A new study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry by leading American researcher Dr. Priscilla Coleman of Bowling Green State University finds women who have an abortion face almost double the risk of mental health problems as women who have their baby.
Results indicate quite consistently that abortion is associated with moderate to highly increased risks of psychological problems subsequent to the procedure,” the study says. “Overall, the results revealed that women who had undergone an abortion experienced an 81 percent increased risk of mental health problems, and nearly 10 percent of the incidence of mental health problems were shown to be directly attributable to abortion.” (read more) While the Obama Administration continues to kowtow to China, others are not shying away from challenging the country’s draconian one-child policy.
Chai Ling, a “commander-in-chief” of the youth-led 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy movement, grew up in a culture that teaches children to worship government officials. She was taught to show respect and love for the police and for the People’s Liberation Army which would kill or beat into submission any who longed too much for truth and freedom. Born into an existence where one must learn to love death in order to survive, over two decades after Tiananmen, Ling dedicates herself to the cause of life for the people of China. Ling’s non-profit organization All Girls Allowed works to “reveal the injustice of China’s One-Child Policy” and to bring concrete assistance to families in China who have suffered under this policy since 1980. In her testimony about her conversion to Christianity, Ling relates that she came to understand that her work as a leader of the Tianenmen Square protest should continue through ending China’s forced abortion policy when she attended a U.S. Congressional hearing and witnessed the testimony of a Chinese woman named “Wujian“. (read more) One day after news surfaced that a similar law in Idaho would become the subject of the first lawsuitagainst such a measure, Albama officials are putting into effect a new law banning abortions based on fetal pain.
Governor Robert Bentley signed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act into law in June and the bill protects unborn children capable of feeling pain and bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy as a result. State lawmakers voted overwhelmingly for the measure, which also requires abortion practitioners to give information about the abortions they do to the state health department so it can compile a more accurate data set about the abortions that take place in Alabama annually. (read more) The state of Kansas will appeal the latest ruling from a federal judge forcing the state to send taxpayer funds to the Planned Parenthood abortion business. The state announced it will comply with the most recent decision.
U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten ruled that Kansas must fund the abortion business even though it did not cancel any contracts with the agency that were in effect at the time a new state provision went into place denying taxpayer funding via the family planning program to any agencies that do abortions. The Kansas Attorney General’s Office issued a statement to Kansans for Life: “The state will comply with the Judge’s order but will continue its appeal to the Tenth Circuit United States Court of Appeals.” Responding to the ruling, Kansans for Life legislative director Kathy Ostrowski said, “It is mind-boggling that this judge thinks he has the authority to give taxpayer money to Planned Parenthood with no legal basis.” (read more) Texas officials say they will appeal a judge’s ruling late Tuesday striking down a new law the state approved allowing women considering an abortion a chance to see the ultrasound the abortion center does of their unborn baby.
Meanwhile, two leading pro-life groups and pro-life Gov. Rick Perry responded to the judge’s decision and say they are not happy about it. Judge Sparks claimed Texas has no right to tell abortion practitioners they should allow women a chance to see an ultrasound of an abortion — even though one is typically done to determine the age of the baby at the time of the abortion. Joe Pojman of Texas Alliance for Life, was one of two pro-life leaders to respond to the decision, along with Elizabeth Graham of Texas Right to Life. “We are disappointed,” Pojman said. “The intent is to raise the standard of care for informed consent for abortion to the level of any other medical or surgical procedure. We believe this case will be appealed to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which will allow it to be fully enforced. Until then, women considering abortion will not have the full benefit of the protections intended by the Legislature and Governor Perry.” (read full article) |
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