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More Likely to Be Aborted Than to Be Born The tragedy of abortion is compounded when it affects an entire race of human beings. Recent statistics show that a staggering and disproportionate number of black babies are aborted each year. Each and every loss of life creates a void that can never be filled-and each abortion kills a baby who will never experience the joys of life. Read today's guest commentary for more about this tragic trend. [ Read today's commentary here. ] |
| 'THE PILL KILLS MARRIAGE' SEMINAR ON JUNE 4 IN DALLAS, TEXAS | | "The Pill Kills Marriage" is the theme of an exciting, inspirational and educational seminar to be presented by ALL's Stop Planned Parenthood International (STOPP) and ALL Associate group STOPP of Dallas on June 4.  Keynoting the seminar will be internationally renowned Humanae Vitae speaker, Fr. Daniel McCaffrey. His ability to explain God's plan for joyful, fulfilled marriage is unsurpassed. He is a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, has worked in the Apostolate of Family Enrichment and currently heads the Natural Family Planning Outreach in Oklahoma City. Joining Fr. McCaffrey will be Deacon Rick Condon and his wife, Jenny. The couple developed "Life & Love in the 21st Century," a parish mission that immerses couples in the culture of life. Deacon Rick and Jenny hosted their popular morning drive-time show, Rise and Shine, on KWKY radio in Iowa for two years. Karen Garnett, executive director of the Catholic Pro-Life Committee of North Texas; the respect life ministry of the Diocese of Dallas; and Rita Diller, STOPP's national director; will round out the program. Click here to register for this exciting half-day seminar or call 972-267-LIFE (5433). The $10 registration fee includes materials and lunch. Join us prior to the seminar at 8 a.m. on Saturday, June 4, for Mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Dallas, followed by a procession to Planned Parenthood, where we will stand in public witness of the reality that The Pill Kills Marriages. Click here to help promote this exciting seminar and public-witness event. |
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| HEADLINES | | | | U.S. says new Indiana law improperly limits Medicaid NY Times The Obama administration prohibited the State of Indiana on Wednesday from carrying out a new state law that cuts off money for Planned Parenthood clinics providing health care to low-income women on Medicaid. The state law penalized Planned Parenthood because some of its clinics also perform abortions. Dr. Donald M. Berwick, administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said the state law imposed impermissible restrictions on the freedom of Medicaid beneficiaries to choose health care providers. The freedom of choice, he said, is generally guaranteed by the federal Medicaid law. | | Pioneering stem cell trial gives hope to MS sufferers Herald Scotland PIONEERING research into bone marrow stem cell therapy that could help multiple sclerosis (MS) sufferers is to take place later this year. The trial on 80 MS patients will test whether bone marrow stem cells, which can repair tissue and organ damage, can be used to treat the disease. Scotland has one of the highest rates of MS in the world and around 10,500 people north of the Border have the condition, which is most commonly diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 40 and is more prevalent among women than men. The new research, to be carried out at the Burden Neurological Institute based at Bristol's Frenchay Hospital, follows on from an initial trial to establish what effects bone marrow stem cells have on patients with MS. | |
