ALL Pro-Life Today Report 6/4/2012

Monday, June 4, 2012 Surprise midlife pregnancy: Burgeoning trends By Beth Caulfield Celebrate Life Since 1990, the birth rate for women aged 40 and older in the U.S. has tripled. This staggering growth by far outpaces that of any other age group. Yet while the media has emphasized that more women are choosing to delay or extend motherhood, a related trend has gone virtually unnoticed. In 2001, the National Center for Health Statistics reported that roughly 40 percent of pregnancies among women aged 40 and older are "unintended," and 56 percent of those end in abortion. The Guttmacher Institute reports that, from 1974 to 2004, teens and women 40 and older had a higher percentage of abortions than women aged 20-39, and that, from 1989 to 2004, although there was a "substantial drop" in abortion rates for teens and women aged 20-24, and little change for women in their 30s, there was a nine-percent increase for women 40 and older.  [ Click here to read more. ]

HEADLINES Planned Parenthood fights religious liberty in North Dakota Citizen Link As voters in North Dakota prepare to vote June 12 on several ballot measures----including one protecting religious freedom----they've found out exactly who has been donating large sums of money to defeat it. The North Dakota Secretary of State's office revealed today that a political arm of Planned Parenthood donated $103,687.94 to defeat Measure 3. According to the disclosure report, the Planned Parenthood MN ND SD Action Fund is one of only three entities in a group calling itself North Dakotans Against Measure 3. The other two are a mother and daughter in California who regularly give large donations to pro-abortion causes; they gave a combined $7,000. The Planned Parenthood action fund is based in Minnesota.   EU ponders birth control pill's environmental effects Mother Nature Network The birth control pill is a hot topic in the U.S. these days in regards to who should be required to pay for it and who should not. Turns out it's also coming under scrutiny on the other side of the pond in Europe----but for a very different reason. Environmental experts are concerned about the effect the pill has after use, once it is released into the environment through the public water system.   Second SNU professor accused of fabricating stem cell research The Korea Herald Seoul National University said Monday that it has launched an investigation into allegations that another of its professors, Kang Kyung-sun at the College of Veterinary Medicine, fabricated parts of a stem cell research paper. Kang, who is a leading scientist in stem cell studies, is known as a mentor to scandal-ridden professor Kang Su-kyung, who is accused of manipulating information in 14 research papers published in international journals.