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Compiled by Steve Jalsevac
POPULATION, CONTRACEPTION
Deutsche Bank On “One The Most Important (Future) Turning Points In History”
“the human race will no longer be replacing itself by the early 2020s. Population growth will continue for a few more decades because of momentum from the age structure and people living longer but, reproductively speaking, our species will no longer be growing.” And since global reproduction will not be net additive, it will be net subtractive… and on a long-enough timeline the world’s population will drop to zero…the Chinese are already far from replacing themselves while the Indians are only slightly above the replacement rate.
A terrifying future for female fertility – by the man who created the Pill – Daily Mail
How the Boston archdiocese helped bring contraception to Massachusetts By Phil Lawler
In 1966, Massachusetts became the last state in the US to legalize the sale of contraceptives. When the state legislative voted to repeal the law prohibiting their sale, the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts celebrated—and said that the victory was due to the cooperation of the Boston Catholic archdiocese.
The full extent of India’s ‘gendercide’ – The Independent
The systematic elimination of female foetuses in the world’s biggest democracy is widening the gap between girls and boys and storing up social problems for the future. In some towns there is already a shortage of brides and there are fears the growing gender imbalance will worsen attitudes to women.
ABORTION
The New Pro-Life Surge – Christianity Today
Political gains by U.S. conservatives unleash waves of anti-abortion legislation.
The Oregon bill is one of 576 measures related to abortion that have been introduced so far in 2011 in 48 states
Pregnancy resource centers and praising God By Matt C. Abbott
She didn’t think her boyfriend would be there to support her and she didn’t want her baby to feel abandoned the way she had been by her own biological father. Yet, when she drove past the PP that same day, she saw people praying and it made a difference for her! She told me she realized she couldn’t abort.
Two movies with anti-abortion messages seek distribution – LA Times
Mainstream Hollywood rarely tackles the subject of abortion, and when it does, it’s usually when a character quietly opts not to have one. But two new independently financed movies — a small-town mystery and a psychological thriller — are bringing an emphatically anti-abortion slant to the hot-button issue.
Many Americans are able to be simultaneously pro-choice and pro-life. – USA Today
Nearly six in 10 (58%) of Americans say at least some health care professionals in their communities should provide legal abortions. Who opposes? White Evangelical Protestants and Latino Catholics, and people who live in rural communities.
Russian Lawmakers Prepare For Major Crackdown on Abortion – The Blaze
Russia‘s Orthodox Church teamed with Conservative parliamentarians Monday to push legislation that would radically restrict abortions in a nation struggling to cope with one of the world’s lowest birthrates.
Texas Law Will Require Sonograms Prior To Abortions
According to Reuters, most women will have to wait 24 hours after the ultrasound before they can have the abortion. Individuals who live more than 100 miles from an abortion provider will have a two-hour window between the sonogram and the procedure
N.J. Sen. Doherty slams Planned Parenthood hours before vote on bill to restore $7.5M to family planning clinics
“Nobody has any problem trying to have no affiliation with nefarious organizations such as the Nazis or apartheid regimes,” said Doherty, according to the New Jersey Star-Ledger. “But somehow, we’re asked to use our tax dollars to support these type of organizations.”
Anti-abortion groups raise stakes by deploying US tactics on UK streets – The Guardian
Protesters subject British clinics including Marie Stopes to prayer vigils and ‘silent sieges’
Fresyinger Likens abortion to going to the bathroom
Oskar Fresyinger told a right-wing French internet site that abortion has become a reflex for women. In an interview Freysinger said women “abort as if they were going to the bathroom.” The outspoken Swiss People’s Party member of parliament backs a proposed initiative to exclude abortion procedures from the basic health plan.
The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of 50 state right-to-life affiliates, disputed claims earlier this week that restrictions on abortion “disproportionately affect” poor women.
Planned Parenthood Opens $8 Billion Abortionplex – The Onion (warning – this is a satire piece)
Planned Parenthood announced Tuesday the grand opening of its long-planned $8 billion Abortionplex, a sprawling abortion facility that will allow the organization to terminate unborn lives with an efficiency never before thought possible.
Peace Corps Georgia – Reproductive Health
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Advisor, London
Day of Action for Women’s Health!
You already know that these are scary times for those of us that support reproductive freedom and basic common sense measures like preventative health care for low-income women. But did you know that the NC Legislature has actually introduced 12 anti-choice bills this session? You can read about the “Dirty Dozen” here.
Two AmeriCorps Volunteers Reportedly Pulled From Jobs at Planned Parenthood – Fox News
EUTHANASIA, PALLIATIVE CARE, ORGAN HARVESTING
Bloomberg Obit Tells Facts About Macabre Kevorkian by Wesley J. Smith
Read the entire Bloomberg obit. It is the best and most accurate I have seen.
Millions lack access to palliative care, says Human Rights Watch by Michael Cook
Belgian Doctors Boast of Harvesting Organs After Euthanasia – Wesley J. Smith
I can think of few things that would undermine universal human equality than for society to think that killing despairing people with serious illnesses or disabilities could be a splendid means of incresasing the supply of transplant organs.
https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/secondhandsmoke/
Belgian transplant surgeons use lungs from euthanased patients by Michael Cook
Using organs from euthanased patients seem to have become a well established procedure in Belgium, only nine years after it was legalized.
INVITRO, SURROGATES, EGG DONATIONS
Inconceivable
Carolyn and Sean Savage of Toledo, Ohio always dreamed of having 4 children. They already had two sons, Drew and Ryan, when they discovered some fertility problems. They turned to In-vitro Fertilization and were blessed with their daughter Mary Kate. But they still had five embryos left and were determined to give the remaining embryos a shot at life. Carolyn was indeed pregnant—but it wasn’t their baby. She had been implanted with the wrong embryos.
At 58, Russian woman uses surrogates to have 4 kids by Michael Cook
Melbourne egg donation hobbyist may hold world record by Jared Yee