- The Social Footprints of Contraception
The Church's teaching on sexuality that lies behind its teaching that contraception is intrinsically immoral is dazzlingly beautiful.
Many people whose understanding has been clouded by the corruption of our culture have difficulty understanding it.
09/ 04/08 - Teen Sex? Please Do! - Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood, the billion dollar corporate abortion mill, has taken indecency to a whole new level and is using your taxpayer dollars to do so.
09/ 03/08 - Johnny's Got a New Girl
The risk John McCain took last Friday is comparable to the 72-year-old ex-fighter pilot knocking back two shots and flying his A-4 under the Golden Gate Bridge.
McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his co-pilot was the biggest gamble in presidential history. As of now, it is paying off, big-time.
09/ 03/08 - A Chicken in Every Pot and the Pill on Every Nightstand
During my last pregnancy, I qualified for excellent, free state medical insurance because of our lower income. My husband is in graduate school for a while. This insurance coverage is part of the state's healthy start program for pregnant women and young kids.
09/ 02/08 - Who is Govenor Sarah Palin?
Women and Men across America are cheering the VP pick of John McCain. Here a look at who she is...
08/ 31/08 - PELOSI DENIES CATHOLICISM OPPOSES ABORTION
When asked about when life begins Pelosi answered "...what I know is, over the centuries, the doctors of the Church have not been able to make that definition.”
08/ 26/08 - Planned Parenthood Abortion Center Closes Instead of Following New Law
Monday was the first day that Planned Parenthood, which operates the only abortion business in South Dakota, had to comply with a new state law telling women the truth about abortion. Rather than tell women abortion kills children and has numerous risks, Planned Parenthood closed its doors.
07/ 22/08 - Planned Parenthood Needs More Scrutiny
Last year, Planned Parenthood performed more than 250,000 abortions, which account for about 1 in 5 of our country's total. Of all abortions, those performed for black women accounted for about a third of the procedures. It's also worth noting that a majority of Planned Parenthood's clinics are in minority neighborhoods.
07/ 15/08 - Black pro-lifers to ask NAACP to oppose taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood
Day Gardner: Planned Parenthood has basically bought off Barack Obama
07/ 15/08 - Black Pro-Lifers Demand Parties Refuse Planned Parenthood Funding
Democratic and Republican candidates must reject donations from Planned Parenthood this election year, and Congress should end all federal funding for the abortion provider, according to black pro-life leaders who held two press conferences last week in Washington, D.C., at Democratic and Republican Party Committee headquarters.
07/ 03/08 - Your Tax Money at Work Funding Abortions
For the last few decades, evangelicals repeatedly have mobilized and demonstrated to oppose the operation of abortion clinics. Over the years, many have believed that being anti-abortion had become a litmus test for their support of politicians and policies, which vie for evangelical votes.
07/ 03/08 - Inconvenient Truth for MSM: Black Ministers March Against Planned Parenthood
Exit poll after exit poll in election after election shows the Democratic Party is staunchly supported by an overwhelming majority of African-American voters, many of whom are much more socially conservative on issues like abortion than their party leadership.
07/ 03/08 - Candidates warned against Planned Parenthood money
Corporation's willingness to accept race-based contributions cited
07/ 02/08 - From our friends at KFL
Press release from Kansas for Life
06/ 27/08 - Planned Parenthood: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?
During the last few years, everyone in the nation has come to understand that things are not always the way they appear with individuals or organizations. While all of us struggle to live up to our ideals, some groups live permanently in the land of personal or professional compromise.
06/ 23/08
Abortion record case reviewed
Planned Parenthood initially defeated parents' request
BY SHARON COOLIDGE | SCOOLIDGE@ENQUIRER.COM
March 27, 2008
The Ohio Supreme Court, in a rare move, has agreed to reconsider whether the
parents of a St. Bernard 14-year-old who got an abortion without their
consent can review records involving abortions performed on other minors.
Wednesday's announcement reverses a 4-3 January decision by the court not to
hear the case of "John and June Roe" vs. Planned Parenthood of Southwest
Ohio. That decision meant the records would remain sealed.
Now, with a review under way, those records could be released.
Attorneys for the family are not seeking names, just statistical data.
"I am really ecstatic the Ohio Supreme Court will look at what we think are
extremely important issues related to the issue of child abuse," said Brian
Hurley, the lawyer representing the girl's family.
Planned Parenthood is prepared for a fight.
"We take very seriously the confidentiality of our records," said Becki
Brenner, CEO and president of Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio. "We'll
fight to ensure our patients' most personal information remains private and
honor the trust they place in us.
"The records they want are not pertinent to the case," she said.
The lawsuit, filed in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court in March 2005,
alleges Planned Parenthood performed an unlawful abortion on the teenager by
failing to get parental consent as required by law. The suit also alleged
the girl did not give informed consent and that the clinic failed to report
suspected child abuse.
The cases stems from the sexual molestation of the girl by her St. Bernard
soccer coach, John Haller, in 2004. When the girl got pregnant at age 14,
she gave the clinic Haller's phone number, saying that was how her father
could be reached, according to the lawsuit.
Planned Parenthood and the girl's family disagree about whether a call was
actually made.
Haller was convicted of sexual battery, served a three-year prison term and
is now on parole.
The abortion came to light in that case. Hamilton County prosecutors
investigated and found Planned Parenthood did nothing wrong.
Hurley sought records of abortions given to all patients under 18, arguing
they could establish a pattern. A Hamilton County Common Pleas judge ordered
the release of those records, a decision Planned Parenthood fought and won
when the 1st District Court of Appeals said the records weren't pertinent to
the case.
Hurley appealed that ruling to the Ohio Supreme Court.
The girl's family is seeking damages and wants the court to mandate that
Planned Parenthood follow the law and provide more information to those
seeking abortions.