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Dear Friends For Life,The French Senate as voted "No" to euthanasia. By a vote of 170-142 the French government has once again defeated a bill to legalize euthanasia in that country.Abortions have doubled despite more contraception. The Journal of Contraception, following Spanish women since 1997 has shown that the overall use of contraceptives increased from 49% to 80%. Condom usage rose from 21% to 39%, while use of the pill moved up from 14% to 20%. In spite of the above use of birth control measures the elective abortion rate increased from 5.5% to 11.5%."Eggsploitation", a new film, is now available which interviews women who've donated eggs and as a result have experienced devastating medical problems. Unlike the delicate balance of hormones used in treating infertility, these women have been subjected to very large hormone doses for the purpose of harvesting multiple eggs. As a result some women experience major complications including loss of ovaries, stroke and brain damage. Traditional agencies must maintain accurate records of the biologic mother's health records, not so for these egg factories.God Bless, ******************************************************* ITEM #1: The Global War Against Baby Girls ITEM #3: New Efforts to Simplify End-of-Life Care Wishes A recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine and authored by researchers in Cyprus, shows the success of a new prenatal blood test that could potentially replace current invasive procedures used to test for Down syndrome. But while the testing appears both successful and risk-free, some are warning that such easily available testing may exacerbate the already prevalent practice of "weeding out" children with birth abnormalities. "I lived through the Sendai air raids," said Wako, 75, referring to the Allied bombings of the northeast's largest city. "But this is much worse." **************************************** ITEM #6: Deaths of 'Unwanted' Babies On The Rise The graves at a cemetery in Moach Goth have no epitaphs, no verses from the Koran, not even the names of the deceased. The only inscription on the small wooden signs that serve as headstones is a number and the date of burial. The latest one is Number 72,315. **************************************** ITEM #7 Overseas workers 'treated like slaves' A Church body in the central Philippines has decried the plight of Filipino migrants, most from the province of Cebu, who work in other countries. **************************************** ITEM #8: When grief is no longer forbidden **************************************** The biggest lesson Deisher has learned from the lawsuit, she says, is "how many scientists are against [human-embryonic-stem-cell research]. I did not know that. I did not expect the level of support and encouragement that I have received." The extent of that support may be tested if the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, when it rules on the issue, agrees with Deisher. If it does, it will shut down hundreds of human-embryonic-stem-cell experiments once more - possibly for good. ITEM #11: New studies bolster Catholic approach to HIV, other sexually transmitted diseasesTwo new scientific studies have underlined the practical wisdom of Church teachings on sexuality, as a means of curbing the spread of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. In Zimbabwe, a team of Harvard researchers found a sharp drop in HIV infection rates, attributable mainly to a change in behavior. "In Zimbabwe, as elsewhere, partner reduction appears to have played a crucial role in reversing the HIV epidemic," said Daniel Halperin of the Harvard School of Public Health. In England, two professors at the University of Nottingham found that when the "morning-after pill" is generally available without prescription, there is a rise in the incidence of sexually transmitted disease. The difference is most evident among young teenagers, the researchers found. ITEM #12: GendercideThe war on baby girls. Killed, aborted or neglected, at least 100 million girls have disappeared and the number is rising.
Jerry Novotny, OMI(A Thought) "Pride consists in a man making his personality the only test, instead of making truth the test. The sceptic feels himself too large to measure life by the largest things; and ends by measuring it by the smallest thing of all." - G.K. Chesterton
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Lifeissues.net Newsletter #517
March 20, 2011
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(TABLE OF CONTENTS):1. The Global War Against Baby Girls
2. Girl cured of brain cancer using umbilical cord stem cells
3. New Efforts to Simplify End-of-Life Care Wishes
4. Increases fears of 'weeding out' Down's children
5. For elderly, echoes of World War II horrors
6. Deaths of 'Unwanted' Babies On The Rise
7. Overseas workers 'treated like slaves'
8. When grief is no longer forbidden
9. Dying as the last great act of living
10. Stem cells: The crusader
11. New studies bolster Catholic approach to HIV
12. Gendercide
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(Focus on Asia): "http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/03/16/2011031601421.html" target="_blank">Is Korea Safe from Japan Radiation?" - Concerns are rising in Korea about a major radiation leak from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Japan. The fallout from the devastating Chernobyl disaster in 1986 spread northwest to Stockholm, Sweden and west to Berlin, Germany, each some 1,100 km away, which is roughly the distance between Seoul and Fukushima.
The widespread use of sonogram technology - coupled with liberal abortion laws - has made it easier than ever for women to identify the sex of their child so that those without a Y chromosome can be killed before they're even born. In a speech before the United Nations, demographer Nicholas Eberstadt revealed the details of this frightening trend...
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ITEM #2: Girl cured of brain cancer using umbilical cord stem cellsAt 22 months, Martinez began to suffer from a brain tumor and needed several intensive rounds of chemotherapy, which destroyed her blood cells, requiring her to receive infusions of stem cells from her umbilical cord. The availability of such a treatment in infants suffering from cancer is rare, due to the fact that in most cases the child suffers from leukemia, which originates in a genetic defect also found in the child's stem cells.
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Comment: Go to the URL to view sample POSTL document. Very simple but potentially lethal. I work in an ICU and many of my patients are elderly. We are often surprised when these seriously ill elderly people recover even though the doctor or nurses may think these people are hopeless. That's just one problem with POSTL. Also, it's too easy to talk a seriously or critically ill person into refusing basic care: "Do you want tubes or resuscitation if you get worse or would you like to be kept comfortable?" How much information will be given-especially to the elderly-about ventilators, feeding tubes, etc? Most of the people I care for are just familiar with what the media says or the care given to a relative who died. And advance directives are too often "sold" in the media as a means to save loved ones from economic and emotional burdens. The article mentions that a person can use POSTL to get aggressive treatment but the document is geared towards refusal. And then, of course, we have the "futile care" policies in many hospitals that can overrule the patient and the family. -Nancy Valko, RN
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ITEM #4: Study proves accuracy of new Down syndrome test, increases fears of 'weeding out' Down's children
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ITEM #5: For elderly, echoes of World War II horrors
Singapore finds healing and hope in the aftermath of abortion.
ITEM #9: Dying as the last great act of living
I have researched and written on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for over thirty years. I'm going to assume that you have probably heard all the usual arguments for and against euthanasia, many of which are very important and prominent in this debate. But I want to focus on some aspects that might not yet have been presented.
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ITEM #10: Stem cells: The crusader
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