Monday, April 2, 2012
 | Lost and found: My unrecognized Grace  By Renee Lannan
Daffodils trumpeted, white lilies sang with spotted tongues, and the church vibrated with resurrection and redemption-of all humankind and all creation. But it was hard for me to join the Easter celebration. The joy of new life was palpable yet unbearable, because I was mired in a Good Friday sense of loss I couldn't shake.
A few weeks earlier, my first pregnancy ultrasound had cast doubts on the health of the baby I was carrying. We were told that if the baby survived, he or she would probably be very disabled. We were then given a week of waiting for another ultrasound appointment.
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| HEADLINES |  |  DOJ drops Obama-ordered appeal against pro-life activist, will pay $120,000 legal expenses
JillStanek.com
The Department of Justice has dropped its appeal in Holder v. Pineagainst pro-life sidewalk counselor Mary "Susan" Pine, who is represented by Liberty Counsel. The DOJ has agreed to pay $120,000 for this improper lawsuit. The DOJ had unsuccessfully sought thousands of dollars in fines against Susan Pine, as well as a permanent injunction banning her from counseling women on the public sidewalk outside the Presidential Women's Center abortion clinic. |
|  Komen's Brinker apologizes to Congress
Politico
Susan G. Komen for the Cure founder Nancy Brinker sent a letter on Friday to members of Congress, apologizing for the organization's "mistakes" during the recent controversy over Planned Parenthood grants ---- and asking representatives to support funding for an early breast cancer detection program. . . . The group, which had made the controversial ---- and since-rescinded ----decision earlier this year to yank funding from Planned Parenthood, is looking for congressional support on the CDC's National Breast & Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, Brinker wrote. |
|  UN considers recognizing sexual rights for ten-year-old children
LifeSiteNews
The UN Commission on Population and Development is considering "sexual and reproductive health and rights" for children as young as ten. Even the Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon agrees. In a statement recently released he said, "Young people, as much as all people, share the human right to health, including sexual and reproductive health." Currently international law does not recognize a "right" to sexual and reproductive health and certainly does not recognize this right in the case of minors. But just last year, the UN Special Rapporteur for Health, Anand Grover, stirred up significant controversy when he not only claimed that a "right" of sexual and reproductive health existed but attempted to define that right as including access to abortion, contraception, and sexual education. | |
