Category Archives: Pro-Life

We Endorse Rick Santorum for President

PRO-LIFE ACTION of Oregon Endorses Rick Santorum.  We’re filled with hope and joy — he’s finally become what we prayed for:  a candidate for president.   We’ve followed him since his 2004 speech on the Senate floor in defense of traditional marriage. “Society should be all about creating the best possible chance for children to have a mother and a father. And unless our state endorses that, unless our laws enforce that, then I think it’s fairly obvious that our culture will not.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEWS BYTES

1.  CatholicVote.org endorses Rick Santorum - press release

2.  Charles Krauthammer “A Worthy Challenger”

3.  C-Span Campaign 2012 website for political junkies

4.  Santorum makes liberals squirm – NPR Spotlight on Santorum

5.  Santorum introduced the ban on partial-birth abortion – Rick TV Ad Sing Sing Sing

http://www.ricksantorum.com/index.php

Santorum’s book.

Islamic Terrorism and Fertility

The fertility rates of Muslim countries are falling.  Iran’s mullahs instituted sterilization, family planning programs.

Islamic Terrorism and Fertility

By Steven W. Mosher, Population Research Institute

Weekly Briefing

October 13, 2010

The demographic sophisticates who read this column know that the population bomb has fizzled, that the world’s population will never double again, and that birthrates are falling faster and farther than anyone imagined a half century ago.

But they also know that there are still pockets of moderately high fertility in the world, including a number of Muslim countries, and some wonder if such places could be breeding grounds (forgive the expression) for Islamic terrorism.  I know they wonder, because every time I give a population talk someone in the audience raises the question of whether Islamic fertility contributes to Islamic fanaticism.

They are not alone.  Many security experts, like Clinton’s Deputy National Security Advisor Samuel Huntington, have long believed that “excessive” population growth in Muslim countries is a national security threat to the West.  They argue that large cohorts of young people radicalize their societies, contribute to civil unrest and cross-border conflicts and, most importantly for us, provide an endless supply of new recruits for terrorist training camps.

Read full briefing by clicking the title.

Abortion May be the “Death Knell” for our Society: U.S. Bishop Doran

Abortion May be the “Death Knell” for our Society:   U.S. Bishop Doran

“As with other forms of wrongful activity sanctioned or winked at by the government, procured abortion is for the killers and those who support them, immensely profitable,” the bishop says.

“Abortuaries are gold mines for their operators.  Killer physicians and surgeons, disdaining the Hippocratic Oath, travel hundreds of miles to assassinate a few children, and you may be sure that that kind of doctor or nurse does not work for nothing.”

Read full article by clicking on the post title above.

Oregon Bemoans High Suicide Rate While State Promotes Assisted Suicide

Oregon’s suicide rate is 35 percent higher than the national average.
The rate is 15.2 suicides per 100,000 people compared to the national
rate of 11.3 per 100,000.

Oregon’s Public Health Report:  “Suicides in Oregon”

“Deaths relating to the death with Dignity Act (physician-assisted suicides) are not classified as suicides by Oregon law and therefore are excluded from this report.”

If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, contact the
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK
(1-800-273-8255).

Oregon Bemoans High Suicide Rate While State Promotes Assisted Suicide Life News

Salem, OR (LifeNews.com) – Oregon officials are upset the state has a high suicide rate, but one bioethicists says the stance is duplicitous because the state promotes the practice of assisted suicide. Oregon’s suicide rate is going through the roof, and the Oregon Health Authority said it is alarmed by that fact.

“Oregon’s suicide rate is 35 percent higher than the national average,” the state health department said. “The rate is 15.2 suicides per 100,000 people compared to the national rate of 11.3 per 100,000.”

After decreasing in the 1990s, suicide rates have been increasing significantly since 2000, according to the new report OHA released entitled “Suicides in Oregon: Trends and Risk Factors.”

The report also details recommendations to prevent the number of suicides in Oregon.

“Suicide is one of the most persistent yet preventable public health problems. It is the leading cause of death from injuries – more than even from car crashes. Each year 550 people in Oregon die from suicide and 1,800 people are hospitalized for non-fatal attempts,” said Lisa Millet of the department.

But author and attorney Wesley J. Smith, a bioethics watchdog, says the numbers fail to include the number of elderly people who kill themselves under the state’s first-in-the-nation law.

“That is bad, but these are phony statistics that under count the actual toll by about 10% since they don’t include assisted suicides–which have been redefined legally in Oregon as not suicide,” Smith says. “But they are suicides no matter what they are called and whether or not they are counted as such by the state. I think that matters.”

The Oregon health department released a list of ways to prevent suicides and Smith noted “the absence of mention of assisted suicide in methods for prevention.”

The report mentioned removing guns — and Smith responded, “How about also removing lethal prescriptions?”

“Here’s something that should be looked into by mental health professionals: When a state has a pro suicide policy for some people, does it becomes harder to tell other suicidal people that suicide is not the answer? I don’t see how it wouldn’t,” Smith observed.

“Maybe one helpful change that could improve Oregon’s lamentable suicide rate would be for its leaders to begin speaking out against assisted suicide–even if it remains legal. That would at least put some consistency into official efforts at suicide prevention,” he concluded.

Oregon’s Full Report in pdf:

2010 Oregon Public Health Report on Suicide Rate

  • http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/ipe/nvdrs/docs/Suicide_in_Oregon_5year_data_report_2010.pdf

New Anti-Death Penalty Campaign, What About Abortion?

Catholic Network Starts New Anti-Death Penalty Campaign, What About Abortion?

By Deal Hudson

Excerpts:

On January 29, the Catholic Mobilizing Network to End the Death Penalty (CMN) was launched. According to its executive director, Karen Clifton, the CMN was created “with the encouragement of the USCCB.”

. . . there’s no avoiding the fact that political arguments about the death penalty are going to play a role in the pro-life debate.

The “seamless garment” argument used by Clifton, of course, raises questions about what those connected with the Catholic Mobilizing Network will be saying about the pro-life position of politicians. As everyone knows too well, this version of Catholic social teaching has been used for more than four decades to provide cover for Catholic politicians who do not oppose abortion.

The stated purpose of Clifton’s organization is to “end the death penalty” by educating “the lay community through our courses on the Church’s teachings on the death penalty” and facilitating “respectful and informed discourse within the Catholic community and the community at large.”

These are all admirable goals, but the obvious caveat is how the effort of CMN will result in applying the pro-life label to politicians who support abortion but oppose the death penalty.

This kind of misapplied moral equivalency was the hallmark of the Catholic effort for Obama during the campaign.

Any arguments about the sanctity of life, after all, make no sense if they don’t arise from the obligation of protecting the not-yet-born.

Louisiana Governor Signs Bill Allowing Women to See Ultrasound Before Abortion

Louisiana Governor Signs Bill Allowing Women to See Ultrasound Before Abortion

Baton Rouge, LA (LifeNews.com) – On Tuesday, Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana signed into law two pro-life bills including one that opts the state out of abortion funding under the federal health care law and another that allows women a chance to see an ultrasound of their unborn child before the abortion.

Caterer Refuses to Serve Planned Parenthood Houston-Video

From Stop Planned Parenthood Intl. [http://stopp.org]

Striking courage at Planned

Parenthood in Houston – video

STOPP received an e-mail and video link from our friend Steve in Houston concerning developments at the ribbon cutting of the Planned Parenthood mega-abortion facility in Houston. Here is what Steve had to say:

Sometimes we’re surprised at what ends up being an inspiring moment outside of Planned Parenthood. On May 20th it was a waiter wearing a black bow tie that faced a moment of decision in his life. Normally these moments are not caught on tape and only God is witness to them, but they’re happening every day across America at abortion clinics in every state of the union.

Local pro-lifers were fortunate to capture this moment where one man had the courage to stand up against the tyranny of abortion, even if it meant losing his job.

VIDEO 1-1/2 minutes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0mIcEsfmjA

You have got to see the impromptu sign he holds up at the end of the video! Praise God!