entire text at LifeNews.com:
http://LifeNews.com/bio3152.html
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ITEM #11. Church intervenes in pastor's euthanasia battle
A situation is unfolding in Canada that is similar to the case of Terri Schiavo, the patient who was starved and dehydrated to death in Florida several years ago. Joshua Kulendran Mayandy, a Sri Lankan native and Pentecostal pastor at Humberlea Worship Centre in Etobicoke, suffered a heart attack and brain damage May 29. He was in a coma but came out of it and has improved. Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) tells OneNewsNow Mayandy has no family, no written instructions on what to do, and no power-of-attorney agreement that could affect those decisions.
View entire text at One News Now:
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=1143940
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ITEM #12. Stem-Cell Plaintiffs Cite Ethical Motivation
"Any adult stem cell scientist is disadvantaged, and that's because there is a deliberate focus to fund embryonic stem cell research and a focus away from adult stem cell research," Dr. Deisher said.
View entire text at The Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704791004575466081896678078.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEForthNews
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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". The project appeals for donations to help finance plane travel for lectures and seminars to developing countries in Asia. Strong focus is centered 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
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