LA Times: Canadian doctor warns Sarah Palin’s decision to have Down baby could reduce abortions But a senior Canadian doctor is now expressing concerns that such a prominent public role model as the governor of Alaska and potential vice president of the United States completing a Down syndrome pregnancy may prompt other women to make… Continue reading Just Keeps Getting Sicker
Category: Life Issues
Annoying
Jill Stanek Has excellent commentary surrounding the announcement of Bristol Palin’s pregnancy: The announcement was wonderful, in sharp contrast to Obama’s thought of his own grandchild who might be conceived in a similar situation: Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than… Continue reading Annoying
Girls and the Sonogram Machine
The Global War Against Baby Girls If you were asked to name the technologies whose proliferation inadvertently threatens the human race, what would you include? IEDS? Assault rifles? Nuclear warheads? Add this one to your list: the sonogram machine… Eberstadt explains that there is a “slight but constant and almost unvarying excess of baby boys… Continue reading Girls and the Sonogram Machine
Preach It!
Denver Archbishop: Planned Parenthood Offends Minorities A new Planned Parenthood clinic in a minority neighborhood of Denver should be taken as an offense, affirmed the archbishop of the city. Archbishop Charles Chaput said this at a prayer vigil and march at the site of Planned Parenthood’s new clinic in a primarily Latino and African-American suburb… Continue reading Preach It!
Is This the First Time?
Last year, when a woman in Berryville, Arkansas went into the hospital to deliver her baby by Cesarean section, she did not request or authorize her doctor to also perform a tubal ligation. But that minor detail didn’t stop Dr. Shirolyn Ruth Moffett from doing just that. Dr. Moffett claims that she surgically ensured that… Continue reading Is This the First Time?
Danielle Bean: “Are We A Pro-Life People?”
Danielle Bean has an excellent article over at Inside Catholic that I so needed today. I read this and I started to cry: When a battle-weary mother stands alone in her bathroom looking with disbelief at two tiny pink lines on a pregnancy test, it’s too late for family-planning discussions of clinical effectiveness. We’ve got… Continue reading Danielle Bean: “Are We A Pro-Life People?”
Pro-Life Moms of “Advanced Maternal Age”
I had my prenatal visit the other day and the PA mentioned that at 18 weeks, if I so choose, I could get genetic counseling, a level II ultrasound, and perhaps an amnio to look for birth defects-specifically Down Syndrome. I am now 35, therefore officially of “advanced maternal age” making the chances of having… Continue reading Pro-Life Moms of “Advanced Maternal Age”
Jamaica in Need of Prayers
Spirit and Life® readers will be well aware of the ongoing campaign to legalize abortion on demand in the Caribbean nation of Jamaica. Our valiant pro-life friends in Jamaica have just informed us that they need prayer this coming week as the abortion issue comes before their Parliament. Details at Island Breezes.