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January 15, 2008
By Ruben Obregon MRSA TOUTED AS THE "NEW HIV" A study to be published in the February 19 edition of the Annals of Internal Medicine found that a multi drug resistant strain of staph is common among homosexuals in...
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October 31, 2007
A local TV news report regards a Denver Public School proposal to distribute birth control and the morning after pill to high school students: Denver's CBS affiliate News 4 reporter Raj Chohan: Not everyone agrees. Groups like Colorado Right to...
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September 14, 2007
(ARTICLE UPDATED SEPT. 16, 2007) It depends on what percentage of what financial categories you're using to answer the question. Also would someone please pass this info on to the good folks fighting this PP clinic in Aurora for me?...
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August 22, 2007
...Plan B As "Loss Leader" for Planned Parenthood and The Rich Get Richer (But It Ain't Who You Think) Point One: Check back here on this blog in oh, about, August 2027, when there will have been enough longitudinal evidence...
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June 14, 2007
A report from the Administration for Children and Families released on Tuesday found that several federally funded comprehensive sex ed programs examined contained medical inaccuracies. For quite some time, critics of abstinence until marriage policies have critiqued such programs as...
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Whenever a new study is published that "proves" once and for all abstinence until marriage programs don't work, you hear about it on the news. Both headlines and bloglines across the nation scream "Abstinence-only programs don't work - fund Comprehensive...
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May 30, 2007
In a recent post on the Generations for Life blog, John points out that advocates for so called comprehensive sexuality education programs are in bed with the pornography industry. The Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health is holding an "adults only"...
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May 29, 2007
A new study finds that levonorgestrel, the drug in Plan B emergency contraception, can possibly act as an abortifacient, at least some of the time. Unfortunately this news story broke last Friday, when most people had the three day weekend...
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March 22, 2007
Harvard's Abstinence Club - True Love Revolution. Across the nation, a counter-cultural phenomenon is brewing among teens and young adults - abstinence from pre-marital sex. That's right, a new sexual revolution is underway, one that rejects contraception, hookups, "free love"...
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March 14, 2007
Published by Ruben on ContraceptionBlog.com, a project of the No Room for Contraception Campaign. Angela Watkinson, a Member of Parliament, is presenting a parental consent bill on contraception and abortion to the House of Commons. Watkinson stated "The first thing...
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March 12, 2007
I'm not Catholic and was still incensed by Sean Hannity's treatment of a highly respected pro-life leader - who is also a priest - as well as Hannity's low blows and talking points, which could have just as easily...
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February 26, 2007
Posted by Genevieve Parker on ContraceptionBlog.com A panel of professionals discussed the contraversial point of a pharmacist's right to refuse filling emergency contraception prescriptions on the basis of conscience. Here's the write-up in a Harvard Law School newspaper. I find...
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February 19, 2007
John from Generations for Life has a succinct post regarding NYC condoms, minors, and the New York City Health Department: http://generationsforlife.org/2007/0219/bad-ideas-and-good-ideas/ For those of you new who are new to this blog, Generations for Life and the Pro-life Action League...
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Posted by Ruben on ContraceptionBlog.com This morning I came across the commentary Abstinence and Contraceptives Don't Mix Well in the Daily Campus, the largest daily college newspaper in Connecticut. Here are some excerpts from the commentary:...
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February 16, 2007
NARAL used this article in an email alert yesterday to attempt to pressure Wal-Mart to always have a pharmacist on duty to dispense Plan B, the morning after pill. While the FDA agreed last August, under pressure from libereal feminists,...
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February 15, 2007
Posted by Britt Shankle on ContraceptionBlog.com Yesterday, on hundreds of college campuses nationwide, students were handed a Hershey's kiss with a free condom. This "Condom and a Kiss" campaign has been going on for several years and is a way...
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February 14, 2007
Planned Parenthood's pornographic Teen Wire website, which answers such typical teen questions as, "I'm a girl who likes to fantasize that I'm a guy having sex with another guy. Is this normal?", reminds us today, Valentines Day, is also National...
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February 7, 2007
I've posted a couple of comments (here and here) on the New England Journal of Medicine article, "Religion, Conscience, and Controversial Practices" on LifeEthics.org. The majority of the docs in the survey object to abortion for contraceptive failure and nearly...
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January 29, 2007
Posted by Britt Shankle on ContraceptionBlog.com A new study was released Wednesday that discloses the role that estrogen plays in breast cancer. Through the University of Illinois, researchers announced that not only does estrogen speed up the process of breast...
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January 27, 2007
Posted by Genevieve Parker on ContraceptionBlog.com First off, I'd like to extend a warm welcome to Britt - so glad you're joining NRFC's blogging team!Also, here's an interesting article about the phenomenon of transsexual fish in Boulder Creek, Colorado. In...
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Posted on ContraceptionBlog.com by Britt Shankle. As I promised, here's a short synopsis of how Project Plus came to be, and what we're doing now. Like I said earlier, we are a group of college students who were all concerned...
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I'd like to introduce the latest member of the NRFC blogging team, Britt Shankle. Britt has been involved in Project Plus, a campaign to educate college students about the harms of contraception. Here's more about Britt in her own words....
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January 24, 2007
Posted by Genevieve Parker on ContraceptionBlog.com Replying to several press releases from yesterday, the FDA issued a statement affirming that there is NO PROBLEM with the EFFECTIVENESS of the hormonal contraceptives currently approved at this time. So, no worries, their...
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January 23, 2007
This past Monday at the blogs for life conference, I had an opportunity to speak with both Senator Sam Brownback and Representative Duncan Hunter about the harms of contraception. Now before you pro-contraception bloggers get happy and start ranting on...
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December 28, 2006
Another study indicates that greater access to emergency contraception (Plan B) does not lead to a decrease in pregnancy rates. CONCLUSION: This intensive strategy to enhance access to emergency contraceptive pills substantially increased use of the method and had no...
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December 21, 2006
Posted by Genevieve Parker on ContraceptionBlog.com In light of all the flack associated with Bush's apointment of Dr. Eric Keroack as director of the HHS's Family Planning arm, Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse writes on what she refers to as "A...
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October 18, 2006
Thank God for Louisiana State University students with brains, common sense and guts. The youth of today... there is hope for them, and perhaps for all of us because of them. Here is at least one young adult who speaks...
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September 16, 2006
From the Guardian: Making it easier for women to get emergency contraception has had no effect on cutting abortion rates, an expert has said.In fact, abortion rates have increased in England despite a clear increase in the use of the...
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August 14, 2006
(from http://www.NoRoomforContraception.com) In response to the articles "Contraception Deception" and "Medical Dictionaries Prove Plan B Advocates Wrong", many readers (including physicians) defended their positions by claiming the following: 1. The definitions used by physicians are different than the ones used...
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August 3, 2006
Achromic on the run | Plan B: Now....... most of you might think that I would be jumping up and down for joy over this. After all I AM very prochoice. But instead I am worried. We are not talking...
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(From http://www.NoRoomforContraception.com) Around the nation, news reports concerning Plan B feature claims from abortion advocates that the "medically accepted definition" of pregnancy begins with the implantation of a fertilized egg. These claims are made with an air of certainty and...
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August 2, 2006
The pro-abortion industry wants a pharmacist to dispense a drug which could kill the person taking it or the person who might be born. Since when did pharmacists become doctors?
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July 26, 2006
For too long the pro-life movement has been reluctant to face the issue of contraception head-on. Most pro-lifers know in their guts there's something wrong with contraception, and that flooding our society with condoms, pills, patches and injections ultimately leads...
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June 30, 2006
(From http://www.NoRoomforContraception.com) Abortion rights advocates have been accusing the pro-life movement of trying to redefine pregnancy and reclassify certain contraceptives as abortifacients. In essence, they have been charging that the movement has not been telling the truth about contraception but...
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June 22, 2006
You've heard recent reports suggesting that condom use decreases a woman's risk for cervical cancer. William Beckman, Director of Illinois Right to Life, retorts: The news reports gush with excitement. “For the first time, scientists have proof that condoms offer...
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May 27, 2006
Last weekend graduates of Saint Thomas University were treated to a surprising speech by 21-year-old graduating student Ben Kessler. Some graduates walked out, many jeered, and others spewed profanities in response to his speech. Just what did he speak of...
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May 23, 2006
LifeNews reports the following pleasant surprise: Pro-abortion Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat, has signed legislation that would require sex education programs in public schools to promote abstinence as the preferred sexual behavior for teens. The measure requires primary and secondary...
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May 18, 2006
In a recent column, I connected the morning-after pill controversy with the larger issue of contraception. Basically, pro-lifers can't oppose the MAP without opposing birth control pills, since they contain the same ingredients (female hormones) and, therefore, may both cause...
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May 9, 2006
To me the following video is a typical MSM hit piece. They make statements like "political conservatives" and "the conservative family research council". Continue reading at MarchTogether.com...
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Forty-six years ago on May 9, 1960, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Enovid as the first prescription oral contraceptive. "The Pill" has proved to jeopardize women's health in addition to marriage and family. The Pill has even been...
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May 8, 2006
A recent New York Times Magazine article, "Contra-Contraception" by Russell Shorto [1], highlighted the growing trend against the use of artificial contraception by Christians and the growing number of anti-abortion (pro-life) groups that are addressing the issue. Though he brought...
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May 3, 2006
In my last LifeSharer letter (the monthly news/commentary report sent out to friends of Vital Signs Ministries), I shared a few of the things I "imagine" would change if the world ran according to some degree of rationality and morality....
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April 3, 2006
[Related to a post earlier today, I am going to comment here on a NY Times article on declining laborers in China.] China has had a strictly enforced one-child per couple policy for over two and a half decades. In...
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March 21, 2006
The American Civil Liberties Union has released a statement "hailing" a bill which would increase funding for programs that they claim are aimed at preventing unwanted pregnancies. They do so while adamantly opposing all efforts to teach the one birth...
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March 18, 2006
Notice NOW (National Organization for Women) doesn't have one single mention of the deaths? Their symbol of the coat hanger being used for abortions is used to this day. This symbol of supposed anti-woman's rights tyranny has never been documented...
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March 12, 2006
Various pro-life, pro-choice, political, church-related and other groups and individuals continue to register their comments on the recent ban on abortion in South Dakota. Some say that the timing is not right. Others say that it is a threat to...
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February 27, 2006
A national campaign to expose the negative aspects of contraception launched today. The web-based campaign, originating out of New York, is called "No Room for Contraception." Issues surrounding so-called emergency contraception have brought the issue of birth control to the...
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February 24, 2006
Packaged as reproductive freedom, the birth control pill has been triumphed for decades as the means by which women were able to rid themselves from the bondage of fertility and be able to enjoy sexual relations for mere bodily pleasure....
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February 20, 2006
It's unbelievable that a state can force us to participate in immoral acts, expecially those that kill people! Next they'll say that we can allow group sex in a bar with minors. Oh yeah, Canada already does that.
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It's important to expose the unnecessary risks that are being taken by women, usually at the urging of their doctors. Since the invention of the pill, more and more women are being encouraged to use remedies that are supposed to...
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February 16, 2006
Massachusetts state pharmacy board ordered Wal-Mart yesterday to stock emergency-contraception pills at its stores in Massachusetts. This is the story about how abortion rights extremists used the government to force a corporate retail giant to stock an abortifacient. Related:Emergency contraception's...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — "So-called emergency contraception is a risky drug regimen that can take the life of a newly formed human person," said Judie Brown, president of American Life League. "The decision in Massachusetts forcing pharmacies to sell this potentially...
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February 14, 2006
FRONT ROYAL, Va., Feb. 14 - The Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, President of Human Life International (HLI), responds to the attempt by condom manufacturers and the abortion industry to pervert St. Valentine’s Day. "The condom industry is in bed with...
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January 9, 2006
So says a spokesperson for the California Family Health Council, Inc today in a release announcing a new campaign to make teens aware of the easy accessibility of contraception and abortion services in their areas, most notably emergency contraception. This...
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December 15, 2005
Once or twice a month, I get to meet with some of my favorite people: the priests and pastoral associates of Priests for Life. These folks provide me with encouragement, wisdom and a plethora of ideas for spreading the pro-life...
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November 26, 2005
So many people don't know the complications and side-effects of birth control. I think we just like the possibility of having our cake and eating it too. Obviously it is not possible.
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November 15, 2005
That makes me feel so much better and you women out there should feel better too now that the label will tell you about the horrors that you will experience.
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November 10, 2005
So if pill users die and suffer blood clots at a rate of only 2x the normal rate of women in general, that would mean that you women who use the patch will die and suffer blood clots at least 6x more than other women who don't use it.
Sounds like bouncing on a pogo stick near a chipper would be safer to me.
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