End of Life Issues (including Organ Donation):
See also: Euthanasia
& Assisted Suicide
Advance Directive: IRLC Patient
Self-Protection Document
(Life-affirming Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care from
IRLC)
Download: PDF format
Word document Organ Donation Declaration
This document needs some changes for use in the following states (e.g. may need to be
notarized, etc.):
AK, AL, CA, CT, DE, FL, HI, IN, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NV, OH, OK, OR, SC, TN, TX,
UT, VT, WV and WI
Alternate Life-Affirming Advance Directives:
Loving Will (from
American Life League) (Life-affirming Durable
Power of Attorney for Health Care)
NRLC "Will to Live"
Health Care Proxy (Life-affirming Durable
Power of Attorney for Health Care)
Protective
Medical Decisions Document (Life-affirming Durable Power of
Attorney for Health Care from Patients
Rights Council)
Protective Power of Attorney
for Health Care (Life-affirming Durable Power of Attorney for
Health Care from Pro-Life Wisconsin)
Assessing "Brain
Death":
Recovery After "Brain Death"
Are
“Brain Dead” Patients Really Dead?
"Brain Death"
as Criteria for Organ Donation is a "Deception": Bereaved Mother
"Brain
Death" is Not Death! See why below
(raises serious concerns about vital organ donation)
"Brain Death"
Test Causes Brain Necrosis and Kills Patients: Neurologist to Rome Conference
Can a man die twice? -
The problem with 'brain death' (Phil Lawler) New 12/12
Conference may Begin to
Sway Vatican Opinion Against Brain Death: Eminent Philosopher
New England
Journal of Medicine: 'Brain Death' is not Death - Organ Donors are Alive
No
‘moral certainty’ that brain death is really death: Catholic ethics
professor Brugger
Questioning Brain Death:
Ethical
dilemmas at the beginning of death (by Jose A. Bufill, M.D.)
Teen
who awoke from coma before having organs harvested stirs 'brain death' debate New 10/12
Understanding
Brain Death (by Paul A. Byrne, M.D.)
Vatican Newspaper:
Brain Death and thus Organ Donation Must be Reconsidered
Vital Organ Donation: What you
don't know can kill you! (by Paul A. Byrne, M.D.)
Authentic
Compassion: Pain Treatment at the End of Life (Denise Hunnell, M.D)
Belbury Review
[see also Life Tree]
(stay informed on palliative care, POLST, care
transitions, etc)
Boy
Who Doctor Claimed Was in PVS State Makes Miraculous Recovery New 10/12
Brain Damaged Man
Incapacitated for Six Years Imrpoves After Electrode Help
Connecting the Dots on End
of Life Issues
(topics: dangers of living wills, futile care, brain death,
morphine)
The Dangers of Hospice
Declaration
on Organ Donation Download as Word
Document
Depriving Artificially Administered Food and Fluids Is "Inhumane" --
Bishop's Directive
End of Life
Issues: In Depth
Ending
Renal Dialysis: Ethical Issues in Refusing Life-Sustaining Treatment
The
Federal Government is Undermining Hospice (Wesley J. Smith)
‘Gift
of time’ made the difference between life and death for brain-injured mother in coma
Hospice Bait & Switch
Hospice Checklist
Hospice, Hospitals &, Nursing Homes Have License To Kill (Daniel
Zanoza)
Hospice as a Murder
Weapon New
01/13
Hospice
Patients Alliance
(preserving the original mission of hospice)
Hospice
Patients Threatened: The Need for End-of-Life Activism
Human
Dignity in the ‘Vegetative’ State
Life
Guardian Foundation (Paul
A. Byrne, M.D.)
Life-Sustaining
Treatments and "Vegetative" State (Pope John Paul II)
The “Living Will”: Death Without
Dignity
Living Wills:
They sound good, but ...
Man in Supposed
23-Year-Long Coma Speaks, Says He Was Always Conscious
Minnesota
Bishops' Statement on Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) New 01/13
The
Myth and Manipulation of “Brain Death” (Gerard Nadal, Ph.D.)
National Association
to Stop Guardian Abuse
Nobody
owns his life: an integral defense of life (Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro-Carámbula)
Organ
Donation and Transplantation Issues:
Beware:
Killing for Organs, Taking Organs From Living People (Wesley J. Smith) New 04/13
“Bioethics”
Journal Pushes Organ Donations on Living Patients (Wesley J. Smith) New 06/12
The Card to Protect You
from “Presumed Consent” Organ Harvesting
‘Cardiac Death’
Allows One to Kill the Organ Donor (Dr. John Shea MD)
Catholic teaching on death and
organ transplantation (Paul A. Byrne, M.D) New
03/13
Critical
organ donation warnings and guidance in new pamphlet: “Do not do an Apnea test!”
Declaration
on Organ Donation Download as Word
Document
Do you really want to be an organ
donor? (Paul A. Byrne, M.D.) New 03/13
Don't give your heart away --
know the facts about vital organ transplantation (Randy Engel)
The Erosion of Ethics in Organ
Transplantation (Denise Hunnell, MD)
New 11/12
Ethics of
organ transplants and trusting doctors
Melbourne Doctor: Most
Donors Still Alive when Organs are Removed
The morality of organ donation
More Hospitals Push For Organ
Transplants 5 Minutes or Less After Heart Stops
Non-Heart Beating Organ Donation
(NHBD) (also called Donation after Cardiac Death or DCD)
Organ
donation: The inconvenient truth
Organ donation
warning: Do not do an Apnea test!
Organ Donors Beware!
Organ Harvesting
Before "Brain-Death" Increasingly Common, Doctors Warn
Organ Harvesting: Defining Defenseless
Human Beings as Natural Resources (Wesley Smith)
Organ Transplants,
'Brain Death,' and Church Teaching (Philip F. Lawler)
Organs for Transplantation Must
Come from the Living (Paul A. Byrne, M.D.) New
12/12
Pope Warns Organ
Transplant Conference of Abuses of Death Criteria
Removal from the New
Organ/Tissue Donor Registry (Illinois)
Shock:
Requiring death before organ donation is unnecessary, say experts
Shock
#2: Simply abandon ‘norm against killing’ to solve organ transplant problem:
leading US bioethicists
Stop Harvesting Organs
after ‘Cardiac Death,’ Say MDs
Taboo Transgressions in
Transplantation Medicine (Anna Bergmann, Ph.D.)
Truth About Organ Donation
New 01/13
Vatican
Radio tackles organ harvesting in light of questionable ‘brain death’ criterion
Partnership for Medical
Ethics Reform
Paul A. Byrne, M.D.
columns (on brain death, organ donation, etc)
Permanent
Vegetative State (PVS) Diagnosis Often Inaccurate, More Data Shows
Pope Rules
"PVS" Patients May Not be Denied Artificial Nutrition and Hydration
Portable
brainwave reading machine set to tackle inaccurate ‘vegetative state’ diagnoses
"Portable
Medical Order" under any name is a dangerous document
(POLST, MOST, MOLST, or other acronyms)
Pro-life
Healthcare Alliance
Recovery After
"Brain Death":
19-Year-Old
Recovers as Doctors Start to Harvest Her Organs New
11/12
Boy recovering;
first declared PVS, organ donation pushed New
10/12
Dad
rescues ‘brain dead’ son from doctors wishing to harvest his organs - boy
recovers completely
Florida
Family being pressured to pull plug on 2-year-old mistakenly declared brain dead
21-Year-Old
Man Wakes From Coma Before Doctors Take his Organs
‘Brain
dead’ Quebec woman wakes up after family refuses organ donation
Husband
Celebrates Miracle as 'Brain Dead' Wife Wakes Up in Hospital More...
"Brain Dead"
Man Saved from Organ Harvesting: "Brain Death is Never Really Death"
Doctors Who
Almost Dissected Living Patient Show "Brain Death" is Not Reliable
Woman Diagnosed as
"Brain Dead" Walks and Talks after Awakening
Woman's Waking After
Brain Death Raises Many Questions About Organ Donation
Comatose Patient Glad Parents Didn't Listen
to Doctors' Euthanasia Suggestion More...
Repackaging
Death as Life-The Third Path to Imposed Death - Part 1 (Elizabeth Wickham)
Repackaging Death as Life-The
Third Path to Imposed Death - Part 2 (Elizabeth Wickham)
Repackaging Death as Life-The
Third Path to Imposed Death - Part 3 (Elizabeth Wickham)
Research on
"brain dead" and "almost dead" patients declared "ethical"
Researchers See Normal
Brain Activity in Another "PVS" Patient
Selective Killing
Fields: POLST in Action (Julie Grimstad)
So-Called
“Vegetative” Patient Communicates With Doctors New 11/12
Study:
Patients in “Vegetative State” Often Misdiagnosed
Study
Reveals Brain Activity in PVS Patient
Today’s
‘palliative care’ disrespects the natural law (Elizabeth D. Wickham, PhD) New 10/12
True
Palliative Care Involves a Respect for Human Life (Adam J. MacLeod)
“Vegetative”
Patients may Retain Awareness: Study More...
Vegetative State
May Be Caused by Brain Cooling, Study Finds
Ventilator
Relieves Lung Cancer Pain in Final Hours
(livings wills refuse ventilators without
flexibility for a finding like this one)
WARNING:
Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Can Kill You! (Elizabeth Wickham,
PhD) New 08/12
Why
Catholics (and Everyone Else) Should Avoid Living Wills
Why
Did We Ever Start Calling Patients “Vegetables?” (Diane Irving)
Wisconsin
bishops warn against POLST end of care document Full
Text More...
New 07/12
Yet Another
Sleeping Pill Awakening (using Ambien)
Euthanasia &
Assisted Suicide:
See also: End
of Life Issues
Advance
"Mis-Directives": Euthanasia in Catholic
Hospitals in the United States
Assisted Suicide
Assisted
Suicide Pushes Against Suicide Prevention Efforts (Wesley J. Smith) New 09/12
Assisted
Suicide’s Dangeorus Illusion of Control (Will Johnston) New 12/12
Belgian
Doctors Boast of Harvesting Organs After Euthanasia (Wesley J. Smith)
Danger
Zone: Even though Haleigh Poutre is conscious, she’s not necessarily safe
(Consciousness is no guarantee against euthanasia
per AMA)
Declaration on Euthanasia
(Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, May 1980)
Death by
Ethics Committee
Death on
Demand: The assisted-suicide movement sheds its fig leaf
Disability is
not a death sentence (James M. Thunder)
New 01/13
Doctors
Kept Asking To "Let" My Father Die: Wall Street Journalist
Euthanasia: Imposed Death
(from
Human Life Alliance)
Euthanasia Opponent Says
Assisted Suicide Laws Can't be Adequately Controlled
Euthanasia
Prevention Coalition
Euthanasia Research
Euthanasia Resources
Futile care
“ethicists” push involuntary euthanasia
Hospice Care: Involuntary
Euthanasia Cases
Involuntary
Euthanasia Rampant in Belgium, 10-Year Review Says New
12/12
Killing
Babies, Compassionately: The Netherlands follows in Germany's footsteps
A Legal
Analysis: The Oregon & Washington Physician-Assisted Suicide Laws
Liberal
Euthanasia Activists Redfining Sedation Into Killing (Wesley J. Smith) New 03/13
Life Tree
[see also Belbury Review]
(check Timeline to learn about the
"right to die" movement's leadership )
March of
Dimes Primer: The A-Z of Eugenic Killing (Randy Engel)
National Catholic Bioethics
Center
90
Percent of People Asking Doctor for Assisted Suicide Change their Mind New 10/12
Not Dead Yet
Pain and
Physician-Assisted Suicide – What is Going On?
Palliative Care
"Killing me softly"
Patients Rights Council
(formerly International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force)
Physicians
for Compassionate Care
Physician-assisted
Suicide: The Wrong Approach of End of Life Care
Proper Palliative
Sedation Not Same as Assisted Suicide's Terminal Sedation (Wesley Smith)
Resources:
Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity
Right to Die Movement is
Really About Euthanasia, Not Compassion
Slippery
slope: ‘loneliness,’ ‘fatigue’ now criteria for euthanasia in
Netherlands
Still
in the World: A Pro-Life View of Death and Dying
Terri Schiavo Case: In Depth
Twisted Concepts in Pain
Relief (Judie Brown)
US Palliative Care Academy Drops Opposition to Assisted Suicide
"We
Never Say No": The Right-to-Die Movement Abandons Pretense (Wesley J. Smith)
Wesley
J. Smith Articles (he reports on bioethics)
What People Mean When They Say They
Want to Die
1984 CNN 3-Part
Report on Oklahoma Infanticide of Spina Bifida Babies New 01/13
Fetal Development:
Be Not Afraid
(cases of fetal abnormalities)
The
Beautiful and Efficient Anatomy of Pregnancy (Alexander Tsiaras) New 01/13
Cord
blood--who owns it? (Paul A. Byrne, M.D.) New
03/13
Development Of the Child
Diary of an Unborn
Child
Doctors on Fetal Pain New
03/13
Down Syndrome Tests Risky for All Babies, Study Shows
Embryology:
Inconvenient Facts (William L. Saunders, Jr.)
Facts of Fetal
Development
Fascinating
Discovery Shows Unborn Baby’s Cells Go to Mom’s Brain New 12/12
Groundbreaking
In-the-Womb Photos Now Improved and Republished
High-res
4D ultrasound captures babies yawning in the womb New 11/12
Identical
Twins Start Showing Differences in the Womb New 07/12
In-Vitro Fertilization
Just
the Facts
Leading Physician
Convinced Babies Feel Pain at 20 Weeks of Pregnancy
A Matter of
Belief or a Matter of Fact?
The Michael Fund
(International Foundation for Genetic Research)
(the Pro-Life Alternative to the March of Dimes)
Photo
of Baby Reaching Out From Womb During C-Section Goes Viral New 01/13
Precious Life
(Testimony, Pictures, Information)
Prenatal
Development: the case against abortion
Prenatal Testing: Worthwhile or Wrong?
Research
Shows Unborn Babies Can Learn in the Womb
Researchers
Map Fetal Brain Signals For First Time Ever New 02/13
Science for Unborn Human Life
Scientists Say Newborn Babies Cry in Native
Language Learned in the Womb
Sound Wave Images
(view ultrasound footage)
Study Finds Unborn Babies
Respond to Mother's Mood
‘The
tiniest babies’: survival of babies born weighing less than 400g on the increase
Truth
Booth
(view ultrasound images)
Ultrasound: 4D
from GE
Ultrasound:
4D pictures of unborn babies
Unborn
Babies Learn Amazing Things in the Womb (Rebecca Taylor) More...
Unborn Children May
Already Have Short-Term Memory Formed at 30 Weeks
Unborn
Person
Unborn
twins interact with each other as early as 14 weeks
Using
Either Conception or Fertilization, Human Life Has a Clear Beginning (J. C. Willke,
MD)
Video Showing Development of
Unborn Distributed by Priests for Life
Yale Study Says Babies Have
Built-In Developing Sense of Morality
Your Developing Baby: video of motion in the womb
Government & Voting:
See also: Laws
& Legal Issues
Candidate
Information
Catholics
in Political Life
(US Bishops: June 2004)
Find new
Legislative Districts for 2012 Election
Find
your Districts & Legislators (enter your
9-digit zip code)
Faithful
Citizenship - A Catholic Call to Political Responsibility
(US Bishops: Oct 2003)
How to tell
a duck from a fox
(Archbishop Charles Chaput)
I Vote Values
Participation
of Catholics in Political Life
(Vatican: Nov 2002)
Politics
Nationwide
Voter's
Guide for Serious Catholics
Voter Infonet: Cook
County Elections
Human Cloning
& Engineering:
See also: Stem
Cell Research
Britain’s “3
Parent” Cloning Experiments Condemned
Cloning
Information Website
Coming
Fight Over Human Cloning to Dwarf Stem Cell Debate (Wesley J. Smith) New 01/13
Elliot
Institute
(Responding to the Threat of Unregulated Human Engineering)
Fetal
Tissue, Human Embryo and Cloning Research
(Who supports it?)
Hands Off Our Ovaries
(the case against egg extraction from women)
Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry
Human
Cloning Issues
Human Cloning
Human
Cloning vs. Human Dignity
National Catholic Bioethics
Center
Resources:
Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity
Shifting
Definition of Cloning
Stem Cell Research:
In-Depth
Summary of Reasons
to Ban Human Cloning
Three-parent
embryos for mitochondrial disease - unsafe, unethical, unneeded (Peter Saunders) New 09/12
Use of Abortion Victim's Body
Parts For Research Has Become Major Industry
Wesley Smith
Articles
Why
Embryonic Stem Cell Research? It's About Human Engineering, Not Ending Disease
Why Human Cloning Needs to be
Banned
IVF Concerns
& Alternatives:
FACT: in vitro fertilization (IVF) always kills human embryos
("The embryos are then assessed for
viability, with only about 20% usually considered strong enough to implant successfully in
a woman." LifeSiteNews)
Creighton Model
FertilityCare System
(offers alternatives to in vitro
fertilization)
Elizabeth Ministry
International (infertility
issues)
NaProTECHNOLOGY (alternative
to in vitro fertilization)
Pope Paul VI Institute
(founded by Dr. Thomas Hilgers)
St. Anne Center for
Reproductive Health (Dr. Anthony Caruso)
(a site for information on
Catholic health care)
Agents of Change
(compares NaProTechnology with IVF)
All
assisted reproductive technologies have higher risk of birth defects: study
The 'ART' Baby
and God: Why IVF Is Wrong (Judie Brown) New 09/12
Assisted
Reproductive Technologies are Anti-Woman
(presents risks of in vitro
fertilization [IVF] for both mother and child)
Buying
and selling children: Sperm donor children speak out
Change
of heart: Eminient Chicago IVF doctor quits practice of creating babies in Petri dishes
More...
Children Are
Not an Entitlement (Ann Scheidler)
Children
of anonymous sperm donors met with hostility, ridicule, say activists New 06/12
Disturbing
trend: Designer children designed to be disabled (Joseph A. D'Agostino)
'Eggsploitation'
Documentary Reveals Secrets of Infertility Industry
Facing infertility: A
journey of faith, hope and love (Mary-Louise Kurey)
Fertility Treatment is Hugely Successful but Largely Ignored by
Medicine (T. Baklinski)
Former
top IVF doc: I was ‘absolutely horrified’ when I realized what I was doing
French Study: Assisted Reproductive Technology Doubles Risk of Deformity
High
Doses of Hormones in IVF Hurting Women and Children (Rebecca Taylor) New 07/12
If Embryos are Human, then Fertility Clinics are Death Camps: Pro-abortion
Columnist
In-Vitro
Fertilization
In vitro fertilization
kills far more embryos than survive until birth
In Vitro
Fertilization Reports
In Vitro Fertilization Risks
In Vitro
Fertilization Treatment leads to Death of UK Woman
Industry
journal admits IVF-related technologies not tested, unsafe New 08/12
IVF
babies up to 10 times more likely to suffer rare genetic disorders: geneticist
IVF's Barren
Wasteland (Judie Brown)
IVF
Children Suffer More Health Problems Than Naturally-Conceived Children
IVF-Conceived
Children Have Higher Risk of Cancer: Swedish Study
IVF
Conceived Children Have Nearly Twice as Many Health Problems More details
IVF Increases Risk of Deformity, Finnish Study finds
IVF's Insidious Medical Defects
IVF
turns pregnancy into a shopping expedition ... with deadly results (Denise Hunnell,
MD)
Major CDC Study Finds Two to Four Times More Birth Defects from In Vitro
Fertilization
Morally acceptable options for infertile couples
The Need for Informed Consent: The Risks of
IVF are Becoming Clearer (Mailee Smith)
One In Fifteen Embryos Make The Cut With New Grading Scale For IVF
Pope Condemns In Vitro
Fertilization: "Barrier protecting human dignity has been broken"
Pope
rejects ‘arrogant’ IVF: Marital love the only ‘worthy’ way to conceive
The Problem with Half-Truths and
IVF (Judie Brown)
The Quandary: Savior Siblings v.
Human Dignity (Judie Brown)
Rejecting In
Vitro Fertilization for All the Right Reasons (Judie Brown) New 07/12
Risk of
Stillbirth 4 Times Higher After IVF
Scientists
Admit IVF Has High Rate of Abnormalities
Study:
65% of Sub-Fertile Women Achieve Pregnancy with Natural Method
Study
Confirms Overwhelming Death Rate of IVF Human Embryos
Study:
Donor-Conceived Children More Likely to be Isolated, Delinquent
Study
Links IVF to Down Syndrome, Other Genetic Conditions (Gerard Nadal)
Study Shows
Higher Rate of Birth Defects in Babies Conceived Through IVF
Study: Women Who Donate Eggs For Fertility Research Face Loss of Life and
Limb
Twin killings: the foreseeable, but tragic consequences of IVF
(Chuck Colson)
UCLA
researchers link IVF to increased birth defect risk New 10/12
U.K. Embryo Authority Warns IVF Children Have 30% Higher Risk of Genetic
Abnormality
Why Sperm Donation is Bad for Dads
and Kids (John M. Smoot) Next Steps New 02/13
Laws & Legal Issues:
See also: Government
& Voting
Action Needed
Alliance Defending Freedom
(formerly Alliance Defense Fund)
American
Center for Law & Justice
Americans
United for Life
The
Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
Catholic
Conference of Illinois
Find
new Legislative Districts for 2012 Election
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your Districts & Legislators (enter your 9-digit zip code)
The
Legal Status of the Unborn Child Under State Law (Paul Benjamin Linton) New 01/13
Legislative Action
Center
Liberty Counsel
Life Legal Defense Foundation
The Paradox of
Persons Forty Years After Roe (Gerard V. Bradley) New 01/13
Personhood USA
(Human Life Amendment now pursued in
many states)
Save the 1
(remove rape exceptions from the law)
State Abortion Laws Summary
State of Illinois Legislature
State
of Illinois Supreme Court
State Rankings on Pro-Life Laws from Americans
United for Life IL Near Bottom at 38th
Study:
Pro-Life Legislation Cut Abortions on Teen Girls by 50 Percent
Summary of Fetal
Homicide Laws
Thomas
More Law Center (Michigan)
Thomas
More Society (Illinois)
United
States House of Representatives
United
States Senate
United
States Supreme Court
The
White House
Marriage & Family:
Broken
Family Structure Leads to Educational Difficulties for Children
CFN interview
with Randy Engel on "Homosexuality and the New World Order"
(Note 2 at the end provides a link to another
source on New World Order anti-life plans)
Childhood
Family Structure Linked to Rate of Female Homosexuality
Children
Thrive When Parents Follow Religious Beliefs, Study Shows
Club
Unicorn: I am a gay, devout Mormon, happily married to a woman, with three children New 06/12
Cohabitation
Ends in Separation 90% of the Time
Cohabitation
is bad for men, worse for women, and horrible for children
The
cohabitation revolution: kids pay the price
Cohabiting
couples far more likely to suffer from partner abuse, statistics show
Confessions of a
recovering lesbian (Dawn Wilde) More...
Considerations Regarding
Proposals to Give Legal Recognition
to Unions Between Homosexual Persons (Vatican: June 2003)
Cultural
Landmines Parents Should Avoid
Defending
Marriage
Demand For
Same-Sex Marriage Was Based on a Lie
Despite
Greater Social Acceptance, Divorce Still Seriously Damages a Child's Prospects in Life,
Study Finds
Divorce,
Single Parenting and Kids' Well-Being:
Studies Show Importance of Stable Family Structure
Environmental
factors may influence sexual orientation
Escalating
Church and State Clashes Over Gay Marriage Inevitable, Say U.S. Experts
Even
“Good” Divorce Hard on Kids, Study Confirms
Evidence
that Homosexual Behavior is Part of Psychiatric Disorder Ignored by APA
Ex-Gay:
Change is Possible! (Debora Barr) New 11/12
Ex-Lesbian
Charlene Cothran Tells AFTAH Banquet that ‘Born Gay’ Claim Is ‘Vicious
Lie’
Complete text of Charlene Cothran's
speech: "It's Time to Tell America"
Ex-Lesbian
Yvette Schneider Testifies to ‘Complete’ and Permanent Change
Facts,
not flattery, about same-sex attraction
Federal
Marriage Amendment fails in U.S. House
Federal
Marriage Amendment Defeated in U.S. Senate
Federal
Report Confirms 'Nuclear Family' Best for Children's Health
Few
Homosexuals Interested in Tying the Knot
Florida Gay
'Marriage' Activists Abandon Challenges to Defense of Marriage Act
Fordham
Study Provides ‘Empirical Evidence’ for Sexual Orientation Change Efforts
Former
Gay Youth Leader Re-Emerges to Tell His Dramatic Conversion Story
Former
Homosexual Says the Issue is Not Protecting Marriage; It's Homosexuality
From
Lesbian Atheist to Stay-at-Home Mother of Six: Quebec Journalist Tells Her Story
Gay
Marriage and the End of Christian Civilization (Fr. Thomas Euteneur)
Gay
"Marriage" a Bust in Spain
"Gays"
Don't Want "Marriage" After All
‘Gold
standard’ study’s striking findings: children of heterosexual parents happier,
healthier Update
New
06/12
Growing Up With
Two Moms: The Untold Children's View (Robert Oscar Lopez) New 08/12
Homosexual
'Marriage', Like Divorce and Common Law, Is False Freedom Says Pope
Homosexuality
and Hope
Homosexuality
and Psychiatry - Exposed: The Myth That Psychiatry Has Proven
That Homosexual Behavior Is Normal
"Homosexuality
Is Not Hardwired," Concludes Head of The Human Genome Project
How many
states have banned gay ‘marriage’? (Peter Sprigg)
‘If
America is to survive, we must stop the assault on marriage and the family’: Santorum
New 08/12
Illinois Legislature Warned of the Irreparable Harm the Legalization of
Same-Sex Marriage Would Cause New 01/13
The Innate-Immutable
Argument Finds No Basis in Science
Intact
families the leading factor reducing future illegitimacy, welfare use: Study New 02/13
Is
Marriage Important?
Is There a
"Gay Gene"?
It's
the Behavior, Stupid! and Other Observations of a So-Called 'Homophobe'
Love
Isn’t Enough: 5 Reasons Why Same-Sex Marriage Will Harm Children
Major
religious leaders release statement supporting true marriage
Marriage
Amendment "Only Alternative" to Judicial Activism, Says Bush
Marriage
is safest place for pregnant women: study New
12/12
More Than
50 Distinguished Scholars Issue Landmark Principles on the Importance
of Marriage and the Public Good
NARTH
Report Shows Gay Activist Influence on Mental Health Organizations
Noted U.S.
Psychologists Condemn Gay Activist Influence on APA
Nurse
Questions Why Homosexuality Not Considered Disorder on Basis of Medical Consequences?
Obama
Inaugural Speech: The Audacity of a Bad Analogy (Laurie Higgins) New 01/13
Preschool
Damages Children’s Social Skills and Emotional Development
Prominent
U.S. Gay Activist Now Publicly Speaking Out Against Homosexuality
Psychiatrist
Says Homosexuality is a Disorder that Can be Cured
Publisher/Founder
of Black Lesbian Magazine Leaves Gay Lifestyle to “Give Heart and Soul to God”
Research
Finds Homosexuality More Dangerous Than Smoking
Right to
Treatment to Leave Homosexual Lifestyle Recognized
by American Counseling Association
The
sanction of Eros: when Christians divorce (Chuck Colson)
Seven
Additional States Vote to Constitutionally Protect Traditional Marriage; Arizona Rejects
Still
Sexually Attracted to Men but Happily Married to a Woman
Study
Claiming Biological Basis for Homosexuality “Absolute Rubbish”: NARTH
Psychiatrist
Study:
Cohabitation Linked to Exponential Increase in Relationship Failure Risk
Study
Confirms Cohabitation Leads To Higher Chance Of Divorce and Lower Relationship Quality
Study
Finds Children At Risk from Cohabitation
Study
Finds Children Who Live with Biological Parents and go to Church Fare Best Developmentally
Study Finds
Christian Counseling Effectively Assists Leaving Homosexual Life-Style
Study
Finds Harmful Effects on Children When Parents Live Common-Law
Study Finds
New Evidence that Childhood Family Factors Influence Sexual Orientation
Study
Finds Same-Sex Abuse Rampant in Illinois Foster Care System
Study Shows
Family Instability Has Bad Effect on Children’s Behavior
Successful
Female Author Says Working Mothers Short-Change Children
Theology of the Body
(reflections of Pope John Paul II)
Top Vatican
Cardinal: Gay Marriage is "A Crime Which represents the Destruction of the
World"
Two
Mommies Is One Too Many (James C. Dobson Ph.D.)
Left's Criticism of Dr.
Dobson's Article Unfounded
Two Reasons
Same-Sex Marriage Is Gaining Ground (Marcel LeJeune)
UNICEF:
Daycare is "A high-stakes gamble with today's children and tomorrow's world"
U.S.
Bishops' Conference Promotes Federal Marriage Amendment
USCCB
Reaffirms Support for Federal Marriage Amendment
Voters in
11 States Ban Homosexual "Marriage" Despite Massive Media Bias
What
same-sex "marriage" has done to Massachusetts
When
you say 'Gay marriage is inevitable,' do you mean rich people want it? (Jennifer Roback
Morse)
New 05/13
Why homosexual ‘marriage’ signals the end
of heterosexual rights (Greg Quinlan)
New 11/12
15,000
African Americans March to Support Traditional Marriage in Georgia
2,400
lawmakers warn of Kinsey influence
| "Christians need
to understand that their cowardly retreat from expressing the view that homosexual conduct
is wrong carries with it devastating consequences for individual lives, public education,
parental rights, speech rights, and religious rights--let alone truth." (from a
concerned parent) |
Americans for Truth
Concerned Women for America
Courage International
(Fr. John Harvey)
Defend the Family
Family Research Council
First Stone Ministries
Focus on the Family
Guide for Natural
Parenting
Illinois Family
Institute
Institute
for Marriage and Public Policy
Life Site News
National Association for
Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH)
National
Organization for Marriage
ParentalRights.org
see movie
(primary objectives are to obtain passage of the Parental Rights Amendment to the
U.S. Constitution
and to defeat any attempts for U.S. ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of
the Child)
Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays
& Gays (PFOX)
Protect Marriage
Protect
Marriage Illinois
Redeemed Lives Ministries
Renew America
Rescuing
Homosexuals
Restored Hope
Network
Ruth Institute
(defending marriage)
Stephen Bennent Ministries
Straight Talk Radio
The Howard Center: for Family,
Religion, and Society
Theology of the Body
(articles and analysis)
TrueMarriage.net
TruthatSchool.org
Natural Family Planning
(NFP):
See also: Contraception
Billings Method
Couple To Couple League
Couple To
Couple League - Chicago
Creighton Model
FertilityCare System
FertilityCare
Centers of America
(based on Creighton Model FertilityCare System and NaProTECHNOLOGY)
Fertility
Software: the New Face of Natural Family Planning
Marquette Model of Natural
Family Planning
Married
Love and the Gift of Life
NaProTECHNOLOGY
(including alternatives to In Vitro Fertilization)
Natural
Family Planning: A Question-Answer Book
One More Soul
(find NFP-only physicians)
1Flesh (Revolt Against Contraception in Marriage)
Pope Paul VI Institute (founded by Dr. Thomas Hilgers)
St. Gianna’s
Physicians Guild
(find
NFP-only physicians)
Study Shows
Natural Family Planning Technique More “Effective” Than Contraception
Testimony on NFP Benefits
What’s
so ‘natural’ about Natural Family Planning? (Denise Hunnell)
Women’s
health care – A new era
(discusses NaProTechnology)
Population Control:
Over-Population
is a Myth
Population Research Institute
UN Population Division
6.5
Billion and Rising -- For a Time
Aging
Global Population is "Profound" and "Irreversible": UN Report
Aging of
World Population, Not Population Growth, is Cause for Alarm: PRI Researcher
Canada in
Population Crisis: Seniors to Outnumber Children in a Decade
The
coming population bust (Jeff Jacoby) A
world without children
Demographics
as the Grim Reaper: The death knell of low birth rates (Steven Mosher)
New 08/12
Documentary Demographic
Bomb Follows Demographic Winter Population Expose'
Documentary
Explores Global Demographic Crisis
Family
Planning Graduation (is needed)
HLI
Commentaries on Population Control
Japan
Facing Population Crisis with Baby Shortage
Malthus,
Ehrlich, Gore And Other Population Control Mystics (Don Feder)
The
Myth of Overpopulation and the Folks Who Brought it to You
Opening
the Gates wide to population control abuse (Brian Clowes)
New 10/12
Overpopulation
is a Myth: Plenty of Food and Space Exists (Mia Harren)
The
Population Controllers and Their War on People
Seven
Billion: Concerns About Overpopulation are Unfounded (Christopher White)
UN:
Elderly to Outnumber Children for First Time in 2045
United
Nations’ UNFPA Wrong to Call for Population Control (Steve Mosher)
United
States Faces Demographic Bomb, Coming Underpopulation Problems (Arland Nichols) New 11/12
USAID
Population Control Activity Advances Despite Plummeting Birthrates
World's
Elite Make Population Control #1 Priority (John-Henry Westen)
The
World's Underpopulation (David E. Smith)
World
Population Rpt: 'Aging Populations; Fewer Workers; Decline of Developed Countries'
World Welcomes Baby
6,666,666,666 But Overpopulation Not a Reality (Colin Mason)
Post Abortion
Assistance: Videos
Abortion Changes You
Abortion Hurts
Women Psychologically
Abortion
Recovery International
After
Abortion (Elliot Institute)
Be
Not Afraid (support in cases of fetal abnormalities)
Fatherhood
Forever Foundation
(or call 866-482-LIFE)
Group
Helps People With Depression Whose Siblings Were Killed by Abortion New 03/13
Headline Bistro (healing after abortion)
Hope After
Abortion (Project Rachel)
(or call 888-456-HOPE)
In Our Midst Ministries
Jesus
Set Me Free From the Pain of My Abortions (Leslie Hairfield) New 12/12
Legal Action for
Women
Men and Abortion
Network
Operation Outcry
Post Abortion Stress
Syndrome (PASS) Support
Post-Abortion Trauma
& Healing (Elliot Institute)
Post-abortive actress finds healing on set of reality television show New 12/12
Post-abortive
actress finds healing while filming October Baby
Priests
For Life
Project
Rachel (Chicago)
(or call 312-337-1963 or 888-456-HOPE)
Project Rachel (National
Office of Post-Abortion Reconciliation and Healing)
(or call 800-5WE-CARE)
Rachels Vineyard
(post-abortion ministry)
(or call 877-HOPE4ME)
Ramah International
(post-abortion healing)
Reclaiming
Abortion Records
New 02/13
Regret after
Abortion:
How
Much Does an Abortion Cost? My Whole Life (Darlene Wood-Harvey)
My
Broken Heart Now Restored After My Devastating Abortion (Kaleena Barnett) New 01/13
One
mother’s journey to forgiveness in Christ after abortion. A Rachel’s Vineyard
story (Brice Griffin) New
01/13
An open
letter to post-abortive women (Kristen Walker Hatten) New 03/13
An Open
Letter to Post-Abortive Women (Matt Barber)
New 12/12
Regretting
My Abortion: I Wish I Didn’t Have the Right to Choose (Susan VanSyckle)
Reproductive
Justice? Not for Men Hurt By Abortion (Catherine T. Coyle, RN, PhD) New 02/13
Sharing
the Pain of My Abortion Brings Back Haunting Memories (Kelly Clinger) New 01/13
Silent No More
Awareness
The
suffering brothers and sisters of aborted children (Kristi Burton Brown) New 02/13
Surrender
the Secret - Christian Reality Show Addresses Post-Abortion Healing All Episodes
New 01/13
Testimonies on Life After
Abortion New 11/12
Time to Speak
(Love From Above Inc -- (866) Time 2 Speak)
23 years
after the abortion that nearly cost me my life, I sought healing (Jewels Green)
Videos of women
who regret their abortions:
New 10/12
Silent No More
Awareness: Testimonies
(click "view video testimony" and then
search to get a list of selections)
Margie's Testimony Jan 2011
Nicole's Testimony Jan 2012
Casey's Testimony
Cindy's Testimony Jan 2010
Dawn's Testimony Sept 2008
Patricia's Testimony Jan 2009
"I regret my abortion"
Women Deserve
Better
Pregnancy Help &
Support:
See also: Natural
Family Planning (NFP) Pregnancy Complications
Abortion is never the best choice for a woman
Abortion
Alternatives (800-400-4205)
Aid
For Women (312-621-1100)
American Association
of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG)
Find
an AAPLOG physician
Be
Not Afraid (support in cases of fetal abnormalities)
Birthright
(773-233-0305 or 800-550-4900)
Care Net (800-395-HELP)
Care Net of DuPage (630-455-0300)
Caris
Pregnancy Counseling and Resources
(773-338-8311 or 888-AM-I-PREG)
Catholic Charities
Maternity Services (800-CARE-002)
Choices
for Life
(helping women and children conceived in rape)
FertilityCare
Centers of America
(based on Creighton Model
FertilityCare System and NaProTECHNOLOGY)
Isaiah's
Promise: Support for Parents Continuing Their Pregnancy After a Poor or Fatal
Diagnosis
LIFECALL:
Resources for Pregnant Women
Living Alternatives
Locations
M.I.S.S. Foundation
(providing crisis support and long term aid to
families after the death of a child from any cause)
My
Choice Chicago (773-283-0825)
National Campus
Resource Directory for Pregnant and Parenting Students
National Life Center
(800-848-LOVE)
Nurturing
Your Baby Before Birth New 12/12
One More
Soul (find NFP-only physicians)
Option Line
(pregnancy help) (800-712-HELP)
PASS Network of Life-Affirming Care (708-614-9777)
Pope Paul VI Institute (founded by Dr. Thomas Hilgers)
(home of Creighton Model FertilityCare System
and NaProTECHNOLOGY)
Pregnancy Centers
Pregnancy
Insurance
(helping women navigate pregnancy and maternity
insurance options, including access to discounted care even if already pregnant)
Pregnancy Support Resources:
American
Pregnancy Association (information source)
My
Pregnancy Place (Pregnancy Journal)
Medicaid (Medicaid service for
pregnant women – step by step help for getting Medicaid)
WIC - (helps
women in each state find and access WIC)
Prenatal
Partners for Life
(for parents who face a negative in utero
diagnosis)
Preventing forced teen abortions: The Justice
Foundation’s “Center
Against Forced Abortions”
Society for the Preservation of
Human Dignity (PHD) (847-359-4919)
South Haven
Pregnancy Center (773-221-2580)
Southside Pregnancy
Center (708-346-9070)
Support
Organization for Trisomy (Trisomy
18, 13 and related disorders)
New
03/13
TeenBreaks (for young people: teenage pregnancy, etc.)
TLC Pregnancy
Services (847-622-1235)
Tri-County Pregnancy
and Parenting Services (815-455-0965 or 847-231-4651)
Waterleaf Women's Center (630-701-6270)
Woman's Choice
Services (630-261-9221)
Women's Care Center
of LaGrange (708-352-5000)
The Women's Center
(708-425-0707, 773-283-1400, and 800-400-4205)
Pregnancy
Complications -- Articles and Studies:
Advised
to abort over Down’s risk, born without the placenta attached: my miracle
daughter (Janene Baadsgaard)
New 01/13
Baby Girl With Rare Heart Defect Saved by Surgery New 11/12
Boy
is world's first to survive being born with heart outside his body
Boy Lives for Three
Years with Anencephaly New 11/12
Catholic
journalist dies after delaying cancer treatments for unborn baby New 07/12
Choosing
Hope and Grace: How two babies who shared one heart momentarily brought heaven to earth New 06/12
‘Choosing
Joy’: Baby Abby was only given a ‘slim chance’ of survival, but abortion
wasn’t an option
Choosing
Life and Beating the Odds: Accepting Down Syndrome (Cassy Fiano)
Christian
Parents Refused to Abort Baby with a Rare Disorder New 10/12
Devastating
choice: to abort or not to abort our unborn child with a lethal condition
Disabled
Baby Will Walk, Talk After Parents Rejected Abortion New 01/13
Doctor
Told Me Four Times to Abort One of My Triplets (Laura Casey) New 06/12
Doctors
Repair Hole in Unborn Baby’s Back at 23 Weeks of Pregnancy New 03/13
Doctors
Save Unborn Baby’s Life by Operating on Her Lung New 04/13
Down Syndrome: Going to bat
video Stop Aborting blog
Chloe's message 99%
are happy
Early
Induction of Labor (NCBC Statement)
Emotional
goodbye for young Italian mother who died for unborn child New 06/12
From One Mom
to Another: Keep Your Baby - A Personal, True Story
Having Your Baby
When Others Say No!
Healthy
Baby Born Despite Adverse Diagnosis
Healthy Baby Narrowly
Escapes Late-Abortion At Tiller’s Clinic
How
my unplanned, out-of-wedlock pregnancy turned into ‘Happily Ever
After’ (Jeanne Condon)
‘I
did the right thing by not aborting’: video of mom with disabled baby goes viral
In
utero surgery saves 20-week unborn baby with cyst the size of an orange
New 03/13
Irish
parents grateful for ‘precious moments’ with baby who lived just 17 minutes
after birth New 11/12
Lancet
Study: Abortion does not improve prognosis for pregnant cancer patients
New 09/12
Miracle
Baby With Trisomy 18 Defies Odds After Parents Reject Abortion New 04/13
Miracle
Joey: The boy who refused to die
Miscarriage
is the loss of a ‘real’ child and requires compassion (Fr. Frank Pavone)
Mom
beat breast cancer after delaying treatment to give birth New 08/12
Mom
gives birth to healthy baby after breast cancer treatment New 10/12
Mom Shares Story of
Her Baby's Short but Beautiful Life, After Fetal Abnormality Diagnosed
Mother
With Cancer Sacrifices Her Life for Her Unborn Baby
On
The Dignity of the Disabled and the Call to Save Them From Abortion (Msgr. Charles
Pope) New 01/13
Open
to life, even with a 25 percent chance of cystic fibrosis New 07/12
Parents
of preemie triplets find meaning in the unthinkable New 01/13
Parents
Reject Doctor’s Advice to Abort Baby With Birth Defects New 02/13
Peter's Story
(Mary Kellett) New 03/13
Prenatal Testing Brings
Inherent Moral Dangers, Leads to Abortion (Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk)
Prenatal
Testing Leading to Abortions of Disabled Babies is Eugenics (Mark Leach)
New 09/12
Prenatal Testing of
Babies Doesn't Have to End in Abortion, Alternatives Available (M. Klatt)
Pro-Life
Video Report: Baby Saved by Prenatal Heart Surgery New 02/13
Quadruplets
Turn One After Mother Rejected Abortion Advice New 03/13
Statement
on early induction of labor (National Catholic Bioethics Center)
Study Finds Abortion Not
Needed When Pregnant Women Face Cancer Treatment
Real life case: Courageous Mother Delays
Chemotherapy Treatment for Cancer, Saves Lives of Twins
Study
Finds Common Infertility Treatments Are Unlikely To Improve Fertility
Study:
Genetic Testing Not Good at Predicting Diseases
Study
says pregnancy is safe, even beneficial, for women recovering from breast cancer
Surgical
Advances for Unborn Patients
A tale of two
terminally ill children
There
is No Justification for Aborting Babies With Down Syndrome (Cassy Fiano) New 02/13
Tribute Video to Short
Life of Handicapped Baby Inspires Tens of Thousands
Trisomy
Angel: The boy with a ‘divine purpose’ who taught his family the meaning of love New 03/13
TTTS Prenatal Treatment: Katie's
Story
‘Walking
through fire’: A mother’s desperate fight against breast cancer, and for her
unborn baby New 06/12
‘We
wouldn’t have it any other way,’ say 19-year-old conjoined twins: mother refused
abortion
When What
Seems Broken is Perfect: The Mother of a Disabled Child Tells her Story
Woman
With Cancerous Tumor Ignores Abortion Advice, Has Healthy Baby
Woman
with ectopic pregnancy risks life and defies the odds - gives birth to healthy baby
World’s
First Surgery Removes Tumor From Unborn Baby’s Lips More... New 06/12
Why carry
a dying child? (Fr. Frank Pavone)
"Why
I Love the Baby of the Man Who Raped Me"
Pro-Life Commentary:
Additional Pro-Life Commentaries
Abby Johnson Blog
Bound4LIFE Blog
Celebrate Life Magazine
Charlotte Lozier
Institute
(Pro-Life alternative to Guttmacher Institute for
statistics)
Dennis
Byrne's Commentary
The
Embryonic Jesus Story
"Evidence
Doesn't Matter" -- APA Spokesperson Says of Abortion Complications
Facing
Life Head-On
(video series from Life Issues Institute)
Generations
for Life
Humanity of the
Unborn
Illinois Review
(check categories of : abortion, HPV
vaccination, stem cell research, etc.)
Innocent blood: How lying marketers sold Roe v. Wade to America
Jill
Stanek's Blog
Jill Stanek's Columns
Judie Brown's
Blog: Straight Talk on Life
Live Action Blog
Mark Crutcher's Blog
My Life With Trig, Our
Down Syndrome Child (excerpt from her book) (Sarah Palin)
On the Trail to Rodham and Gomorrah
(Mark Crutcher)
Paul A. Byrne, M.D.
on Life Issues
Pro-choice vs. Pro-Life: a different
perspective
Renew America
RFFM.ORG
(includes frequent commentary on Pro-Life
topics)
Testimony
of a Sidewalk Counselor
Wesley J. Smith Blog and Wesley
J. Smith Articles (he reports on bioethics)
Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse
Pro-Life
Involvement:
Abolish Abortion
(connecting the Pro-Life community)
Aborted Fetal
Products (companies to boycott)
Action Needed
American Life League
And
Then There Were None (ministry for abortion workers) New 06/12
Catholic Medical Assocation
Center for Bio-Ethical Reform
Child Predators
(evidence & steps to end the abuse)
Citizens for a Pro-Life
Society
Concerned Women for America
Family Research Council
Find your Districts
& Legislators (enter your 9-digit zip code)
Heritage House (supplier of Pro-Life materials)
How
One Conversation Turned Me Into a Pro-Life Advocate (Kristen Walker)
Human
Life Alliance
Human Life International
Illiana Right
to Life Committee
Illinois Citizens for Life
Illinois Federation for Right
to Life
International Day
of the Unborn Child
Joliet Diocese
Respect Life Office
The Justice Foundation
Life Advocacy Resource
Project
Life Chain (10/2/11): check Illinois locations
Life Chain Network
(National)
Life Decisions International
Life Dynamics Inc.
Life Education and
Resource Network (African-American
perspective)
Life United
(partners include: the Duggar family, LIFE
International, L.E.A.R.N. Inc, Living Waters, Liberty Counsel,
National Center for Life and Liberty, Family Research Council, and The Justice Foundation)
Live Action (A new-media movment for life)
March for Life (Washington,
D.C.)
Trips from Illinois may include: Illiana Right to Life,
Chicago Archdiocese,
Joliet Diocese, Rockford Diocese, St. John Cantius, Peoria, Alton, Champaign
Missionaries To The Preborn
Five
Myths About Pro-Life People and How to Refute Them (Kristen Walker)
Three
more myths about pro-lifers, and how to refute them (Kristen Walker)
National Association of
Pro Life Nurses
National Black
ProLife Coalition
National
Black Pro-Life Union
National Life Chain
NorthWest
Families for Life
Not Dead Yet
Operation Outcry
Orthodox Christians for
Life of Chicago
Personhood USA
(Human Life Amendment now pursued in
many states)
Priests For Life
Pro-Life Action League
Pro-Life Corner (reports on vigils at Rockford IL abortion facility)
(provides Pro-Life bulletin quotes
for each week of the year)
Pro-Life
Day of Silent Solidarity
Pro-life Healthcare Alliance
Pro-Life Pro-Family Coalition
Protecting
Black Life
Respect
Life Office, Archdiocese of Chicago
Rockford
Diocese Respect Life Office
Rockford Pro-Life
Initiative
Secretariat for
Pro-Life Activities (USCCB)
Small Victories
Ministries
Speak Out Illinois
Stand Up for Religious
Freedom Rally
State of Illinois Legislature
Students for Life of
America
Students for Life of
Illinois
Survivors of the Abortion
Holocaust
University Faculty for Life
Upcoming Events
Women's Rights Without Frontiers (stop gendercide & forced abortion)
40 Days for Life (next one: Fall, 2013 -- Sept 25 through Nov 3)
Commentary on successes and
experiences of 40 Days for Life from around the nation
Check national locations from Lent 2013
Lent, 2013 Illinois locations included: Aurora, Champaign, Glen Ellyn, Springfield
Fall 2012 Illinois locations included: Champaign,
Chicago, Downers Grove, Granite City, Ottawa, Peoria
Lent, 2012 Illinois locations included: Champaign, Chicago-Old Town, Downers Grove, Rockford, Springfield
Pro-Life News:
Catholic Family and Human Rights
Institute (C-FAM) (monitors the U.N.)
Catholic News Agency
Catholic Online
Christian
Communication Network
Christian News Wire
Family Research Council Blog
Illinois Family
Institute
Illinois Federation for Right
to Life
IRLC Pro-Life Blog
IRLC Pro-Life Newsline
LifeIssues.Net
LifeNews.com
Life Site News
Live Action News
One News Now
Operation Rescue
Pro-Life America
ProLifeBlogs
townhall.com
Westley
J. Smith Blog
ZENIT -- The World Seen
From Rome
Sex Education:
See also: Abstinence & Chastity
FACT: "comprehensive" sex education leads to more
abortions, not less
DEFINITION: "Comprehensive" sex education --
everything you ever wanted to know about sex and were
afraid to ask, as well as everything you didn't want to know about sex but were forced to
find out. (Fran Eaton)
SOLUTION: just for health class, homeschool your children (from IFI)
Canadian Teens Say
Parents, Not Sex-Ed, is Best for Info on Healthy Sexuality
The
Case for Maintaining Abstinence Education Funding
College
Women at Risk for Psychiatric Illness from Casual Sex Commentary
Comprehensive
Sex Education Gets Failing Grade
“Comprehensive”
Sex Education is Ineffective, Abstinence Works, Major Study Shows
Comprehensive
Sex Ed: Part I (Laurie Higgins)
Comprehensive
Sex Ed: Part II (Laurie Higgins)
Comprehensive
Sex Education vs. Authentic Abstinence: A Study of Competing Curricula
(claims that "comprehensive sex education" places
an emphasis on abstinence are false)
Emerging
Answers Begs the Question of Objectivity on Abstinence Education
Exposing Planned Parenthood
Heritage
Foundation Research
Hooking Kids on Sex
(ALL video) New 05/13
HPV
Condom Study Shows the Failure of Condom Education
Minority
Report: Study Supporting Comprehensive Sex Ed over Abstinence Flawed
A Psychoanalytic Look at
Today's Sex Education
(this analysis was written in 1985 and appears to be prophetic about the
ongoing problems created by many sex educators)
Reduction
Program in Britain Resulted in More than Twice as Many Teen Pregnancies
"Responsible
sex education" is irresponsible
Sex
Education
(more sex education & easier teen access to birth control produces more
abortions)
Sexualized
Images of Women in the Media are Harmful to
Girls' Self-Image and Healthy Development (American Psychological Association)
Study Finds
Early Sex Linked to Teen Delinquency Which Can Last into Adulthood
Study:
98% of parents want to be primary sex educators
UK Study
Finds Sex Ed and Morning After Pills Encourage Promiscuity
What Do
Parents Want Taught in Sex Education Programs?
When Sex
Becomes a False God (Jennifer Hartline)
The
Whole Truth about Comprehensive Sex Education
Stem Cell Research:
See also: Human Cloning & Engineering
Center for Bioethics &
Culture Network
Do No Harm
(Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics)
Definition
of the Embryo: Time to Be Clear, Very Clear
Embryonic Stem Cell Motives
Fetal
Attraction: What the Stem Cell Scientists Really Want
National Catholic Bioethics
Center
National Cord
Blood Program
Researchers: We Can Make
Embryonic Stem Cells Without Destroying Life
Pro-Life Advocates Say New Embryonic Stem
Cell Research Method Ethical
Resources:
Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity
Stem Cell
Research Facts
Stem
Cell Research: In-Depth
Stem Cell Research Summary
Vaccines:
National Vaccine Information
Center
Vaccines -- Children of God
for Life
Is
Aborted Fetal DNA in Vaccines Linked to Autism?
The
Age of Autism: 'A pretty big secret'
(vaccines suspect as factors for autism, childhood asthma, and juvenile
diabetes)
Articles
in Prominent Medical Journal Doubt Worth and Benefit of HPV Vaccines
Bioethical
company studying possible aborted fetal cell vaccine/autism link
Biotech Firm To Provide
Ethical Alternatives to Aborted Fetal Vaccines
Catholic Medical
Association Wants Vaccines Not Using Cells From Abortions
Change Points
Suggest Relationship Between Residual Human DNA Vaccine Contaminants and Autism
Childhood
Vaccines containing Fetal DNA (on right side after scroll down)
Childhood
Vaccines from aborted fetal cell lines and ethical alternatives
Childhood
Vaccine Chart -- printable format (pdf)
(reveals vaccines containing aborted fetal DNA)
Childhood Vaccines
produced using aborted fetal tissue
Ethical
Vaccine providers: Pro-Life Physicians List
Exemptions
from Vaccines:
Vaccination
Requirements / Exemptions: Current Laws for Illinois
Exemptions
for Vaccines (specific Illinois requirements)
Immunization Exemption
Information (Illinois)
Illinois
Religious exemption letter.doc
Legal School Vaccination and Immunization
Exemption (Illinois)
Exemptions for
Vaccines (religious)
FDA Knew
It: Cervical Cancer Not Caused by HPV Virus
Feds admit
vaccine 'aggravated' autism
Gardasil and
HPV Infection -- Get the Facts
Gardasil
guards against almost nothing
Gardasil is Not a Vaccine Against Cervical
Cancer
Gardasil
victims speak out in videos released by famed doc
Gardasil HPV
Vaccine -- Adverse Reports:
Teenage
Girl Becomes Infertile after Gardasil Vaccination New 10/12
Gardasil Causes 400 Percent More
Deaths than Other Common Vaccine
FDA Records Indicate 28
Deaths in 2008 Related to HPV Vaccine
Gardasil Vaccination
Results in Three Outbreaks of Genital Warts in Fiji School Children
HPV Vaccine Causes
21 Deaths and Counting - CDC Study Launched
Death toll linked to
Gardasil vaccine rises HPV Vaccine Causing One
Death Per Month
US Death Toll from HPV
Vaccine Jumps to 11 with 3779 Adverse Reactions Reported
HPV
Vaccine—Another Deception of the Culture of Death (Fr. Thomas Euteneuer)
HPV
Vaccine—The Chemical Condom (Fr. Thomas Euteneuer)
HPV
Vaccine—Hate To Say “I Told You So” (Fr. Thomas Euteneuer)
[NOTE: This HPV vaccine is produced by Merck and called Gardasil.]
Pediatricians
Oppose Mandatory HPV Vaccine
Pro-Life
Physician Database
Rally for
American Personal Rights
Sound Choice
Pharmaceutical Institute (Theresa A. Deisher, Ph.D.)
SCPI Study on Aborted
Fetal DNA in Vaccines
State Law &
Vaccine Requirements
Study
Confirms Autism Boom - Correlates with Aborted Fetal DNA in Vaccines
06/10 Update
Summary of IRLC review of
the HPV vaccine called Gardasil
Top
researcher: 'Untested' vaccine could harm -- Says HPV 'experiment' on girls might even
increase cancer rate
Top Ten Reasons
to Demand Conscientious Exemption for Mandatory Vaccinations
Vatican
Condemns Vaccines Made with Tissue Obtained by Abortion
Vatican
Official Clarifies Stand On Vaccines From Fetal Tissue
Value of Life:
Catholics
in Political Life
(US Bishops: June 2004)
Catholic Church
Position on Abortion St.
Thomas Aquinas
Conscience
and Catholic Politicians (Part 1)
Conscience
and Catholic Politicians (Part 2)
Declaration
on Euthanasia Appying
this teaching
(Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, May 1980)
Declaration
on Procured Abortion
Deus
Caritas Est (God Is Love)
(Benedict XVI, January 2006)
Dignitas Personae
(Doctrinal Congregation Instruction on Some Bioethical Questions, Dec 2008)
Donum Vitae
(Gift of Life)
(Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Feb 1987)
Evangelium
Vitae (Gospel of Life)
(John Paul II, March 1995)
Faithful
Citizenship - A Catholic Call to Political Responsibility
(US Bishops: Oct 2003)
Forming
Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility
from the Catholic Bishops of the United States full statement (November 14,
2007)
[summary statement: The
Challenge of Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship]
The
Hope of Salvation for Infants Who Die Without Being Baptized
(approved by Pope Benedict XVI on 1/19/07) Interview to Clarify
Misunderstandings
Humanae
Vitae (Of Human Life)
(Paul VI, July 1968)
Life-Giving Love in an
Age of Technology
(use of reproductive technologies -- US Bishops: Nov 2009)
Life-Sustaining
Treatments and "Vegetative" State (Pope John Paul II)
Living the Gospel of
Life: A Challenge to American Catholics
(US Bishops: Nov 1998)
Married
Love and the Gift of Life
(US Bishops: Nov 2006)
Mulieris
Dignitatem (On the Dignity and Vocation of Women)
(John Paul II, August 1988)
Participation of Catholics in
Political Life
(Vatican: Nov 2002)
Pastoral Plan
for Pro-Life Activities
(US Bishops: Nov 2001)
Pope's
Warnings on Life, Family and Culture in 2008 -- Compiled
Responses
to Certain Questions of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Concerning Artificial Nutrition and Hydration Commentary
(Vatican: Aug 2007)
Scriptures on Abortion
Teachings
of the Magisterium on Abortion
Theology of the Body
(reflections of Pope John Paul II)
Vatican
Official Reconfirms Morning After Pill Cannot be Used Even in Cases of Rape
Why
my support for abortion was based on love … and lies (Jennifer Fulwiler)
New 01/13
You Will Know the
Truth and the Truth Will Set You Free
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