- 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
From our friends at KFL
By Mary Kay Culp
Kansas for Life
PRESS RELEASE
June 24, 2008
Contact: Executive Director Mary Kay Culp, 913-406-4446
Is "Born-Alive Infant Protection" ignored in Kansas?
►2 laws protect infant survivors of abortion: Kansas & Federal
►2006 bill creating state reporting form for such cases vetoed by KS Gov. Sebelius
►Tiller crematorium unregulated under D.A. Foulston
►Secret video by students captures Tiller's Born-Alive disregard
►National relevance: Obama voted against Born-Alive Infant Protection
On June 23rd, Operation Rescue reported that police and medical board complaints have been filed, based on a claim by an ex-Tiller-employee, that a 35-week gestation infant was stabbed to death after it was born alive during an abortion. http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jun/08062402.html
If true, this would violate both Kansas and federal Born-Alive Infant Protection laws. "I wish I was surprised," said Kansans for Life Executive Director, Mary Kay Culp, "but I'm not. Tiller's clinic has been allowed to operate an unlicensed crematorium for years, and--as the former Wichita coroner pointed out--this means anything can happen there."
ACTIONS RECOMMENDED
►The state Board of Healing Art's new disciplinary grid assigns misconduct and crimes that include criminal abortions to result in mandatory suspension and fines. To protect the public, and noting that Tiller's abortion facility uses an onsite crematorium to dispose of potential evidence, we urge the Board's investigation in this alleged stabbing be assigned the highest priority.
►Because the federal health agency [DHHS] announced it will strongly enforce the Born-Alive law, we ask that Eric Melgren, U.S. Attorney, open an immediate investigation. Citizens need to know: (1) whether all Kansas physicians and institutions are properly following federal guidelines on infant protection, and (2) if this "death by stabbing" claim is credible, what actions can be taken.
FEDERAL ISSUES
The charge by the ex-Tiller-employee would not be the first time for such reports. On April 22, 2005, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced they were taking action to improve compliance with the 2002 Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, which reads: "determining the meaning of any Act of Congress .shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. http://www.nrlc.org/federal/Born_Alive_Infants/BAIPLaw0405.html
Director of DHHS, Mike Leavitt, said "Congress had received testimony that some infants who had been born alive after unsuccessful abortions were left to die.The Act reaffirms the legal principle that all infants born alive are entitled to the full protection of the law.We took the first of these educational steps today by notifying relevant entities that we aggressively enforce federal laws that protect born-alive infants. We issued clear guidance that withholding medical care from an infant born alive may constitute a violation of the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act and the Medicare Conditions of Participation." http://www.nrlc.org/federal/Born_Alive_Infants/StatementonDHHS042205.html
STATE ACTIONS FOR BORN-ALIVE PROBLEM
In response to the 2005 announced federal program to step up Born Alive enforcement, Kansans for Life supported SB 528, sponsored in 2006 by State Senator Nick Jordan, which included this provision: "The secretary of health and environment shall design and promulgate a form for an attempted abortion resulting in a live birth and provide copies to all relevant entities." http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2006/528.pdf Gov. Sebelius vetoed this bill.
State law since 1997 clearly protects infants that survive abortion. Kansas' Women's Right to Know Informed Consent Law requires: "If the child is born alive, the attending physician has the legal obligation to take all reasonable steps necessary to maintain the life and health of the child;" http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-statutes/getStatuteInfo.do
The penalty for such a state violation is a charge of unprofessional conduct for the physician, requiring action by the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts. In April 2008, amidst scandal for failure to discipline scandalous physicians, the Board quietly adopted new guidelines for imposing consistent sanctions for unprofessional and criminal conduct. http://www.ksbha.org/boardactions/Documents/guidelines_HB_2620%20.pdf
WICHITANS LONG OUTRAGED AT UNLICENSED ABORTION CREMATORIUM
According to an opinion issued Sept. 10,1991 by Sedgwick County D.A. Nola Foulson, with the consent of Attorney General Bob Stephan, an aborted human fetus is not a dead body under Kansas law and Wichita doctors who perform abortions do not have to file reports with the local coroner.
The ruling rejects a complaint by the county coroner's office that George Tiller and other Wichita physicians who perform abortions are violating state law when they cremate the remains of aborted fetuses without applying for a certificate authorizing the cremation. Deputy County Coroner William Eckert was unhappy with the ruling, saying, ''I am concerned that there are no records available that doctors or other people could use to see what the hell is going on. theoretically, they can flush everything or burn it." Members of the Wichita Rescue Movement also echoed outrage at the legal double standard and called for Foulston's recall. (*Wichita Eagle, Sept 11th and 13th, 1991)
At that time, Kansas' law did not recognize fetuses as human beings under any circumstances. However, in 2005, Kansas amended its criminal code, with the passage of Alexa's Law, allowing the fetus to be considered human for purposes of prosecuting for criminal injury and death.
NATIONAL IMPLICATIONS
Students for Life went undercover March 9, 2008, to tape a Feminist Majority Foundation's annual conference, featuring late-term Wichita abortionist George Tiller. On the video, Tiller openly discusses children who "slip out" accidentally during an abortion yet failed to recognize the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act. See http://www.studentsforlife.org/index.php/tiller/
Finally, it is worth mentioning that presidential candidate Barack Obama, speculated as considering Kansas Governor Sebelius for his running mate, voted against the Illinois state and federal versions of the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act prior to each being overwhelmingly passed and signed into law. Jill Stanek is the nurse who outed the Illinois hospital practice of induced abortions with infants survivors allowed to die. See information about Obama's voting records and comments at http://www.jillstanek.com/ especially:
"Barack Obama and the Comfort Room" http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2008/06/in_march_2002_t.html
Obama, Wright, and the Christ Hospital connection; http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2008/03/obama_wright_an.html
Links to Obama's votes http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2008/02/links_to_barack.html
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