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Dear Friends For Life,
The mighty abortion company Planned Parenthood is under scrutiny in the United States and gradually cracks are beginning to appear. Abby Johnson, former director of the Planned Parenthood facility in Bryan/College Station, Texas, has filed a whistle blower lawsuit against her former employer. She alleges a "pernicious and persistent" pattern of Medicaid fraud. Abby says in the suit that Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas filed at least 87,075 fraudulent Medicaid claims and collected in excess of $5.7 million from Medicaid to reimburse services which were never performed or not covered by Medicaid. She alleges that approximately 40 percent of the claims submitted by PP Gulf Coast for reimbursement from the Texas WHP program over a two-year period were "false, fraudulent and/or ineligible for reimbursement." New Hampshire Right to Life (NHRTL) received some vindication when a federal judge recently ordered the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to release records about a $1 million grant that was awarded to Planned Parenthood. NHRTL has waited more than five months for the records, which it says were required by law to be delivered within 20 working days of the request. The judge said the documents must be released by April 1. Tony Thornton, the CEO of Planned Parenthood of Lubbock, Texas, was arrested on March 12 for indecent exposure at a local baseball field, which is reputed to be a homosexual cruising spot. The police report lists a 43-year-old male as the victim. It did not state whether any children were present. And Planned Parenthood closes for the day during 40 Days for Life vigil. Betty Scranton reports from Glenwood Springs, Colorado, that Planned Parenthood was closed on Saturday, March 18, in the face of the 40 Days for Life vigil being held there. We will keep you informed as Planned Parenthood's true colors and cracks become public. Your prayers are still very much needed. Go to STOPP for more current news and type Planned Parenthood into search. God Bless,
Jerry Novotny, OMI
(The Difference is LIFE) "No one is obliged to participate in the crisis of his time. He can do something else." - Eric Voegelin.
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Lifeissues.net Newsletter #569
April 1, 2011
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2. Liberian President remains firm: no legalization of homosexual acts
3. English Catholics campaign against gay marriage
4. Over 1 million Thais are infected with HIV/AIDs
5. Asia is the world's top importer of weapons
6. PepsiCo Sidesteps Evidence in Denial Over Aborted Fetal Cells in Flavor Testing
7. How are children a blessing?
8. Chinese study finds link between previous abortion and depression among pregnant women
9. Another Failed 'Accommodation'
10. The Introduction to "Adam and Eve After the Pill" by Mary Eberstadt
11. Georgetown Prof Stands Against the Bishops
12. Abortion Scandal at Saint Mary's College of California
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(Breast Cancer Victim): "Conception to birth" - A MUST read for our viewers. I think you will all enjoy this excellent LIFE video. Be sure to watch until the end and see the development of the heart, brain, etc..
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ITEM #1: Tough Questions, Timeless Moral Truths
Father Brian Mullady on same-sex marriage, contraception, the death penalty, and other pressing moral issues.
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ITEM #2: Liberian President remains firm: no legalization of homosexual acts
"We've got certain traditional values in our society that we would like to preserve," President Johnson Sirleaf said.
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ITEM #3: English Catholics campaign against gay marriage
The Catholic Church in England intensified its campaign against government plans to legalize same-sex marriage Sunday, urging the faithful to protect the "true meaning" of matrimony for future generations.
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ITEM #4: Over 1 million Thais are infected with HIV/AIDs
The Public Health Ministry reports that the number of HIV/AIDs patients in Thailand is on the rise with over 1 million patients currently.
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ITEM #5: Asia is the world's top importer of weapons
Asia is the world's top importer of weapons, this according to a study released on Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Over the past five years, Asia and Oceania accounted for 44 per cent in volume of conventional arm imports, compared with 19 per cent for Europe, 17 per cent for the Middle East, 11 per cent for North and South America, and 9 per cent for Africa. China, which was the world's top importer in 2006-2007, dropped to fourth place, not because of any pacifist change of heart but because it boosted domestic production and exports.
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ITEM #6: PepsiCo Sidesteps Evidence in Denial Over Aborted Fetal Cells in Flavor Testing
PepsiCo is denying charges that it has contracted with a company that uses cell lines derived from aborted babies for flavor research. As reported in a pair of stories by The New American, a PepsiCo shareholder had earlier filed a resolution with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in an effort to stop a $30-million deal the company had inked with Senomyx, a company that, according to the pro-life group Children of God for Life, uses cell lines from aborted babies in its business of creating artificial flavor enhancers.
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ITEM #7 How are children a blessing?
The Churchs teaching on contraception is not just a prohibition but a calling to the joy of parenthood. Procreation of children, far greater than an obligation, is an outpouring of Gods love to spouses, who in turn pour out their love to their children.
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ITEM #8: Chinese study finds link between previous abortion and depression among pregnant women
In an analysis of the study, Dr. Patricia Coleman noted that the findings were consistent with those of previous studies.
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ITEM #9: Another Failed 'Accommodation'
It is clear that the Obama administration is not backing down from its anti-conscience mandate but hopes to bury the controversy with bureaucratic delay. In its "Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking," the government now officially promises to take action at some time in the future to address the conflict. The notice, issued on Friday, takes 32 pages to explain that the president still doesn't have a clue how to balance the demands of the Left, which insists that all women should have free access to drugs that cause early abortion, sterilization procedures, and contraceptives, and the Catholic Church, which believes the mandate is a government violation of conscience and religious liberty.
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ITEM #10: The Introduction to "Adam and Eve After the Pill" by Mary Eberstadt
Time magazine and Francis Fukuyama, Raquel Welch and a series of popes, some of the world's leading scientists, and many other unlikely allies all agree: No single event since Eve took the apple has been as consequential for relations between the sexes as the arrival of modern contraception. Moreover, there is good reason for their agreement. By rendering fertile women infertile with nearly 100 percent accuracy, the Pill and related devices have transformed the lives and families of the great majority of people born after their invention. Modern contraception is not only a fact of our time; it may even be the central fact, in the sense that it is hard to think of any other whose demographic, social, behavioral, and personal fallout has been as profound.
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ITEM #11: Georgetown Prof Stands Against the Bishops
Jacques Berlinerblau, director of the Program for Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University, wrote a piece for The Chronicle of Higher Education, arguing against the bishops' stand for religious liberty. He said that "religious freedom" is "regrettably becoming a codeword and umbrella term for certain types of Conservative Christian policy." Read more.....
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ITEM #12: Abortion Scandal at Saint Mary's College of California
It's always scandalous when a Catholic college hosts an extreme pro-abortion activist like Amy Richards to lecture to students and others. But it somehow seems worse when the Catholic college is named after Mary, the Mother of God. Richards has been quoted in the New York Times explaining why she allegedly killed two of her three unborn children when she was pregnant with triplets.
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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. Access to all prior Newsletters is located in the Archives on main page. 2. 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 3. 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 (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 at 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@shirt.ocn.ne.jp] ["Due to volume of spam received, we're asking you not to reply to this message but instead send all correspondence to jerry@shirt.ocn.ne.jp. Thank you! Editor"] ------------------------------ Websites by Editor: English LifeIssues Site: http://www.lifeissues.net, Japanese LifeIssues Site: http://www.japan-lifeissues.net,
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