Update on pro-life efforts to fix Obama healthcare

U.S. bishops launch grassroots effort to fight for Catholic concerns on health care

Pro-life Democrat group claims 40 lawmakers will vote against health care bill

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Texas Catholic bishops: Current health care bill fails to protect all human life

All of the Catholic bishops in Texas released a statement on health care reform on Tuesday, warning that the legislation currently under consideration does not adequately ensure the protection of all human life.

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Kill the Diagnosis, Not the Patient

By Bobby Schindler
With all of the current debate in the United States over President Obama’s proposed health care legislation, people seem to have firmly chosen sides—based on their political leanings and not necessarily the actual content of the bill, HR 3200.
In a nation that professes a profound reverence for the lives and wellness of its [...]

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PRESS RELEASE: New study is just one of several new papers showing that NZ women are not receiving the full facts about abortion

A press release from Family Life International NZ
Wednesday 04 November, 2009
New study showing mental health risks of abortion is just one of several new papers showing that NZ women are not receiving the full facts about abortion
A new study conducted by Professor David Fergusson, John Horwood and Dr Joseph Boden from Otago University, which has [...]

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New NZ study once again shows abortion’s link to mental illness

Researchers who examined the medical history of more than 500 women have concluded abortion “leads to significant distress in some”.
Women reporting adverse reactions were up to 80 per cent more likely than women not exposed to abortion to have mental health problems, the Otago University study found.
That finding has raised questions about justifying abortions on [...]

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The euthanasia debate resurfaces

Euthanasia is back on the agenda in Canada. The first hour of debate on a “euthanasia bill”, Bill C-384, has already taken place in Parliament and a second hour is scheduled for November 16. As a “private member’s bill”, it is limited to two hours of debate and is expected to go to a second [...]

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University Researchers: Contraceptives Nearly Double Chance of Stroke

A new study by Loyola University Health System neurologists indicates that oral contraceptives increase the risk of stroke about 1.9 times. The study involved the analysis of numerous previous studies conducted on the issue. Nevertheless, despite this finding the Loyola University’s press release stated that the “benefits [of contraception] still outweigh risks for most users.”
The [...]

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