Ruth Institute Blog

By Judson Berger

As the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation faces accusations that it split with Planned Parenthood over political pressure, at least a couple pro-life groups are claiming the organization may have acted out of concern over an alleged link between abortion and breast cancer.

The theory that induced abortion increases the risk of breast cancer has been studied for decades and is a controversial one — and one that is contested by major medical organizations.  Read more…

“Breast Cancer: Risks and Prevention”, by Angela Lanfranchi, MD, FACS and Joel Brind, PhD:

A few excerpts from the preface of the last 2 editions:

Over the last thirty years, while most major cancers have started to decline, breast cancer incidence in the US has increased by an alarming 40%. Most of this increase has occurred in the authors’ generation, the generation of “Women’s Lib.” Read more…

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued the following response to the February 2 post on the White House blog.

 The Obama administration, to justify its widely criticized mandate for contraception and sterilization coverage in private health plans, has posted a set of false and misleading claims on the White House blog (“Health Reform, Preventive Services, and Religious Institutions,” February 1).  In what follows, each White House claim is quoted with a response.

Claim: “Churches are exempt from the new rules: Churches and other houses of worship will be exempt from the requirement to offer insurance that covers contraception.” Read more…

By Kevin J. Jones

Washington D.C., Jan 25, 2012 / 05:52 pm (CNA).- A Democratic-leaning Catholic group’s favorable reaction to the Obama administration’s new contraception mandate is being criticized for neglecting the threat to religious freedom and wrongly claiming that contraception lowers the abortion rate.

“This is a real attack on the religious freedom of millions of Americans. People who care about the future of our country should not stand idly by,” said Eric Rassbach, national litigation director of the D.C.-based Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. Read more…

by John Jalsevac

Click to watch video.

January 24, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – What’s more newsworthy: that several hundred thousand people converged on Capitol Hill in the midst of a cold rain in the middle of January in order to protest abortion, or that a tiny handful of pro-abortion counter protesters showed up as well? Read more…

Delivered January 23, 2012 in Olympia, Washington

by Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse

I am here today to address those of you who have already made up your minds to redefine marriage.  History will not be kind to you.  Previous generations of social experimenters have caused unimaginable misery for millions of people.  Particular people advocated the policies that led to today’s 50% divorce rate and 40% out of wedlock childbearing rate. None of these people has ever been held accountable. Read more…

by Jody Brown, Charlie Butts, and Bob Kellogg

The Sixth Circuit has ruled in favor of Christian graduate student Julea Ward, who almost three years ago was expelled from a university counseling program for her religious beliefs. Read more…

Question for the media: Are pro-lifers invisible?

When 300,000 people show up for the March for Life in Washington, D.C., the media mentions next to nothing. When the multitude is especially youthful and upbeat, the liberal media says they’re mostly old and tired.

Watch this live footage and see the truth for yourself:

2012 March for Life in Washington DC Read more…

“The Catholic Church defends religious liberty, including freedom of conscience, for everyone. The Amish do not carry health insurance. The government respects their principles. Christian Scientists want to heal by prayer alone, and the new health-care reform law respects that. Quakers and others object to killing even in wartime, and the government respects that principle for conscientious objectors. By its decision, the Obama administration has failed to show the same respect for the consciences of Catholics and others who object to treating pregnancy as a disease.”

Way to put it into perspective. Clearly a double standard and discrimination against Catholics.

When my two-year-old daughter was throwing a fit, I took hold of her and looked her in the eyes, saying, “You WILL talk to Mommy nicely.”

With no hesitation, she got three inches from my face, tilted her head to the side and said

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by Carolyn Moynihan

If you have ever wanted to get a fully professional, reliable angle on abortion research a new initiative by Priscilla Kari Coleman (interviewed by MercatorNetin November) should interest you. Read more…

by Charlie Butts

According to Paul Rondeau, executive director of the American Life League, “This administration treats Catholics as useful idiots” and generally undermines religious freedom. Read more…

by Katie Hinderer

Monday, January 23, marks the 39th anniversary of Roe vs Wade. Hundreds of thousands of young people journeyed to our nation’s capital to protest this Supreme Court decision. This is nothing new; the protest and march has been going on for years, and it has been gaining in popularity. In fact it seems to me the entire pro-life movement has grown in recent years, especially among the younger set. Read more…

by Angela Franks

First published at Public Discourse.

A new biography of Margaret Sanger fails to confront the Planned Parenthood founder’s ideological commitment to eugenics and population control. Read more…

by Michael Stokes Paulsen

January 23, 2012 http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2012/01/4577

39 years ago, the Supreme Court delivered a radical, legally untenable, immoral decision. It has forfeited its entitlement to have its decisions respected, and followed, by the other branches of government, by the states, and by the people. Read more…

by Bill Bumpas

She’s not the first one to challenge teens to remain pure before marriage.  But author Elsa Kok Colopy tells OneNewsNow what she’s talking about in her book is real purity — not just about a bunch of” do’s and don’ts.” Read more…

by Charlie Butts

Americans United for Life (AUL) has released its seventh annual “Life List” revealing how states are moving closer to a pro-life America.

Forty-seven states considered more than 460 abortion-related measures and enacted more than 70 of them. At least 86 bills were introduced in 32 states that were based on the pro-life group’s model language. The ranking of all 50 states is based on the way each deals with a comprehensive list of life issues. Among the top states this year are Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Arkansas. Read more…

by Charlie Butts

Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States. The Annual March for Life is under way in the nation’s capital with as many as 200,000 pro-lifers braving poor weather conditions in Washington to march to the steps of the Supreme Court, where abortion was legalized on January 22, 1973. Read more…

by Carolyn Moynihan

US Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich was accused by ex-wife number two last week of wanting, at one stage, an “open marriage” in order to accommodate an affair he was having with present wife (number three). The New York Times has rounded up some experts to discuss the merits of such arangements. Brad Wilcox of the National Marriage Project, who can be relied on for common sense and objectivity, says: Read more…

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A review of Precious Babies: Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting after Infertility By Kate Brian

As an informal guide to having children after fertility problems, Precious Babies has much to recommend it. There is, however, an omission which, as a donor conceived (DC) person, I found particularly troublesome – the book is entirely devoid of DC voices. Read more…