abortion

In biological terms, abort means to expel a foetus during the early months of pregnancy or to check a disease or a condition during its early stages and abortion means the premature birth of an embryo before it is capable of continuing life. Abortion is considered a crime of murder if it is allowed to [...]

Last month in Kansas, the state legislature overwhelmingly passed HS SB 389, the Comprehensive Abortion Reform Act. But that act met the veto of Democratic Governor Kathleen Sebelius, a practicing Roman Catholic. The Kansas State Legislature tried to override the veto, but the state Senate’s attempt failed by merely two votes. In response, Archbishop [...]

A great combination, right? Wrong, according to Grassfire, and I agree; the juxtaposition is ludicrous. Lets stick it in their eye, big time. I have modified this email from Grassfire by appending the text of the petition.Grassfire.org AllianceBen,I guess raking in a staggering $1.017 billion in income(including $300 million from taxpayer money) isn't enoughfor the world's largest Abortion busine

From Wizbang See for yourself just how “tolerant” they are when pro-life group Pointers for Life put up a display of 4,000 crosses symbolizing murdered fetuses on campus at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Here’s the story: Students at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point butted heads Thursday after an anti-abortion organization planted 4,000 white crosses on campus to [...]

Scriptural considerations ← Previous revision Revision as of 02:51, 7 May 2008 Line 8: Line 8: *The Bible does not differentiate between foetus and child at the level of terminology.<ref>[Alcorn, Randy, Abortion in the Bible and Church History, www.epm.org/articles/aborhistory.html, accessed 8-25-06]</ref> In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word "yeled" is used to describe both unborn and born children. In the New Testament, the Greek word "brephos" is used. *The Bible does not differentiate between foetus and child at the level of terminology.<ref>[Alcorn, Randy, Abortion in the Bible and Church History, www.epm.org/articles/aborhistory.html, accessed 8-25-06]</ref> In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word "yel

Essays on abortion should contain general medical information related to the abortion procedure. The essays on abortion should contain data about when an abortion is permissible and how it is performed. The essays on abortion should also contain data about what is abortion, what are the implications of abortion and at what stage abortion is [...]

 In an attempt to challenge the supreme court, South Dakota voters will be voting on a referendum to ban many abortions. South Dakota voted on a much more strict version of this bill two years ago and it was narrowly defeated. This bill offers a few changes. The 2006 text allowed for exceptions only if the [...]

The Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA) will make it a federal offense to transport a minor girl across state lines for the purpose of obtaining an abortion if done to evade a parental notification or parental consent law that is in effect in the girl’s home state. In addition, the Child Interstate Abortion Notification [...]

This is from Damon Wayans’ new series, WayOutTV.com. If you haven’t seen the video, watch it here. I’m getting a little sick of watching people publicly trivialize a monumental–and private–decision. From WayOutTV’s Youtube page: WayoutTV.com is the brain-child of Damon Wayans and is designed as an incubator to develop innovative television shows for the internet which will [...]

TheValuesVoter, the author of the post which I critiqued a while back, has posted several comments on this blog. One is the series of statistics I had mentioned in that critique. These stats continue to uphold my assertion that black people in America find themselves in the situations that cause people to want abortions more frequently than whites or other groups do. This accounts, I would argue, for the imbalance in abortion rates between communities - not some plan to slow the growth of the black population or some ill-defined idea of 'coercion' that TVV sometimes talks about. I'd like to take an opportunity to talk about another of TVV's posts on the subject, one comparing the unacknowledged personhood of slaves to the unacknowledged personhood of fetuses/embryos/whatever word you w

Abortion as Art???!!!Let's hope this is just a publicity stunt. But...Aliza Shvarts' senior art project was to be displayed today at Yale University's School of Art, but a university official said that the project was banned.Last week, Shvarts caused a media firestorm with her announcement that she had deliberately impregnated herself multiple times and then aborted her children using drugs over a period of nine months, as her senior art project.Yale University officials quickly distanced themselves stating that the claim was false and that Shvarts' announcement had been a piece of "performance art."Dean of Yale College Peter Salovey said "In this case, we will not permit her to install the project unless she submits a clear and unambiguous written statement that her installation is a wor

Join the Message Board KILL THE FETUS Yale University has threatened to pull a senior student’s controversial “abortion art” project from an exhibition Tuesday unless she admits she lied about artificially inseminating herself and inducing miscarriages to produce the piece. The Ivy League school stood by its claim Monday that Aliza Shvarts fabricated a shocking work of “creative [...]

Join the Message Board KILL THE FETUS Yale University has threatened to pull a senior student’s controversial “abortion art” project from an exhibition Tuesday unless she admits she lied about artificially inseminating herself and inducing miscarriages to produce the piece. The Ivy League school stood by its claim Monday that Aliza Shvarts fabricated a shocking work of “creative [...]

"Barack Obama is the most pro-abortion presidential candidate ever.By Terence P. JeffreyCNSNews.com Editor in ChiefJanuary 09, 2008He is so pro-abortion that he refused as an Illinois state senator to support legislation to protect babies who survived late-term abortions because he did not want to concede -- as he explained in a cold-blooded speech on the Illinois Senate floor -- that these babies, fully outside their mothers' wombs, with their hearts beating and lungs heaving, were in fact "persons.""Persons," of course, are guaranteed equal protection of the law under the 14th Amendment.In 2004, U.S. Senate-candidate Obama mischaracterized his opposition to this legislation. Now, as a presidential frontrunner, he should be held accountable for what he actually said and did about the Born

  When I first heard the story of the Yale student who was artificially inseminating herself and then aborting the babies for her senior art project I was mortified. As I think any clear thinking, normal individual would be. Now Yale has called the project a hoax. However after reading several articles about this student and [...]

Yale Student's 'Abortion Art' Claim a Scam: Claims that arts student, Aliza Shvart, will be displaying her abortion has been confirmed a hoax by the University. However, in Aliza Shvart's own words, it is not a hoax and she is offering proof. Also according to Huffington Post, But Shvarts reiterated Thursday that she repeatedly use a needleless syringe to insert semen into herself. At the end of her menstrual cycle, she took abortifacient herbs to induce bleeding, she said. She said she does not know whether or not she was ever pregnant.Based on a report released by Yale News Daily on Thursday, arts student Aliza Shvarts '08 will be displaying her senior art project, a documentation of a nine-month process during which she artificially inseminated herself "as often as possible" while perio

“Have no fear my Nig!” Here we have the latest comedic (not to mention controversial) gem from Damon Wayan’s latest project WayOutTV. Not only would “Abortion Man” be ever Illegitimate father’s hero, but if he actually existed would immediately put Maury Povich’s “talk” (more like circus) show out of business. Yes Maury would then be forced [...]

Hey there. What's with this woman from Yale claiming to have impregnated herself 9 times and forced her body to miscarry each and every time for the sake of art. I call complete bull shit on this. I understand that people will some pretty weird things in the name of art but this is not art. This is just plain wrong. I don't know if she's doing this for her 15 mins of fame, considering that the shock value is so high. Yale has come out and quickly attempted to squash the whole thing by saying that the student, Aliza Shvarts, was submitting her work as "creative fiction" while Shvarts, herself, claims it was very real. Supposedly, she received semen samples from males, only god knows how, and she inseminated herself, my best guess would be with a turkey baster if she wasn't doing the

Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon, D-Redford Township, is negotiating with Michigan Right to Life to bring to a House vote a symbolic bill banning certain abortion procedures. The Republican-led state Senate in January passed Senate ...

The Yale Daily News breathlessly informed us of a female student, art major Aliza Shvarts, who claimed that her senior art project was a documentation of nine months of self-induced miscarriages. Her goal, of course, was to “spark conversation” about “the relationship between art and the human body.” What is really the truth with this so-called [...]

Premiering next Tuesday, Yale senior Aliza Shvarts' art project is a shocking collection of video footage of forced miscarriages as well as samples of preserved blood, and has already ignited a fury of response from the art community and both sides of the abortion debate. Her work, consisting of a large cube wrapped in plastic sheeting, blood from the artifically-induced miscarriages, and vaseline, will display the recorded films of her miscarriages while suspended from the gallery ceiling. Revolting? Yes. Valid art? Only you can decide.The project is the cumulation of a nine-month long process, during which Shvarts inseminated herself and subsequently took abortion drugs multiple times to create the material needed for the ambitious project.Fellow students have denouced her project as "..

Barack Obama is getting on my nerves. First he gave that asinine interview in The Advocate where he pretty much told the gay community that explicitly fighting for equal rights via marriage was a bad political move that could upset the bigots on this side of the sexual identity fence. Now he’s went [...]

Source: Centre Daily Times A pregnant teen was sliiped a an abortion pill in her drink, though it is not clear how much harm has been done to her unborn child. This shocking story is just another in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

I can’t think of any. Either you support life or you support death. There is no pro-zombie groups in Washington lobbing Congress. I am sorry for the delay… I had a few issues at home that required my immediate attention.

Alright... so I am a bit upset about this but at the same time understanding... as someone who holds personal rights very highly and thinks people should be able to protest and demonstrate any which way they please... I am happy they are able to do this here... HOWEVER... I think they are flippin fuck-tards for choosing to do it the way they do. Not too long ago... we had the Iraq Body

I found this little something-or-other via Real Clear Politics under the title "How Obama lets us down on abortion" or somesuch. The real name of the article is "The Impact of Abortion on African Americans". It is, quite simply, a black-solidarity call to oppose abortion. Unabashedly pro-life, it does not descent into moralistic shouting which means that the statements made in it can be legitimately critiqued.A quote will give a bit of the tenor of the article:Although African Americans make up 12.4 percent of the U.S. population we make up 35% of the abortionsNote the 'we'. The article has black solidarity and unity running constantly through it. The reasons given to oppose abortion are not conservative or morality-based, though I do detect a certain abortion-is-murder mentality to t

The rights of Italian women to abortion has come under attack due to efforts of one of the nation’s most famous pundits, a man who styles himself a “devout atheists,” but whose pro-life political campaign has frightened those fighting for the rights of Italian women. Giuliano Ferrara, who began his political life as a communist, [...]

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has restored the word "abortion" as an acceptable search term on a reproductive health Web site that's funded by the government. The restriction on searches about abortion drew criticism from some health advocates and librarians who called it censorship. After learning that the word "abortion" was being ignored by the site's search engine, the dean of the Bloomberg school ordered it restored. Doctor Michael Klag says he'll be asking questions about why the decision was made to limit searches. The site, known as POPLINE, is funded by the United States Agency for International Development. ~ source ~  

Sticky subject, I know... but I had to post a few links. I always find people who are on the fence about abortion, struggling with understanding that there is a baby and life in the balance and yet wanting the woman to have a right. Well we cannot and should not ride the fence. I'm not telling anyone to think like me (you all know my viewpoint) so instead I encourage you to educate yourself on the issue and then make a decision: Pro-Life or Pro-Choice.First of all, pro-choice is a position that favors the mother. You take the baby out of the equation and just focus on, "The woman has a freedom to make her own choice."And pro-life is the position that favors both mother and baby. You understand that there is a life, abortion is murder, and that the woman will suffer extreme emotional distre

Democrats have very short memories: After George McGovern won the Massachusetts primary Bob Novak phoned Democratic politicians around the country, who agreed with his assessment that blue-collar workers voting for McGovern did not understand what he really stood for. Later Novak reported in a column that an unnamed democratic senator had talked to him about McGovern. "The people don’t know... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.

Such a paper can take a stance On one side, while briefly stating the opposing view. It can also discuss both sides In a straightforward manner, without taking a stance on a particular view. If the writer decides to take one position or another on this type of issue, plenty of research should Be obtained to back up the position or claim. Great resources for this type of paper can come from medical journals, psychology journals, health care professionals, research studies, law journals, case law and many other academic sources. Whatever position or stance a writer takes on this issue, there is plenty of resource material available to dissertation help.Sources for such a position or argumentative paper should be scholarly. They should be written by those who are considered experts in their f

From Michael Gerson in the WSJ: Obama's record on abortion is extreme. He opposed the ban on partial-birth abortion -- a practice a fellow Democrat, the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan, once called "too close to infanticide." Obama strongly criticized the Supreme Court decision upholding the partial-birth ban. In the Illinois state Senate, he opposed a bill similar to the Born-Alive Infants... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.

This is why he won’t win the election. When Obama was seeking state office a dozen years ago, he took extreme liberal positions in a questionnaire he filled out: flatly opposing the death penalty, in support of a federal single-payer health plan, against any restrictions on abortion, and in support of state laws to ban the [...]

by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor   Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — Barack Obama is drawing gasps from pro-life advocates today over comments he made during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania over the weekend. The leading Democratic presidential candidate appeared to back a potential decision by his daughters to seek an abortion saying he wouldn’t “punish” them with a baby.Obama’s [...]

Female reproductive system is a complex system that undergoes numerous changes throughout her life. Under the influence of various hormones, women have to undergo different milestones to mark menarche, pregnancy and menopause. Also she goes through lots of emotional and psychological turmoil and has to bear children’s’ upbringing, family issues and her career. Going through all this, she definitely likes to handle certain issues of her life on her own without anyone’s interference. She has to have that freedom so that she can cope the stress better. One of the major issues where she would love to have her say is her pregnancy and abortions. She has the right to get pregnant when she wants to. However, if there is a situation that marks unwarranted pregnancy, she wants to terminate i

LOL! This is a really stupid reason to choose this movie to protest... All hell broke loose at the premiere of "Horton Hears a Who!" today when a group of pro-lifers infiltrated the screening, then chanted anti-abortion slogans after the flick. The theme of the movie is based on the motto: "After all, a person is a person, no matter how small." So the pro-lifers thought it was a good idea to

The National Enquirer claim that Britney had an abortion at the age of 20, in 2002. If is true, it’s anyone’s guess who the father was. She finished with Justin Timberlake somewhere around 2002, but the paper claim that she was sleeping around and did not know who the father was. Her family were accused [...]

Greg Boyd writes an interesting piece on Christianity, politics, and abortion, with the purpose of providing insight on how the Christian can engage politically, with social tact, to achieve the most productive kingdom outcome. Boyd is extremely pragmatic, which is not always a bad thing, in my opinion, but I also know that the ends do not always justify the means, and pragmatism is a slippery slope into this fallacy.I first read the article, Christians, Abortion, Politics, and the Kingdom of God, after reading a few reviews of Boyds work by another blogger. I wholeheartedly agree with boyd that Christians often go about politics in a happhazard manner, letting one key issue (in this case abortion) trump all others.Boyd's solution in this article is to compromise, which isn't easy for him.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | India announces girl child award British medical journal Lancet says 10 million female foetuses have been aborted in India in the past 20 years. Under the new scheme, poor families in seven Indian states will be paid cash at the birth of a daughter and again at different stages throughout her childhood up to the age of 18 years.I'm just going to come out and say this is a bad idea. Please don't take that to mean that I am in favor of aborting female fetuses. It's just that direct involvement in family planning through incentive plans generally turns out badly. Some ways this might backfire include the psychological state of the girls who have been brought up for pay, never being able to stop paying, and increased pregnancy rates to try and get money. A better

That's not me speaking, but I wanted to get your attention. the author of that quote is none other than the late purveyor of bigotry Jerry Falwell's son, Jonathan Falwell, at WorldNetDaily. I was perusing the site in preparation for my upcoming blog discussion with Vox Day, another columnist for WorldNetDaily and owner of the blog Vox Popoli. (It should be an exciting exchange--I'm currently reading his book The Irrational Atheist. Stay tuned.) Apparently, Falwell is still clinging to the "Margaret Sanger was a proponent of eugenics" argument against Planned Parenthood and reproductive rights, but even more disturbing was another article I found at the same nefarious site authored by Bob Unruh, entitled "Planned Parenthood: Wanting fewer blacks 'understandable".  r

Gil Magira, a London baker, crumbled abortion pills into his wife's sandwich, cereal and yogurt. Though his wife, Anat Abraham, suffered pain and bleeding, the child was unharmed and survived.Magira admitted to "using an instrument to procure a miscarriage," the first time this charge has been used in 30 years. The prosecuting attorney says Magira had "constant and compulsive thoughts" about causing his wife to miscarry.Abraham said she was terrified for her life and her unborn child's life after realizing what her husband had done. "What made it worse was how desperate and determined he was to try to kill the baby that I already felt moving inside me," she said. Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Reason #1 why I cannot vote for Barack Obama to be President of the United States — He believes that the murder of unborn children should be legal. The next president is likely to be appointing one or more Supreme Court Justices. I cannot vote for someone who will continue to put the [...]

I know this will shock the pants off some of you, but a number of my close friends are nuns. Two girls I went to school with even became nuns. I got a call from one of them the other day. Only partially joking, my nun friend told me she was sure to go straight to hell, since she tapped Obama's name on the touch screen in the California primary.However, despite the wafer wars of the 2004 elections, the American Bishops have given devout rosary banging Catholics some very narrow wiggle room when it comes to pro-choice candidates. Its permissible to vote for them, if there is a morally grave reason to do so.In this election a number of Catholics are going to decide there is a morally grave reason not to vote for John McCain, even though he is pro-life.That reason is George Bush. And at

Dear Mommy, I am in Heaven now... I so wanted to be your little girl. I don't quite understand what has happened. I was so excited when I began realizing my existance. I was in a dark, yet comfortable place. I saw I had fingers and toes. I was pretty far along in my developing, yet not near ready to leave my surroundings. I spent most of my time thinking or sleeping. Even from my earliest days,

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), complications arising from illegal abortions are now the second leading cause of death for young women in Ethiopia. Only tuberculosis kills more young women in that poverty-stricken nation. Abortion is illegal in Ethiopia except in cases where the mother’s life is in danger, but illegal abortions are easy to [...]

Today one of my sister asked me to read a note she posted in Facebook. And i felt like i should share it with my readers too!Dear Mommy and Daddy,I am in Heaven now... I so wanted to be your little girl. I don't quite understand what has happened. I was so excited when I began realizing my existance. I was in a dark, yet comfortable place. I saw I had fingers and toes. I was pretty far along in my developing, yet not near ready to leave my surroundings. I spent most of my time thinking or sleeping. Even from my earliest days, I felt a special bonding between you and me.Sometimes I heard you crying and I cried with you. Sometimes you would yell or scream, then cry. I heard Daddy yelling back. I was sad, and hoped you would be better soon. I wondered why you cried so much. One day you cried almost all of the day. I hurt for you. I couldn't imagine why you were so unhappy.That same day, the most horrible thing happened. A very mean monster came into that warm, comfortable place I was in

In his Encyclical Letter Evangelium Vitae, Nos. 68-73, Pope John Paul II reminded us that:"One of the specific characteristics of present-day attacks on human life-as has already been said several times-consists in the trend to demand a legal justification for them, as if they were rights which the State, at least under certain conditions, must acknowledge as belonging to citizens. Consequently, there is a tendency to claim that it should be possible to exercise these rights with the safe and free assistance of doctors and medical personnel.It is often claimed that the life of an unborn child or a seriously disabled person is only a relative good: according to a proportionalist approach, or one of sheer calculation, this good should be compared with and balanced against other goods. It is even maintained that only someone present and personally involved in a concrete situation can correctly judge the goods at stake: consequently, only that person would be able to decide on the morality

Although there is advancement in the techniques of abortion, there are people who don’t realize that it is actually a dangerous procedure and still have a higher possibility of negative physical side effects, and also certain negative emotional side effects. Abortion is a process that disrupts one of the primary functions of [...]

Ron Paul goes on “The View” and talks about abortion with the hosts.  I personally think that he has a good position on the topic, even though others might not think so.  Anyways, here is the video of Ron Paul on “The View.”

"Digging out more CNN/YouTube plants: Abortion questioner is declared Edwards supporter (and a slobbering Anderson Cooper fan); Log Cabin Republican questioner is declared Obama supporter; lead toy questioner is a prominent union activist for the Edwards-endorsing United Steelworkers" Michelle Malkin » Digging out more CNN/YouTube plants: Abortion questioner is declared Edwards supporter (and a slobbering Anderson Cooper fan); Log Cabin Republican questioner is declared Obama supporter; lead toy questioner is a prominent union activist for the Edwards-endorsing United Steelworkers More and more evidence that CNN is nothing but a propaganda arm of libRATs. Republican candidates should marginalize this phony news organization by refusing to any other debates.

Kayla - I found out I was pregnant on a Tuesday and aborted that Friday. I was afraid, distraught, and quickly stumbled into panic mode. I had made a mistake and thought that an abortion was the means to fix my mistake. I managed to disconnect my head from my heart. I felt nothing. I didn’t think; but rather, walked blindly through the days before my abortion and convinced myself that it was merely a procedure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp5YLWsPcY8

The city of Aurora, IL has approved a city ordinance that would have parents know when a child is considering abortion.  Aurora,         Illinois City Council Approves Parental Notification on Abortionby           Steven Ertelt           LifeNews.com Editor           November 28,           2007Aurora,           IL (LifeNews.com) -- The city council in Aurora, Illinois, the site           of a national battle over the last few months regarding a massive new           Planned Parenthood abortion center, has approved a measure endorsing           parental notification for abortions. The council hopes state lawmakers           will do more to get the state's notification law in place.

Abortion means termination of pregnancy. For having an abortion, consult a gynecologist to confirm your pregnancy and find out the possible alternative abortion method suitable for your condition. In your first visit, the gynecologist performs a test to confirm your pregnancy. Once if your pregnancy is confirmed, counseling and pelvic examination will also [...]

A Court of Criminal Appeals ruling on fetal murder last week garnered the obligatory media attention, but few seemed to pay serious attention in part, I suspect, because the AP story and every other coverage included an interesting tidbit in the lead graf or somewhere pretty close to the top: Texas laws allow the killing of a fetus to be prosecuted as murder, regardless of the fetus’ stage of development, but they do not apply to abortions, the state’s highest criminal court has ruled. [Emphasis mine.] Is this, however, disinformation? The folks at Dungeon Diary seem to think so: Though this was about a criminal case, abortion foes will seize this as legal precedent to begin pressing for criminal prosecutions of doctors offering abortions. Just wait for the dust to settle. I doubt that these same folks who have decried “Activist Judges” will have little but praise for this decision. I’ll admit, I had similar thoughts. I felt that this decision would be

Just in case anyone out there wondered where they stood, all possible Democrat candidates for President of the United States said that they would only appoint pro-abortion Supreme Court judges if elected President.Doesn't sound very diverse from a party who seems to put "diversity" above anything else. Nope, they receive a free pass from the media in discriminating against certain people on this issue. Sure, they'll remove freedom of choice from businesses by demanding they hire a certain number of people only based on specific race or a gender in the name of diversity, but when it comes to your belief on whether a mother can kill her child, they insist you share their sick view. I've heard the rare Christian Democrat defend the party by saying that not every Democrat is pro-abortion. True, while about ninety percent of elected Democrats are pro-abortion, there are about ten percent who are pro-life or who have voted positively on some sort of pro-life bill. But let's be honest, De

Mike Huckabee took a die hard conservative stance to separate himself from other candidates on the issue of abortion and more on November 18 with Fox News.It's the logic of the Civil War," Huckabee said comparing abortion rights to slavery. "If morality is the point here, and if it's right or wrong, not just a political question, then you can't have 50 different versions of what's right and what's wrong. For those of us for whom this is a moral question, you can't simply have 50 different versions of what's right," he said in an interview on "Fox News Sunday."Huckabee said he was taken aback by the National Right to Life Committee's recent endorsement of Fred Thompson. "Fred's never had a 100 percent record on right to life in his Senate career. The records reflect that. And he doesn't support the human life amendment which is most amazing because that's been a part of the Republican platform since 1980," he said.The media has been riding the "value voters aren't happy"

 Congress will soon be debating two bills, Title X Family Planning Act (S.351) and Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (H.R. 4133). These bills would all but end federal funding of abortions by non hospitals with some exceptions. As much as I am opposed to abortion I am equally or maybe even more opposed to paying for someone else’s abortions. The National Right to Life is urging congress to pass at least one of these bills. “Taxpayer funds should not be given to organizations that are the backbone of the abortion industry, such as Planned Parenthood,” said Douglas Johnson, legislative director of National Right to Life. “These bills do not call for a reduction in family planning funding, rather they prevent abortion providers from receiving tax dollars,” Johnson added.  There is no excuse in today’s day and age for anyone who doesn’t want to get pregnant getting pregnant. Hell, condoms are being handed out in school without parental

There are two major sides to every argument, and when we are talking about abortion debate facts, it is no different. Pro-Choice is a term used for those who are essentially pro-abortion. There are many levels of Pro-Choice activism, including those people who would not choose to have an abortion themselves, but do think that the expectant mother has a right to choose what happens to her own body. The major question that Pro-Choice advocates address is the question of women's rights. They believe that a woman has the right to choose whether or not she gives birth. Pro-Choice advocates are in favor or abortion being available on demand, and usually, at any time during the pregnancy. This is especially true when it comes to therapeutic abortion, or abortion in cases of rape or incest. Pro-Life is a term used to describe those people who are basically against abortion. When discussing abortion debate facts, it is important to remember that there are many levels to this side as well.

When conservatives advocate outlawing abortion many are reminded of the tragedy of shirt hanger abortions and the damage they caused to women. AP provides an example of a death in response to a law in Nicaragua which bans abortions. Keep in mind that some conservatives here advocate a ban which would not allow exceptions to save the life of the mother: Two weeks after Olga Reyes danced at her wedding, her bloated and disfigured body was laid to rest in an open coffin — the victim, her husband and some experts say, of Nicaragua’s new no-exceptions ban on abortion. Reyes, a 22-year-old law student, suffered an ectopic pregnancy. The fetus develops outside the uterus, cannot survive and causes bleeding that endangers the mother. But doctors seemed afraid to treat her because of the anti-abortion law, said husband Agustin Perez. By the time they took action, it was too late. Nicaragua last year became one of 35 countries that ban all abortions, even to save the life of the mother, acco

U.S. Bishops: Fighting Abortion A PriorityRoman Catholic voters and lawmakers must heed church teaching on abortion or risk losing their eternal salvation, U.S. bishops said yesterday."The direct and intentional destruction of innocent human life is always wrong and is not just one issue among many," the bishops stated. "It must always be opposed."The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops overwhelmingly adopted the statement, "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship," as they ended the public session of their fall meeting.They have offered similar guidance to Catholics before every presidential race since 1976.Read Article...***Boston Cardinal: Catholic Support For Democratic CandidatesBorders On ScandalCardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston, saying the Democratic Party has been persistently hostile to opponents of abortion rights, asserted yesterday that the support of many Catholics for Democratic candidates "borders on scandal."In his sharpest comments about the political landscape

A view of the deep secrets and deep pockets of the pro-life movement using more than 70 exclusive interviews with pro-life activists and seldom-seen archival footage. When the Supreme Court's 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade affirmed a woman's constitutional right to privacy, a new movement--dedicated to criminalizing abortion--was born. Now, more than 30 years later, with President George W. Bush's conservative appointments to the Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade teeters on the brink of reversal. The film asks and answers the question "in the struggle for dominance over a woman's right to privacy, who wins?" Also Known As: Unborn in the USA Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion Production Status: Released Genres: Documentary and Politics/Religion Running Time: 1 hr. 44 min. MPAA Rating: Not Rated Distributors: First Run Features Production Co.: Scuba Rooster U.S. Box Office: $1,035 Produced in: United StatesDOWNLOAD:http:

Generally speaking, there are three major methods of abortion: Spontaneous, Induced, and Herbal. In addition, you can also consider self-inflicted abortion as a method, but as this is not popular and not necessary in modern times, I do not consider it as one of the major methods of abortion. Self-inflicted abortion is often done with a sharp object, often a coat hanger, which is inserted by the expectant mother into her own cervix. This is extremely dangerous, not reliable and sometimes even deadly. Herbal abortion is the oldest of the methods of abortion. Like self-inflicted abortion, Herbal abortion is not very safe, and often does not produce any effect other than a very sick pregnant woman. Many different herbs have been used over the hundreds of years people have been using this method of abortion, including tansy, pennyroyal, black cohosh, silphium - which is now extinct - birthwort, and even herbs that modern people use daily: dill, marjoram, thyme, parsley, lavender, and junipe

One of today’s most controversial topics, the abortion debate pits the rights of a mother against the rights of a fetus. The most common, clear-cut stances on the issue are “pro-choice” and “pro-life,” which hinge on legal and moral considerations. Another common viewpoint is a more blended pragmatist view, which states that abortion should be prohibited except for specific cases. "Pro-choice"

From the man who told you that September the 11th was the result of America's moral decline comes the news today that he has endorsed 'America's Mayor', Rudy Giuliani, for President.Let's remind ourselves what the word hypocrisy means, shall we?Hypocrisy- the act of condemning another person for an act of which the critic is guilty.Maybe this could be the next feature on the 700 Club:

In a recent interview with Tim Russert on Meet The Press, Thompson came out with more of a Libertarian view on social issues such abortion and marriage than that of a socially conservative Republican."People ought to be free, at state and local levels, to make decisions even Fred Thompson disagrees with,” he said. “That's what freedom is about."This aligns him to essentially the same position as GOP hopeful Ron Paul. Dr. Paul also has a strong voting record on pro-life measures and believes that marriage is between a man and woman. However he also feels that this an issue is that is better left up to individual states and that it is not an issue of the federal constitution.It also aligns him with a similar position of GOP hopeful Rudy Giuliani who has been slammed constantly by conservatives for his social views. Giuliani has often stated that he believes marriage is between a man and a woman and that he personally despises abortion. However he does not feel that it is his ri

 This story is disturbing to me, but the end result was a good one. I could never even try to understand the decision that these parents had to make. Most readers here know that I am pro-life and believe abortion is wrong. I also believe that Roe vs Wade should be overturned as this would not outlaw abortion. This would simply send abortion back to the states and the individual states could then decide on whether to allow abortion or not.  This is the story of an expecting mother of twins whom the doctors told that one of her babies was unhealthy and would die in the womb of a heart attack. They also told her that if the one baby died it could kill the other one. Mrs Jones said: “They told us that if he died, it could be life threatening for his brother. “We had to decide whether to end his life and let his brother live, or risk them both.” They said it would be impossible to keep him alive afterwards as he was so poorly. It would be kinder to let him die in the wom

A very divisive and sensitive issue for many, deciding to have an abortion can be very hard. An abortion is a way to end an unnecessary or unwanted pregnancy. The common of abortions occur throughout the first 12-weeks of a pregnancy. Those that happen later in a pregnancy are most frequently for medical causes. Abortions are not destined to be used as a normal form of birth control. If someone is having sex and do not want to get pregnant, use a dependable form of contraceptives. If it is vital for one to avoid a pregnancy, remaining ascetic is the best way to do this. Types of abortions: 1. Medication -The first dose of medicine works by blocking the body's production of progesterone that is needed to help keep the uterine lining appropriate for the embryo. Lacking the progesterone, the uterine lining thins and the pregnancy is ended. The next step in a medical abortion is to take one more dose of medication that will cause uterine contractions thereby forcing the body to expel

Rudy Giuliani has a hard time sticking to the truth. I’ve had posts fact-checking Giuliani many times before, and there are two new  reports this week showing how Giuliani has twisted the truth on health care and abortion. The Los Angeles Times reports on Giuliani’s twisting of the facts on abortion and adoptions: Striving to find the “middle ground” on abortion — that is, coming up with ways acceptable to pro-choice and pro-life Americans alike to reduce the number of abortions in the United States — is a worthwhile undertaking. But it also has given rise to some fairly resilient myths about the best way to achieve this goal. Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani prominently featured one such myth in his speech Oct. 20 to a group of social conservatives. The former New York City mayor stated that “we increased adoption by 133% over the eight years before I came into office. And we found that abortions went down by 18% during that pe

In the war between those who are pro abortion, or Pro-Choice, and those who are anti abortion, or Pro-Life, the most important thing to remember is that not everyone who is pro abortion is against having children. On the contrary, there are many pro abortion people who would not have an abortion themselves, but consider themselves Pro-Choice because they believe that every woman has the right to choose for herself whether or not she gives birth. Pro abortion or Pro-Choice people are primarily concerned with women's rights. The major question about abortion that they consider when arguing for abortion rights is "does a woman have the right to choose what happens to her own body?" Overwhelmingly, their belief is yes. The primary issues that pro abortion people concentrate on - aside from the woman's right to choose - are the effect on the crime rate and back-alley abortions. Economists have studied the crime rate in the United States for decades. But the most interes

Religious and anti-abortion groups have been holding a rally to mark 40 years since abortion was legalised. Activists met at the Houses of Parliament to call for a reduction in the upper time limit for abortion. They later walked to Westminster Cathedral for a service commemorating 6.7m abortions performed since 1967. Full story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7064964.stm Add at:

There has been a lot on the news recently about the UK abortion act and the pressure to reform it.Naturally the spokesmen (and they are all men) from the Catholic Church are absolutely against abortion - life starts at conception and killing (especially of an innocent) is a sin, so their position is clear and logical.However it seems to me that they don't follow their logic to its end. The creation of a new life is not, from the point of view of their theology, simply the consequence of copulation and nature taking its course. A new being, a soul, has been brought into being so the new life has involved two people and God. Every conception, no matter how unwanted (after a rape for instance), no matter how life threatening to the mother, has been deliberately brought about not by the copulation but the infusing of a soul into the womb. I guess even Catholic theologians have to accept that copulation increases the likelihood of pregnancy but from their perspective this really only p

Abortion is not a new concept. In fact, abortion has been around for hundreds of years. The history of abortion begins with the ancient Greeks and Romans, and, of course, continues even today. Early abortions were performed in rather frightening and unscientific ways. These ways primarily dealt with herbs - dubbed "abortifacient" - sharp objects, and even by placing severe pressure on the expectant mother's abdomen. Abortifacient herbs were used for hundreds of years, and some people still use them today, although this is not recommended because of the possibility of physical danger to the woman. These herbs were also not guaranteed to work, and sometimes the user would get ill, but the herbs would fail to cause an abortion. In the 11th century, a missal on herbal remedies was written, and in it were listed the herbs that can cause abortion; thus the beginning of abortifacient herbs in the history of abortion. Herbs listed in this book were black and white hellbore, penn

A new poll conducted by CBS News makes it clear that a majority of Americans are pro-life when itcomes to the issue of abortion.The October survey finds 54 percent of Americans take one ofthree pro-life positions opposing all or almost all abortions andanother 16 percent want more restrictions on it.The October 12-16 poll asked Americans to tell CBS News their"personal feelings" on abortion. The survey found that 16percent of the public only favors allowing abortions "only tosave woman's life" and another 34 percent think abortions shouldonly be allowed in the very rare cases of rape, incest or to savethe mother's life.Another four percent of Americans want all abortions to be madeillegal.With the Planned Parenthood-affiliated Alan Guttmacher Instituteshowing that less than two percent of all abortions are done incases of rape, incest or to save the mother's life, the CBS Newspoll shows 54 percent of Americans oppose 98 percent of allabortions.According to the survey, just 26 percen

When it comes to abortion facts, it is often very difficult to determine what information is true and what is false. Real abortion facts begin with the medical community. In medical terminology, abortion is serrated into different categories: Spontaneous Abortion and Induced Abortion. Spontaneous Abortion, or miscarriage, as it is commonly called, is the natural expulsion of the embryo or fetus from the uterus by the mother's body. This can happen because of genetic or physical abnormalities. Induced abortion is further separated into the sub-categories Therapeutic Abortion and Elective Abortion. Therapeutic Abortion is exactly what it sounds like: the extraction of an embryo or fetus for medical reasons to prevent harm from coming to the mother, or in cases of diagnosed deformities or problems with the unborn child. Elective Abortion is what is commonly debated. It is the choice of the expectant mother for any number of personal reasons. There are numerous methods of abortion, in

Do you know, for some woman, abortion is not just a simple medical procedure rather it is a life-changing event with significant physical, emotional, and spiritual consequences. So, before planning for abortion, it is better to have abortion information. Abortion means ending a pregnancy before birth takes place. An abortion can occur when [...]

The term "Pro-Life" is central to the debate of the validity of abortion. Pro-Lifers are generally against all types of Induced Abortion, both Therapeutic Abortion and Elective Abortion. They feel that human life begins at conception, and that every stage of this life, from embryo to fetus to newborn, has a right to life. People who are against abortion believe that more growth and change in physicality occurs in the gestational period before birth than occurs throughout the rest of a person's life. Within the first three weeks, basic biological set up for the brain, spinal cord and nervous system begin to develop and the heart begins to beat. In the next few weeks, the baby forms limbs, lungs, eyes, musculature, and eventually begins to move. At five months, the mother can feel the baby kick; at six months, the baby can hear; at seven months, the baby's eyes open and it can see. They are also against abortion because they believe it can be painful for the baby. Wit

This article was reproduced from the Christian Concern For Our Nation web site: “This autumn the church is facing one of the most critical moments in the fight against abortion in the last 40 years. In October 1967 the Abortion Act received royal assent and abortion was legalised in this country. Since then 6.7 million abortions have taken place in this country, and 465 more are taking place every day. This October, 40 years after the passing of the Abortion Act, Christians across the nation are standing up and being counted, refusing to be silent about the taking of innocent lives and the trauma that has been caused to women and families who have been affected by abortion. Services of remembrance, repentance and hope are taking place across the nation. On the anniversary of the Act there will be a rally outside Parliament to demonstrate that the current situation is no longer acceptable. Please join us outside Parliament, at 2pm on 27th October. This is a chance for the church t

Abortion issues stem from a variety of concerns. There are two major questions at the heart of all abortion debate: the question Pro-Life advocates - or those opposing abortion - concentrate on is, "When does life begin?" This is central issue of their argument against abortion. Pro-Lifers believe that life begins at conception and therefore abortion should be considered murder. Pro-Choice advocates - or those who support abortion - are concerned with the question, "Do women have the right to choose whether or not they have an abortion?" Pro-Choice advocates believe that abortion is a women's rights issue and that all women should be free to choose what happens to her body. This debate is incredibly fierce because of the political, social, and moral implications of abortion. Religious Right leaders tend to be Pro-Life, while Feminists tend to be Pro-Choice. But there are many, many exceptions to this statement. In fact, most people fall somewhere in the middl

A study shows that women do get an abortion if they want one whether it is legal or not. “The legal status of abortion has never dissuaded women and couples, who, for whatever reason, seek to end pregnancy,” Beth Fredrick of the International Women’s Health Coalition in the U.S. said in an accompanying commentary.Abortion rates same whether legal or not - Women's Health - MSNBC.com

Did you know that 3,589 babies are killed each day in the United States by what people refer to as "abortion." That's 1.3 million per year just in the United States alone!I recently had a forum conversation with a pro-abortion person who claimed that prolife people were hypocrites for publically objecting to abortions because that supposedly showed no "grace" for those wanting abortions. He also said that Christians did not realize that there were more people involved than "just the baby.I replied to that person with the following:"'Just' the baby? Well you are inconveinant to me right now so what if I come abort you? Cause it's "just" you and there are more people involved in the world. And don't you dare get all hypocritical and try to defend yourself or have other people there defending you. They would just be being unmerciful and ungraceful to me, your abortionist.Your 'logic' (and I use that term very loosely) is truly a circus. To quote Mother Theresa, "It is a poverty to

 The government has been slowly but surely been regulating and banning certain behaviors and habits that they deem risky. We could go through the list again of everything that has either been banned, taxed, or regulated all in the name of looking out for us because we can’t look out for ourselves, but I am going to refrain from doing that yet again. However, I will use smoking for the sake of my next argument. Smoking can lead to cancer along with other diseases, I wont argue that. We are also told that just standing next to someone who is smoking can also cause cancer. Second hand smoke has never been proven to cause cancer, there are many studies that show no increased risk of cancer from second hand smoke, yet smokers are looked upon as lepers.  So certain politically incorrect behaviors are allowed to be frowned upon, regulated and taxed because, as in the case of smoking, they can cause cancer. But one of the leading predictors of cancer is a politically correct behavior,

In order to keep the facts about abortion straight, the medical field provides specific terminology for the processes of abortion. Abortion is separated into two categories: spontaneous abortion and induced abortion. Spontaneous Abortion is more commonly referred to as miscarriage. A Spontaneous Abortion happens when trauma occurs and accidentally affects the embryo or fetus, causing the mother's body to expel it. This is due to natural causes such as genetic problems or disease. The second category, Induced Abortion, is further separated into two sub-categories: Therapeutic Abortion and Elective Abortion. Therapeutic Abortion is done only to benefit the health of the mother. There are many different reasons that this might be an option for an expectant mother. Some women opt to terminate a pregnancy when the fetus has been found to have a congenital defect that would greatly hinder its development or even end in imminent death. A woman who is expecting multiple births may have to

Anti Abortion people are commonly referred to as "Pro-Life". This nickname has to do with their belief that life begins at conception. Since those who are anti abortion believe that life begins at conception, they feel that abortion is essentially murder and should not be legal for any reason. However, as with any other heated political debate that has religious and moral implications, there is a lot of "gray area" between Pro-Life and Pro-Choice. For example, some people consider themselves Pro-Life, but are in favor of abortion if the pregnancy endangers the mother. Christians often are anti abortion. These people draw on messages in the Bible to back their Pro-Life arguments. Certain books of the Bible, like Luke and Jeremiah, claim that God knows all souls before they are born. They interpret this to mean that if God knows someone before birth, then that person is alive the moment he or she is conceived. Anti abortionists also believe that the most a person will

Abortion essay is most likely to be assigned to students of a Medical department, but it can also be an assignment of a Philosophy class or a Religion one. The problem of abortion remains one of the most debatable in the modern society. Therefore, abortion essay writing should not present any difficulty for the essay writer. Though essays on abortion does not seem to be a winning one as the problem is rather controversial itself, but if reasonably organized and persuasively presented, abortion essay may involve the reader into the problem’s investigation and get an adequate response from it. Please, consider the following advice while writing an essay on abortion: (more…)

An abortion pill is defined by the dictionary as, "a drug taken orally to induce abortion, especially early in pregnancy." The term "abortion pill" commonly refers to the drug Mifeprex, an abortifacient made up of the combination of two FDA approved medications: mifepristone and misoprostol. This abortion pill works during the first 8 weeks of pregnancy to cause a chemically induced miscarriage. Mifepristone is also known as RU-486 and was developed in France. The drug works by blocking progesterone, a hormone that helps maintain pregnancy. If this hormone is not present, the uterus will begin to shed the lining, dependant on the woman, sometimes bleeding will occur. Mifepristone is taken orally in an abortion clinic. After this drug is taken, the clinic will provide a second drug called misoprostol. Misoprostol is taken between 24 and 72 hours after Mifepristone has been taken. Misoprostol causes the uterus to contact, thus causing a miscarriage. Many women prefer

  Senator and presidential hopeful Sam Brownback has introduced a bill that would require doctors to take an ultrasound and show it to the would be mother before she has an abortion. This is something that has been signed into law in Georgia earlier this year, and now Brownback is proposing it on a national level.   This was part of Senator Brownback’s statement: “We can reduce the number of abortions and help people reflect on the humanity of the unborn child by providing more information to women,”   Therein lies the problem, however, with this bill. The left wants to protect abortion at all costs, they are not interested with reducing the number of abortions. They see reducing the number of abortions as an attack on the woman’s right to choose. If there is a chance more woman will use the right to choose to choose life instead of death, and this reduces abortions, it will be considered an attack on abortions from within. You see, while this bill doesn&rsqu

The discovery of being pregnant can be a very traumatic event for a teen. There are a variety of options available to a young girl in this situation, each with its own emotional consequences. One option which many pregnant adolescents choose with a heavy heart is the termination of their teenage pregnancy. Abortions cause many teens to suffer in silence, often alone and ashamed of sharing their choice with others. Adults must make sure that a pregnant teen is not pressured into choosing an abortion and that she receives all the necessary emotional support when terminating her teenage pregnancy. Abortion consists of ending a pregnancy before the unborn child can live outside the mother. An abortion can be either spontaneous, called a miscarriage, or it can be deliberate (induced). Before 1973, induced abortions were illegal; the case of Roe vs. Wade, however, forced the Supreme Court to confirm a woman's right to choose to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. The safest abortions are d

Fox's hit show "House M.D." has been one I watch on increasing occasion. I have to be in the right mood to watch Hugh Laurie portray the clinically brilliant yet cynical Dr. House, but when I am the show is usually very intriguing and entertaining. This past Thursday night I wasn't particularly in the mood to watch but something kept me watching despite what I thought was only an average beginning for the show. The show typically begins with a short scene that sets up the medical mystery Dr. House will attempt to solve. In this case a woman appeared to have a stroke while taking pictures at a photo shoot. Though that didn't seem terribly mysterious or interesting to me at the time, I did not turn the channel.As the show developed I realized that I had to see how it ended. You see, the woman who had the stroke was pregnant and supposedly the stroke was caused by her baby. The first recommendation of Dr. House was to "terminate the pregnancy." The mother, however, used a totally diffe

Abortion, Miscarriage, and Breast Cancer Risk Introduction A woman’s hormone levels normally change throughout her life for a variety of reasons, and these hormonal changes can lead to changes in her breasts. Many such hormonal changes occur during pregnancy, changes that may influence a woman’s chances of developing breast cancer later in life. As a result, over [...]

Abortion, Miscarriage, and Breast Cancer Risk Introduction A woman’s hormone levels normally change throughout her life for a variety of reasons, and these hormonal changes can lead to changes in her breasts. Many such hormonal changes occur during pregnancy, changes that may influence a woman’s chances of developing breast cancer later in life. As a result, over [...]

Supreme Court Abortion Ban Ruling THURSDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that a ban on so-called partial-birth abortions is constitutional will have little effect on the number of abortions performed in the United States, medical experts say. "The decision today will have a minimal impact on the overall [...]