tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78996962024-03-07T15:03:51.786-08:00Jennifer Roback MorsePromoting marriage at home, at work and in the public square.Jennifer Roback Morsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08328491226267765655noreply@blogger.comBlogger1501125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-47702806132828107832009-10-02T11:57:00.000-07:002009-10-02T11:58:15.069-07:00WE ARE MOVING IN CYBER SPACEHi Ruth Institute Blog Lovers. We have switched blog platforms to a more user-friendly system. Visit us at: <a href="http://www.ruthblog.org/">http://www.ruthblog.org/</a>!<br /><br />We look forward to your comments!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-83268571197941098542009-09-15T20:07:00.000-07:002009-09-15T20:08:21.973-07:00Dems focus on homosexual agendaJim Brown - OneNewsNow -<br /><br />Democrats are currently undertaking two major efforts in Congress to enact key parts of the political agenda of homosexual activists.<br /><br />Today liberal Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-New York) plans to introduce a bill that would repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The bill, which already has 69 co-sponsors, would create federal recognition of same-sex "marriages."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=681852">http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=681852</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-40338863424828193942009-09-15T20:04:00.000-07:002009-09-15T20:06:25.854-07:00Grandparents yearn to meet donated progeny<a class="navLink" href="http://www.mercatornet.com/family_edge/author_page/grandparents_yearn_to_meet_donated_progeny/">Carolyn Moynihan</a><br /><br />We recently noted that would-be grandparents in Britain are paying for their grown-up children’s IVF treatments. <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/family-and-relationships/my-scattered-grandchildren/article1286201/">Now we learn</a> that Canadian women whose daughters -- and sons -- have donated gametes to other couples are pining for their unknown grandchildren. The grand-parenting urge is apparently very strong, especially when you know that the grandchildren are out there somewhere, and artificial begetting brings mixed blessings.<br /><br />It's estimated that about one million donor offspring worldwide have been born, most of them through anonymous donations. In some cases grandparents and donor grandchildren do meet; in others not. A man who donated sperm for almost 10 years says he now sees that grandparents ought to be considered. "His own parents were delighted when two teenage donor daughters surfaced a few years ago." Imagine how many more there could be…<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/family_edge/view/grandparents_yearn_to_meet_donated_progeny/">http://www.mercatornet.com/family_edge/view/grandparents_yearn_to_meet_donated_progeny/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-9335120982816844872009-09-14T15:18:00.000-07:002009-09-14T15:20:37.314-07:00A More Perfect DeathBy <a title="More Articles by Ross Douthat" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/rossdouthat/index.html?inline=nyt-per">ROSS DOUTHAT</a><br /><br />As if there weren’t enough end-of-life anxieties floating around the health care debate,<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/us/01montana.htm"> the Montana Supreme Court has chosen this month</a> to weigh whether their state should join nearby Oregon and Washington in endorsing physician-assisted suicide.<br /><a name="secondParagraph"></a><br />What’s at stake is the right to voluntary euthanasia, not the sort of involuntary plug-pulling that some Republicans have claimed is concealed in the finer print of the current health care reform proposals. But you don’t have to share Sarah Palin’s death panel fears to see perils lurking at the intersection of physician-assisted suicide and health care reform.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/07/opinion/07douthat.html?_r=1">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/07/opinion/07douthat.html?_r=1</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-49845298530020413492009-09-14T15:12:00.000-07:002009-09-14T15:14:23.911-07:00A new agenda for the world’s women<a class="navLink1" href="http://www.mercatornet.com/sections/author_page/a_new_agenda_for_the_worlds_women/">Carolyn Moynihan</a> <br />What’s behind the discovery that women are the world’s greatest unexploited resource for fighting poverty and terrorism?<br /><br />If you think the world is going to hell in a handcart, stop worrying; there are plenty of would-be saviours around. Philosopher Peter Singer, as we <a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_guru_of_philanthropy/">noted</a> on this site last week, says a voluntary transfer of cash from the rich to the poor would save the world from poverty. New Scientist is working on a “<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/special/blueprint-for-a-better-world">Blueprint for a better world</a>” starting with such bright ideas as scepticism about common sense, legalising drugs, and entrusting everyone’s DNA to the police. And The New York Times believes that “<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/magazine/23Women-t.html">Saving the World’s Women</a>” is the way to go. It probably is, so let’s see what’s new on the women’s agenda.<br /><br />Admittedly, we hear a lot about saving the women of the developing world. Usually, it is from the “sexual and reproductive health” crowd, whose answer to dangerous childbirth, infant mortality, hunger, disease the abuse of women -- and practically everything else -- is contraception, sterilisation and abortion. Just this month they gathered in Berlin to <a href="http://reproductiverights.org/en/press-room/reproductive-health-groups-around-the-world-demand-governments-keep-15-year-promise-to-ad">complain</a> about lack of progress on that front in many countries and to call for “universal access to sexual and reproductive health information and services by 2015”.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/a_new_agenda_for_the_worlds_women/">http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/a_new_agenda_for_the_worlds_women/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-42740470614038070712009-09-14T15:07:00.000-07:002009-09-14T15:10:48.088-07:00Trashy tees - A&F at it againAllie Martin - OneNewsNow -<br /><br />The <a title="American Family Association" href="http://www.afa.net/" target="_blank">American Family Association</a> and <a title="OneMillionMoms.com" href="http://www.onemillionmoms.com/" target="_blank">OneMillionMoms.com</a> is spearheading an e-mail campaign to a popular clothing store over a new line of T-shirts.<br /><br />According to OneMillionMoms.com director Monica Cole, Abercrombie & Fitch is pitching a new line of trashy tees. "A few of their little <a title="slogans are pretty offensive" href="http://action.afa.net/Detail.aspx?id=2147486665" target="_blank">slogans are pretty offensive</a> to women in general, so you wouldn't want your daughters or nieces wearing these shirts," she contends.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=678784">http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=678784</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-21414733383637410012009-09-14T15:00:00.000-07:002009-09-14T15:07:09.296-07:00HR 3200 provides taxpayer-funded abortionsCharlie Butts - OneNewsNow -<br /><br />The healthcare reform bill puts taxpayers in the position of paying for abortions.<br /><br />The House version of H.R. 3200 would drastically change long-standing federal policy, according to Susan Muskett, senior legislative counsel at the <a title="National Right to Life Committee" href="http://www.nrlc.org/" target="_blank">National Right to Life Committee</a>. "It creates a nationwide insurance plan run by the federal government that is explicitly authorized to cover all abortions," she explains. "The federal government would be running a nationwide abortion plan."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=675732">http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=675732</a><br /><a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=675732"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-36417255946632692772009-09-14T14:55:00.000-07:002009-09-14T14:59:04.791-07:00"Called to Eternal Life": Babies and RightsFr. James V. Schall, S.J.<br /><br />Dr. J's favorite quote: <blockquote>Our culture rejects, for the most part, the best and most exalted way in which<br />children should come among us. <strong>Thus, we have a society filled with<br />people who have not known what was naturally due to them.</strong> That is, each<br />child is to be born in a home in which each child has a father and a mother who<br />begot him and accepted him in love and generosity as a gift they did not plan or<br />devise. The actual child was not even in the thoughts of parents, whose<br />attention was on each other. Yet, they were prepared and happy to accept that<br />their relation naturally led to something beyond themselves, something seen in<br />the faces of their own children.</blockquote><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ignatiusinsight.com/features2009/schall_rightsbabies_sept09.asp">http://www.ignatiusinsight.com/features2009/schall_rightsbabies_sept09.asp</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-21241422636045423962009-09-14T14:51:00.000-07:002009-09-14T14:54:48.316-07:00An Affair to Forgetby Kathryn Lopez<br /><br />Reality-show star Jon Gosselin did it. Country singer Shania Twain, whose "One" has become a wedding standard, wound up a victim of it. An endless parade of politicians has done it, and those are the ones we wind up knowing about.<br />Adultery does happen. It always has and it always will. But I think we may have crossed a threshold.<br />While watching the president of the United States declare that we can legislate away hardship, during his joint-session of Congress health-care address, I was lured away from my hyper-blogging, Tweeting, Facebooking analysis by a commercial for ashleymadison.com.<br />To the soundtrack of a snoring woman in bed with a man, the announcer says: "Most of us can recover from a one-night stand with the wrong woman." The narrator continues: "But not when it's every night. For the rest of our lives."<br /><br />The husband gets out of bed and heads, presumably, to the computer. We see a cartoonish wedding picture. We are made aware of what this restless spouse must be craving: an online dating site for those who are married, but itching for something more, with someone else.<br /><br />"Life is short. Have an affair." is the motto for this no-frills facilitator. There's no need for confession or guilt. It's all straightforward and out in the open, at least to those in the know. And that's it: enticement, information and get your credit card ready.<br /><br /><a href="http://townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2009/09/11/an_affair_to_forget?page=full&comments=true">http://townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2009/09/11/an_affair_to_forget?page=full&comments=true</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-16561958131335148852009-09-14T14:48:00.000-07:002009-09-14T14:51:12.256-07:00My scattered grandchildrenTheir children may consider it a personal decision, but parents of egg and sperm donors rarely see it that way. Many struggle with longing for branches of the family tree they may never meet.<br />Alison Motluk<br /><br />When Kathie Harris spotted a newspaper ad a few years back recruiting egg donors, she passed it on to her daughter. “I was kind of joking,” she says.<br />But her daughter, Melissa Braden, ended up donating six times. Now Ms. Harris, 53, has mixed feelings about it all.<br />“It's kind of hard,” she says. There are grandchildren out there that the family will never meet, she says. “They're a part of you. Because they're Melissa's eggs, they're a part of everybody in Melissa's family.”<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/family-and-relationships/my-scattered-grandchildren/article1286201/">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/family-and-relationships/my-scattered-grandchildren/article1286201/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-50842242386334124192009-09-11T10:09:00.000-07:002009-09-11T10:10:41.907-07:00ObamaCare circumvents confession of abortion fundingPete Chagnon and Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow -<br />Three pro-life leaders are voicing concern over President Obama's healthcare plan. They believe President Obama may not be telling the truth about taxpayer-funded abortion as it pertains to his healthcare reform plan. For the twenty-ninth time, Obama has tried to drum up support for his healthcare reform proposal. In a speech delivered on Wednesday evening, Obama tried to quell division over his plan concerning taxpayer-funded abortion.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=677860">http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=677860</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-60665234381874286632009-09-10T10:19:00.000-07:002009-09-10T10:22:14.193-07:00Marriage movement makes waves in New Zealand<a class="navLink" href="http://www.mercatornet.com/family_edge/author_page/marriage_movement_makes_waves_in_new_zealand/">Carolyn Moynihan</a><br /><br />The marriage movement is making itself felt in Australia and New Zealand with the publication of a report, <a href="http://www.nzmarriage.org.nz/">21 Reasons Why Marriage Matters</a>, this week. A coalition of marriage and family advocacy groups is backing the report, which is based on local and international research showing the benefits of marriage over alternative arrangements for family life.<br /><br />“This edition has 146 researched footnotes including NZ-based research and presents strong evidence that marriage is more than a private emotional relationship. It is a social good and we should develop policies, laws, and family and community interventions to help strengthen marriages. The weakening of marriage is one of the most important social issues we are facing in NZ,” says Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/family_edge/view/marriage_movement_makes_waves_in_new_zealand/">http://www.mercatornet.com/family_edge/view/marriage_movement_makes_waves_in_new_zealand/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-82717131012644120802009-09-10T10:15:00.000-07:002009-09-10T10:19:13.771-07:00Damage control for teens of divorceMark Gregston <br />When parents split up, it can cause a number of problems in the life of their children; especially if the children are in the pre-teen or teen years. I would never say divorce is responsible for every problem for the kids from split families who come to our teen-counseling program at <a title="Heartlight" href="http://www.heartlightministries.org/" target="_blank">Heartlight</a>, but it is a major factor for many. Divorce piles on emotional problems for a teen a little higher than there would normally be for an already emotional adolescent.<br /><br />While there is no real way to fix the problems that divorce can bring into a teen's life, there are ways to do damage control to help them through one of the most painful experiences they will ever encounter. Since half of all marriages end on divorce, I thought it may be helpful to provide a few ways for the parents to address the after-effects of divorce on a teenager. It can help them better deal with the hand they were dealt.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/Perspectives/Default.aspx?id=675470">http://www.onenewsnow.com/Perspectives/Default.aspx?id=675470</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-18570473825752090382009-09-10T10:13:00.000-07:002009-09-10T10:15:08.658-07:00Studios now see value in family-friendly filmsAllie Martin - OneNewsNow -<br /><br />A noted entertainment critic and author says Christians are making a difference when it comes to the availability of family-friendly movies.<br /><br />Ted Baehr is president of <a title="MovieGuide" href="http://www.movieguide.org/" target="_blank">MovieGuide</a>, a magazine and Internet site offering in-depth reviews of movies from a biblical perspective. Baehr says the box-office success of recent movies such as Facing the Giants, Fireproof, and The Passion of the Christ have shown Hollywood executives there is a market for movies with a biblical worldview.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=673972">http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=673972</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-86118615725060516622009-09-10T10:10:00.000-07:002009-09-10T10:13:12.274-07:00Myths or Facts in Feminist Scholarship?An exchange between Nancy K.D. Lemon and Christina Hoff Sommers<br /><br />Christina Hoff Sommers, in her essay <a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Persistent-Myths-in-Feminis/46965/">"Persistent Myths in Feminist Scholarship"</a> (The Chronicle Review, online edition, June 29), criticized Nancy K.D. Lemon, a lecturer in domestic-violence law at the University of California at Berkeley's School of Law, for publishing errors in the popular textbook she edits, Domestic Violence Law, and for not taking seriously her continuing criticisms of the book. "One reason that feminist scholarship contains hard-to-kill falsehoods is that reasonable, evidence-backed criticism is regarded as a personal attack," Sommers charged. Following is Lemon's response to those criticisms and Sommers's rebuttal. Sommers is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.<br /><br />Nancy K.D. Lemon: Christina Hoff Sommers accused me of being a "scholarly merchant of hype" for material in my popular textbook, Domestic Violence Law. In fact, she is the one whose assertions are untrue and who is impervious to correction.<br /><br /><a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Domestic-Violence-a/47940/">http://chronicle.com/article/Domestic-Violence-a/47940/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-38237325009341474382009-09-10T10:07:00.000-07:002009-09-10T10:10:38.728-07:00How Facebook Ruins FriendshipsNotice to my friends: I love you all dearly.<br /><br />But I don't give a hoot that you are "having a busy Monday," your child "took 30 minutes to brush his teeth," your dog "just ate an ant trap" or you want to "save the piglets." And I really, really don't care which Addams Family member you most resemble. (I could have told you the answer before you took the quiz on Facebook.)<br /><br />Here's where you and I went wrong: We took our friendship online. First we began communicating more by email than by phone. Then we switched to "instant messaging" or "texting." We "friended" each other on Facebook, and began communicating by "tweeting" our thoughts—in 140 characters or less—via Twitter.<br /><br /><a href="http://sbk.online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204660604574370450465849142.html">http://sbk.online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204660604574370450465849142.html</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-74345821009739481972009-09-10T10:04:00.000-07:002009-09-10T10:06:49.741-07:00Britain needs a middle-class baby boomA growing population is a blessing so long as everyone joins in, argues Melanie McDonagh<br /><br />By Melanie McDonagh<br /><br />When I was born, I was, though I didn't know it at the time, part of the great Sixties baby boom. It was quite inescapable in Ireland. I was the sole only child in my class – everyone I knew came from families of around five. A proper big family had 12 children, which was the case with one friend of mine. When her grandmother was asked how many grandchildren there were now, she'd answer: "Twelve, at least last time I counted." It meant that, whenever you went to play in someone's house, you'd always find yourself being shushed up because you might wake the baby.<br />And you know what? It was good fun being around big families, even though those children were reared by mothers for whom family life was synonymous with hard labour. By definition, a society that has lots of children is fundamentally optimistic.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/6103250/Britain-needs-a-middle-class-baby-boom.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/6103250/Britain-needs-a-middle-class-baby-boom.html</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-25335995035331244242009-09-10T10:02:00.000-07:002009-09-10T10:04:31.621-07:00FAMILY DIVERSITY AND POLITICAL FREEDOM: HOW CAN PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO FAMILY LIFE LIVE TOGETHER IN FREE SOCIETIES?Patrick Fagan, Ph.D.<br />SUMMARY<br />The "monogamous" and the "polyamorous " cultures have totally different approaches to life, with the religious worship and monogamous marriage being the defining differences in their different approaches to the sexual act. Coexistence necessitates that the differences be observed by giving parents of both cultures control over the programs that cause conflict: education, adolescent health and sex education. Monogamous men need to act to obtain this for the sake of their own children.<br />The following speech was given by Pat Fagan to the World Congress of Families in Amsterdam on August 12, 2009. The World Congress of Families is the world's largest conference of pro-family leaders and grass-roots activists.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.frc.org/atthepodium/family-diversity-and-political-freedom-how-can-people-with-different-approaches-to-family-life-live-together-in-free-societies">http://www.frc.org/atthepodium/family-diversity-and-political-freedom-how-can-people-with-different-approaches-to-family-life-live-together-in-free-societies</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-32151202689542720932009-09-10T10:00:00.000-07:002009-09-10T10:01:59.002-07:00Australian surrogacy laws lead to complicationsSurrogacy is a minefield for black-letter lawyers, not just for emotional parents, as a recent case in Australia shows. Australia has a federal system, and each state has its own laws, even though there are constant attempts to harmonise them. In New South Wales, where Sydney is located, there is no law specifically governing surrogacy. This led to some unexpected results for Sharon, Paul, Michael, Lauren and Clive.<br /><br />Before having chemotherapy, Sharon had some of her eggs stored. In October 2008, after these had been fertilised with her husband Paul’s sperm, her own mother Lauren gave birth to Michael. For Lauren, it was easy to hand over the child and she felt no emotional involvement.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/bioethics_article/8677/">http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/bioethics_article/8677/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-70485699185015424162009-09-10T09:57:00.000-07:002009-09-10T09:59:49.589-07:00Doctors could pressure women who have pre-natal diagnosisRecent breakthoughs in pre-natal diagnosis raise serious ethical questions, notes an article in the journal Nature Reviews Genetics by German doctors. It now seems possible to detect foetal problems with just a sample of the mother’s blood. Sequenom, an American company, plans to release its test later this year.<br /><br />Women will probably be offered this test routinely in the first trimestre. Doctors will offer them the opportunity to abort the child if it has Down syndrome or other defects. But this might "reduce the reproductive autonomy of the woman". The authors foresee that women might not be able to make informed choices because they will be under intense emotional pressure to choose an abortion.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/bioethics_article/8676/">http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/bioethics_article/8676/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-15660432230164399582009-09-10T09:53:00.000-07:002009-09-10T09:56:33.087-07:00Europe's demographic and cultural time bomb<a class="navLink" href="http://www.mercatornet.com/demography/author_page/europes_demographic_and_cultural_time_bomb/">Carolyn Moynihan</a><br /><br />In Brussels, the top seven boys names recently were Mohamed, Adam, Rayan, Ayoub, Mehdi, Amine and Hamza. Mohamed is also the most popular name in Holland’s four biggest cities. Is anyone surprised?<br /><br />Perhaps not, but a <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/5994047/Muslim-Europe-the-demographic-time-bomb-transforming-our-continent.html">recent London Telegraph article</a> suggests, with a certain note of alarm, that a “Muslim Europe” is emerging while policy-makers refuse to discuss the potential problems of this “demographic time bomb”. It reminds one a bit of Inspector Clouseau avowing, “It is not my Behm.”<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/demography/view/europes_demographic_and_cultural_time_bomb/">http://www.mercatornet.com/demography/view/europes_demographic_and_cultural_time_bomb/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-21979611230365640682009-09-10T09:51:00.000-07:002009-09-10T09:52:47.786-07:00How informed the choice?Sheila Liaugminas<br /><br /><br />The legal wrangling over South Dakota’s informed consent law hasbeen both bizarre and revealing. At core, it’s a battle between thepowerful abortion movement which operates under the mantle of ‘choice’,and the pro-life movement which is working mightily to give womenenough information to make an informed choice.<br /><br />When South Dakota legislators passed a law requiring abortionproviders to inform women that they are carrying not a blob of tissue,but an already existing human being, among other highly relevant factsand the possiblerisks ass ociated with the procedure. PlannedParenthood got an injunction to prevent that law’s enactment byconvincing judge Karen Schreier that such disclosure violates theabortionists’ rights of free speech. Schreier decided that outweighedthe women’s right to information.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mercatornet.com/sheila_liaugminas/view/how_informed_the_choice/q">http://www.mercatornet.com/sheila_liaugminas/view/how_informed_the_choice/q</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-10390981551487457752009-09-10T09:41:00.000-07:002009-09-10T09:47:44.001-07:00California Legislature Passes 'Harvey Milk Day' BillCalifornia Family Council Issues Statement Regarding Legislature's Passage of "Harvey Milk Day" Bill<br /><br />SACRAMENTO, Sept. 8 /Christian Newswire/ -- Today the California State Legislature sent Senate Bill 572, authored by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for his signature. SB 572 would require the governor of California to annually proclaim May 22 as Harvey Milk Day to honor the first openly homosexual politician. The bill would also encourage schools to conduct "commemorative exercises" and programs that focus on Milk's contributions. The controversial measure was approved by the State Assembly and Senate on party-line votes, with Republicans opposing.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.christiannewswire.com/">http://www.christiannewswire.com/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-16069325240576155632009-09-10T09:39:00.000-07:002009-09-10T09:40:35.286-07:00The fight to enforce parental notification lawsCharlie Butts - OneNewsNow -<br /><br />Officials from a Christian legal society in Chicago are urging the Illinois Supreme Court to implement parental notification when a child is seeking an abortion.<br /><br />A parental notification law was passed in Illinois nearly 15 years ago, but court challenges and other maneuvering has prevented implementation. Most recently, a state medical board gave abortion doctors a reprieve from a court order for 90 days before they will be required to comply.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=662340">http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=662340</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899696.post-32550551785645231642009-09-04T16:15:00.000-07:002009-09-04T16:17:49.058-07:00Great comment on "My Sister's Keeper"Approximately 90% of all parents who learn their child will have Down Syndrome choose to abort, with the help of their closed-minded (and, in many cases, ignorant) doctors. With new testing, we will likely have even fewer of these special children and adults in our midst, just as we are beginning to learn how much they can experience and accomplish with proper support. <br /><br />As a parent, I am aware of all the love and joy these kids bring to our lives and theirs. Its sad to see science playing God, whether its choosing who's worthy to live or using and abusing others for personal gain or life enhancement. Its sadder still that we let them!<br /><br />Thanks for all you do to keep us aware and on guard.<br /><br />-A ReaderUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2