NZ Catholic schools debating Gardasil

Girls attending Catholic schools across the country will find out next week whether they will get a vaccination which could prevent them from getting cervical cancer.
The Government introduction of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil, will see up to 300,000 girls and young women aged 12 to 18 receive a free immunisation.
Catholic secondary and [...]

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Don’t miss this one-off NZ seminar!

Family Life International presents…
RATZINGER’S FAITH:
THE THEOLOGY OF BENEDICT XVI
A special seminar with:
Dr Tracey Rowland

BA LLB (QLD), B LITT, MA, GRAD DIP MOD LANG (MELB), PHD (CANTAB)
Dean of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, Melbourne
Internationally renowned author of the recently published:
Ratzinger’s Faith – The Theology of Pope Benedict XVI
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10am to 4pm
Saturday 27 September [...]

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Loophole allows Aussie baby bonus for late abortions

From Fox News Australia…
“IT was intended to boost the birth rate, but a legal loophole means the $5000 baby bonus can be claimed for late-term abortions.
The loophole arises because abortions after 20 weeks’ gestation are recorded by doctors as stillbirths.”
I find it truly sad that someone would abort their baby and then claim a $5000 [...]

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That’s right Timmy, Lassie was a free moral agent after all!

More madness from the philosophically challenged people who think that animals and humans are exactly the same thing…
“New research has gone to the dogs and discovered that canines pick up on the morals of their owners.
Research by University of Vienna scientists reveals that dogs “show a strong aversion to inequity”, and can develop a sense [...]

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Um, monkeys aren’t humans people!

From Stuff.co.nz
“Monkeys can experience the joy of giving in much the same way as humans do, US researchers have reported.
Tests in capuchin monkeys showed the animals consistently chose to share food with another monkey if given the option, suggesting they are capable of empathy, the team at the Yerkes Research Centre at Emory University in [...]

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Something to brighten up your day – part 2

“In 2004, U.K. Olympian Tasha Danvers-Smith sacrificed her spot at the Summer Olympics in Athens so she could bring her then-unborn baby to term.  Four years later, her little boy inspired her all the way to the podium in the women’s 400-metre hurdle event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
After discovering she was pregnant [...]

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Something to brighten up your day – part 1

Youngest premature baby born 15 ounces developing normally in Mexico

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Very, very scary

LONDON – Crisis pregnancy centres, as well as doctors, nurses and midwives, may be subject to prosecution and a two-year jail sentence if they convince a woman to forego an abortion. Under a proposed amendment to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, those groups advertising services to pregnant women who provide “false information” or even [...]

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Aussie mum questions school’s cartwheel ban

From stuff.co.nz
“The mother of an Australian child whose school banned students from doing cartwheels and handstands in the playground says the rule is hypocritical because riskier activities are still allowed.
Kylie Buschgens’ 10-year-old daughter Cali was told not to do cartwheels at her north Queensland school because it was deemed too dangerous.”
Don’t worry Kylie, in a [...]

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Focus on the Family abortion talks well worth a listen

Tim Sisarich from Focus on the Family emailed me yesterday to let me know that Focus on the Family USA has just broadcast a two-part radio show on abortion that is available online.
It’s well worth a listen.
Reaching hearts on abortion part 1
Reaching hearts on abortion part 2

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