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March 13, 2008 Plans to deport gay Iranian teen are a death sentenceIf the secular world won't save Mehdi Kazemi, who will? As Christians who value life, can we reconcile our Biblical view of homosexuality with the plight of this young man? Would we be willing to work with those we usually oppose in the struggle over whose values should guide our culture? Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack Plans to deport gay Iranian teen are a death sentenceIf the secular world won't save Mehdi Kazemi, who will? As Christians who value life, can we reconcile our Biblical view of homosexuality with the plight of this young man? Would we be willing to work with those we usually oppose in the struggle over whose values should guide our culture? Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack December 4, 2007 More Evidence: Childbirth Isn't More Life-Threatening to Mothers Than AbortionThis is sadly worth noting only for the reason that, far too often when discussing the increased risks of maternal death from having an abortion, pro-choice folks defend to the death the disproven belief that "more women die from childbirth...Posted by annie | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack November 20, 2007 Human Skin Cells Do What Embryonic Stem Cells Can'tThis work represents...the biological equivalent of the Wright Brothers' first airplane...It's a bit like learning how to turn lead into gold.Once again proving that Connecticut, New York, California and New Jersey have just soaked their residents with multibillions of tax-dollar-funded...Posted by annie | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack September 16, 2007 The Forgotten Cost of "Choice"The stories of each of the women named in that montage on YouTube come from court documents, medical journal articles, autopsy reports, news stories, and online sources. The dates range from the 19th century to the 21st century. The...Posted by annie | Permalink | Comments (13) | TrackBack September 1, 2007 The GOP Values Voters Presidential DebateA letter of invitation was sent June 4 from national pro-family leaders to both the Republican and Democrats running for president. While it seems everyone is clamoring for the same date, Sept. 17, the good news is that seven out...Posted by annie | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack May 18, 2007 How to Excel At Histrionics and Propaganda, in One Easy Lesson, by NARALFrom their latest email:One month ago today, the Supreme Court - with two new Bush appointees - upheld the Federal Abortion Ban.[The what? You mean the "Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003." Sorry, honey, you can't just rip headlines out...Posted by annie | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack April 18, 2007 The Connection Between Va. Tech and Georgia Tech's Hate CrimesThis Valentine's Day, you cannot condemn a woman's choice. It is about love and you are about hate.Because she defended the beliefs and principles of her Christian faith, because she spoke out against abortion, and against the lesbian statutory rape...Posted by annie | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack April 4, 2007 TV Show Re-Enacts Unborn Baby Samuel's Hand Grasp of Surgeon's FingerI wonder how many millions watched the TV show "HOUSE" last night, saw the tiny human hand of the unborn baby ("FETUS!" as the character Gregory House kept hissing up till that point) reach out during its fetal surgery to...Posted by annie | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack March 28, 2007 New Stanek WND column, "Elizabeth Edwards still lauds culture of death"CNN has reported that on her first day back on the campaign trail after disclosing she had bone cancer, Elizabeth Edwards promoted human embryo experimentation. Speaking at a Cleveland fundraiser, she said: "I think that we're foolhardy to not...Posted by jill stanek | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack March 22, 2007 A Constitutionally Protected Right to Market Pornography to Children?A federal district judge has recently ruled that the Children's Online Protection Act is an unconstitutional suppression of free speech. The law requires porn site operators to verify that patrons are 18 years old before giving them access to pornography....Posted by john | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack February 9, 2007 Anti-choice pro-abortsAs an aside, today's award for MSM anti-life bias goes to the Associated Press, which by word two (!) of a Feb. 8 article showed malice toward the pro-life position: A disturbing number of U.S. doctors do not feel obligated...Posted by jill stanek | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack January 17, 2007 40 Years in the WildernessPRO-LIFE PLEDGE AT COLORADO RIGHT TO LIFE'S MARCH FOR LIFE January 20, 2007 West steps State Capitol 40 Years, 50 Million Dead One Commitment On the Rule of Law regarding the intentional killing of innocent people, including by abortion, suicide,...Posted by lesforlife | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack December 19, 2006 The Problem with the Culture of Drive-Thru AbortionsIn the quest to remove any and all obstacles and delays in the race for a woman (or girl) to get an abortion, people starting become aware that abusive men were coercing women against their will to get them. By...Posted by john | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack December 16, 2006 Human Harvesting for Stem Cells Begins in UkraineThe BBC is reporting that healthy new-born babie appear to have been killed in order to harvest stem cells for the flourish stem cell trade that has begun in the country. Dr. Hwang Woo-Sook was found last year to have...Posted by john | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack November 20, 2006 Biotech CEO threatens CriticsTwo important critics of embryonic stem cell research have been threatened by a biotech firm recently lambasted in the Senate and the press for an embryonic bait and switch. From LifeNews Los Angeles, CA (LifeNews.com) -- A leading biotech firm...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack October 23, 2006 Fundraising success: abortionFundraising Success magazine has an intriguing photo on this month's cover of a pretty, exuberant woman smiling at the sun. She is NARAL's director of membership, Jennifer Donahue, with "pro-choice" tattooed or inked over the biceps muscle of her forearm....Posted by jill stanek | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack October 12, 2006 'Euthanasia Blues'Canadian disability activist Norman Kunc has created this tour de force. It's a terrific blues number with a message that hits home. And check out his website. Crossposted at Marlowe's Shade...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack October 10, 2006 World Gone MadTwo great guest posts at Steve Ertelt's LifeNews illustrate the schizophrenic thinking of our world system. Wesley Smith reports on how the bioethical ground is already being prepared for reproductive cloning, while on another front, despite evidence that birthrates are...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack October 3, 2006 NEW COLORADO RIGHT TO LIFE BOARD MEMBER STATES OBVIOUS TRUTH!!Brian Rohrbough on CBS News with Katie Couric - Free Speech segment. May this humble truth rock our nation to repentance! I'm saddened and shaken by the shooting at an Amish school today, and last week’s school murders. When my...Posted by lesforlife | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack October 2, 2006 The abortion industry's values and traditionsIt's interesting that the abortion industry has stopped trying to logically defend partial birth abortion. While dismissing Judeo-Christian values and traditions against aboriton as intrusive, it finds itself forced to stand solely on its own values and traditions to defend...Posted by jill stanek | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack September 29, 2006 Nazi Euthanasia Victims Found in Mass GraveFrom Deutsche Welle The skeletons of 20 children and five adults believed to be victims of the Nazi euthanasia program have been found in a mass grave in western Germany, officials said Thursday. The bones of 20 children were discovered...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack September 28, 2006 China's Gender Gap GrowingFrom LifeNews As Chinese people continue to use sex-selection abortions and infanticide to bring only boys into the world, the country's gender imbalance continues to rise. The sex preference is historical in this Asian nation but it's exacerbated by family...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack September 27, 2006 Italian President Pushing Euthanasia DebateA 52 year old man with muscular dystrophy wrote a letter to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano begging for the right to assisted suicide. Now, after a similar request, Napolitano has called for public debate on the subject: Italian President Giorgio...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack September 21, 2006 Euthanists at Canadian Conference: Christians are the EnemyAt the conference mentioned in yesterday's post the speakers came out swinging and they were unanimous as to who their archenemies were: Christians. And the Catholic Church in particular is being singled out. TORONTO, September 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “The...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack September 20, 2006 Bragging about Euthanasiaevariste at Discarded Lies comments about a recent admission of volunteers of the "right to die" group Compassion and Choices that they are actively helping their "clients" commit suicide, even in states where physician assisted suicide is illegal: American euthanists...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack September 14, 2006 Bioethics? Whose Might We Refer To?Worldnetdaily.com reports that Peter Springer, an "internationally known Princeton "bioethicist" and animal-rights activist says he'd kill disabled babies if it were in the "best interests" of the family, because he sees no distinction in the child's life whether it is born or not, and the world already allows abortion". Posted by peter | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack September 12, 2006 ACT Debacle Turning into Another Stem Cell HoaxMichael Fumento from the Hudson Institute had this great piece on LifeSite about the ongoing fiasco at Advanced Cell Technology over their "ethical" embryonic stem cell "breakthrough": The fierce public debate over killing human embryos to create lines of embryonic...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack September 11, 2006 If the Towers Had Names, What Would They Have Been?The more history I read the odder our post-modern world seems. How strange that we constructed two gigantic towers only to call them "the North Tower" and "the South Tower". No wonder our commentary on the fifth anniversary of 9-11...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack August 21, 2006 Catching up from the SummerDue to an unusually pleasant New England summer, I've gotten behind on quite a few important stories... [For more on China's disasterous anti-life policies, and Dr Hwang's latest cloning con, go to Marlowe's Shade]...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack July 25, 2006 The "embryos" only have us - Now is time for actionIsn't that immoral? On the contrary, they say it is more moral do it and compare women who kill their children to heros: In such circumstances, selective pregnancy reduction could be regarded as a moral decision aimed at optimizing the quality of life after birth. Furthermore, given the heart-rendering nature of the decision, selective pregnancy reduction might even be considered laudable. Posted by peter | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack July 18, 2006 Arrests Made in Katrina Patient DeathsFrom UPI via Political Gateway NEW ORLEANS, July 18 (UPI) -- New Orleans authorities have arrested a doctor and two nurses allegedly involved in some of the 45 deaths of hospital patients in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Sources told...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack July 17, 2006 Canadian Report Claims China Harvesting Organs from Falun Gong MembersWesley Smith made a brief reference to this report on his Albany Bioethics Conference post. I googled and found a link to the report from Die Welt Since it is a PDF I'll summarize rather than post. An independent study...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack July 12, 2006 Michael Reagan Nails It on Embryonic Stem Cell ResearchMichael Reagan does a great guest post in LifeNews. Here he sums it up better than I've seen anywhere: It needs to be said right up front: at this time those promised ESCR miracles are merely the products of the...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (15) | TrackBack June 27, 2006 China's Crackdown on Sex-Selection Abortions StallsFrom LifeNews The headline assumes that they were earnest about this in the first place. Looking at the recent developments, China's intent here is unclear at best. The Chinese government has decided it will not prohibit abortions used to prevent...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack June 26, 2006 Bioethics Rumble in AlbanyAccording to his blog Wesley Smith will soon be taking a much deserved vacation, but not before he joins a bioethics conference in Albany along with Nigel Cameron who has written a bioethics column for Christianity Today. Wesley has predicted...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack June 15, 2006 Euthanasia Law Being Considered in IndiaFrom Hindustan Times SEEKING TO legalise mercy killing in the case of terminally ill patients, the Law Commission has suggested to the government to consider if a legislation can be enacted under which life-support systems can be withdrawn in the...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack June 14, 2006 The Progressive EraWilliam L. Anderson writes an interesting article titled the Progressive Era, summarizing social and political reform attributed to the new progressives. Interestingly, he ties Margret Sanger's motivation to the rise of Darwinian Philosophy:Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species by...Posted by plb | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack June 13, 2006 The Baby Boomer Death ManifestoIn his op-ed piece in The Guardian Richard Smith gives us the unabashed party line of his generation's secular take on the meaning of life and death. He starts by confirming my suspicion that the right-to-die movement has an "war...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack June 12, 2006 Hentoff on the Culture of DeathNat Hentoff is my kind of liberal. He has already shown he is a mensch in his defense of Terri Schiavo, the only voice in her favor I can recall hearing from the Left. Here he takes on the Culture...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack June 5, 2006 Busy Times for the Culture of DeathFrom the Telegraph a report that neighbors of the Swiss assisted suicide clinic want them evicted: Residents who share a block of flats with Dignitas, the controversial assisted suicide charity, have launched a campaign to evict the organisation from the...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack June 4, 2006 The Economics of LifeThe pro-life movement is celebrating victories that after over 30 years of Roe v Wade, the scourge of abortion, at least public support for it, has waned and is now the minority position. South Dakota passed an outright abortion ban...Posted by john | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack May 31, 2006 Eugenics in the UKFrom LifeNews This is appalling. What next? Will mothers start aborting babies with overbites or because they don't like their eye color? A British religious official who earlier spoke out on abortions of children with cleft palates is speaking out...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack May 27, 2006 Murder Is JustifiedDon't just talk about how bad abortion is. Talk is as cheap as the air around you. Get involved. Join a prayer vigil at an abortion mill. If you're not sure what to do, click here to go to the proLifeUnity.com volunteer signup form. We can help you find something to do in your area or online. http://www.prolifeunity.com/index.php/site/signup/ Posted by peter | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack May 23, 2006 The Adverse Effects of Euthanasia on DoctorsIn yesterday's post at Secondhand Smoke Wesley Smith presented this stunning article on a subject to which few of us have given much thought. The survey methods and responses differed between the Dutch doctors and the physicians in Oregon, but...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack May 22, 2006 Oregon Has a High Elderly Suicide Rate...Go Figure...I missed this on Wesley Smith's blog last Tuesday, but LifeSite caught it. Oregon’s confusion over the state’s alarming rate of suicide among the elderly would be laughable, if it were not so tragic, said Wesley J. Smith, an expert...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack May 15, 2006 Physician-Assisted Suicide Bill Defeated in House of LordsFrom FoxNews I suppose it is already old news, but it's good news... Britain's House of Lords on Friday rejected proposed laws to allow physicians to assist terminally ill people to die, a measure that faces broad public opposition and...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack May 12, 2006 Intimations of SpiritIn the first essay in this spontaneous series, I discussed how materialism informs and (mis)guides the Culture of Death. Now I'd like to question some of its fundamental assumptions in regard to a tradition of acceptance of the spiritual as...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack May 9, 2006 Disabled in the UK: "Stop trying to kill us off!"This eloquent and poignant letter appeared in The Guardian. The whole thing is so well stated that I hope Ms. Campbell won't mind if I post it in it's entirety. Jane Campbell Tuesday May 9, 2006 The Guardian Assisted dying...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack May 8, 2006 Amnesty International Considering Making Abortion a "Human Right"From LifeNews AI seems ready to jump on the UN abortion bandwagon: Amnesty International is coming under fire from pro-life groups for asking its membership if it should add promoting abortion to the list of human rights topics it covers....Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack May 5, 2006 UN Suggestion for Dafur Victims of Genocide and Rape: AbortionFrom LifeNews A leader of a United Nations lobbying group says women who have been victimized in the difficult and brutal conflict in Darfur, Sudan should be given abortions, especially if they have been raped. Tamara Fetters, a researcher for...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack May 1, 2006 Confronting the Culture of DeathThe most fundamental common denominator of the powers arrayed against Terri Schiavo and a Culture of Life was and continues to be materialism. In fact for most well articulated arguments in favor of euthanasia, materialism is a prerequisite. This empirical...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack April 28, 2006 Andrea Clarke Is Safe, But The Rest Of Us Are Still In DangerProLifeBlogs has a letter from Melanie Childers, Andrea Clarke's sister. I blogged about Andrea on Tuesday: She was being threatened with passive euthanasia by a Christian (in name only) hospital and an obscure Texas law about "futile" care. Here's the...Posted by nel | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack April 24, 2006 Fetus PicturesWarning: This post is a highly-subjective and personal rant. If you're looking for a detailed analysis of a post-Roe United States, the latest polls about abortion, or the status of unborn children in other countries ... skip to the next...Posted by nel | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack New DirectionIn the year since Terri Schiavo was sentenced to death, what have we learned? Are we any more effective in confronting the Culture of Death? Are we fighting a rear-guard action against an inevitable Brave New World, or is there...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack March 28, 2006 Legalized Killing: The PVS DiagnosisThis the third post in a four part series containing the full-text of a speech given by Bobby Schindler to an audience in Phoenix, AZ sponsored by Arizona Right to Life. These details and much more can be read by...Posted by plb | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack March 21, 2006 Return To Sender?Another pro-life Christian blogger has stumbled upon the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC), AKA the modern-day priesthood of Molech. I remember the RCRC from the days when they were RCAR, the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights. (As an aside,...Posted by nel | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack March 13, 2006 Planned Parenthood's Spring Offensive Against World PopulationsPlanned Parenthood has launched a new global campaign to counter the Bush administration's shift away from UN-style depopulation programs. President George W. Bush's pro-life policy prohibiting the taxpayer funding of groups that perform or promote abortions in other nations is...Posted by papijoe | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack March 6, 2006 |