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:
‘This booklet is written to help women understand what their risk factors are for the development of breast cancer and how they can reduce their risks.”
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…
Categories: Abortion, Birth Control, Catholic Church, contraception, Health Care, Jennifer Roback Morse, Newsletter articles Tags: Abortion, birth control, contraception, Health Care, Jennifer Roback Morse, obamacare
“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.
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 Sheila Liaugminas
Funny, what relativism does to public tolerance for acceptable behavior.
In the relatively recent past, the “morning after pill” was controversial for use by women of any age. See…
Emergency contraceptives prevent a pregnancy by preventing a fertilized egg from embedding in the uterus. They are intended for use within 72 hours after sex, but are most effective if taken within 24 hours. Proponents say requiring a prescription can delay access to the drug. Read more…
P.S. Nulliparity definition: A medical term used to refer to a condition or state in which a woman has never given birth to a child, or has never carried a pregnancy.
Why the hazards of nulliparity in the cloister have nothing to do with the Vatican.
Did you know that the Catholic Church says it’s OK for a doctor to use a knife? Read more…
November 17th, 2011
Betsy
by Carolyn Moynihan
A White House edict tells us to ignore our conscience when we go to work. Bernie Madoff should ask for a retrial.
If there is one thing that disaffection with “Wall Street” has achieved it is the ramping up of moral discourse. Not since the Great Depression, probably, have we heard so much about greed, corruption and injustice. But if you want people to be temperate, honest and just, they have to have two things: firm principles and a functioning conscience. How surprising, then, that the New York Times thinks we need neither. Read more…
November 10th, 2011
Betsy
Belmont Abbey College enters David-and-Goliath fight against the feds over mandate to cover contraceptives.
Early last month, President Obama bragged to a St. Louis crowd about the recent Health and Human Services’ regulations that will require thousands of religious employers to pay for contraception, sterilization and drugs that probably cause abortions. The crowd cheered the president’s contraceptive mandate. He joined their revelry, shouting, “Darn Tootin’!” to the crowd’s delight. Read more…
Categories: Abortion, Birth Control, Catholic Church, college, college students, contraception, Health Care Tags: Abortion, birth control, Catholic Church, college, conscientious objection, contraception, Health Care
by Susan E. Wills
November 9, 2011 http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2011/11/4265
Think overpopulation, poverty, climate change, and abortion can all be solved by more birth control? Think again.
Who knew that the intractable global problems of “overpopulation,” poverty, carbon emissions, climate change, deforestation, civil wars, unplanned pregnancies, and abortions could all be solved by the simple expedient of more birth control? Nicholas Kristof, for one. Read more…
by Helen Alvaré
October 19, 2011 http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2011/10/4155
New York Times reporter Linda Greenhouse refuses to see the truth about contraception, conscience, and religious liberty.
I wouldn’t be the first to question the judgment of New York Times‘ former Supreme Court reporter, Linda Greenhouse. That’s already been done by National Public Radio, the New York Times‘ public editor Byron Calame, and a member of the executive committee of the Pulitzer Prize Board, on account of Ms. Greenhouse’s penchant for bouts of very public, very raw, and quite emotional political partisanship, even while she was a “hard news” reporter for the Times. Now, as an “opinionator,” she’s grown worse. Read more…
by Carolyn Moynihan
Days after posting an article on the probable role of an injectable birth control hormone in spreading AIDS, I read this week that the same stuff may be causing memory loss in middle-aged woman. As if we didn’t have enough trouble remembering things already! Read more…
by Arland K. Nichols
Ignoring warnings about blood clots, the contraceptive industry pushes its product.
Advocates of abortion and birth control often speak of “empowering women” with unbiased and vital information about reproductive health, but their silence following the most recent warning from the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) calls into question the nature of their concern for women’s health. Read more…
by Sheila Liaugminas
You are wielding unchecked power, and you are out of control. Please pay heed.
A couple of months ago, HHS announced a new “preventive care” package of services for women to be included in insurance coverage that defied reason and morals. It drew plenty of outcries for review and oversight. HHS left open a window of time for “public comment” that closed at midnight September 30th. Read more…
by Matthew Hanley
Even the NFL supports Breast Cancer Awareness Month. But why is everyone ignoring some of the biggest risk factors?
Every October, sure as the leaves fall from the trees, pink ribbons and products blossom virtually everywhere you go. Breast Cancer Awareness Month has all the hallmarks of an effective public health campaign; people going about their regular routines can’t help but notice all the pink and – especially while shopping – be encouraged to contribute to the cause. During a friendly gathering last year, an acquaintance of mine wondered aloud why football players on the TV in the background were wearing pink on their uniforms. The answer soon came. Awareness had been raised. Everyone in the room voiced approval; who wouldn’t want to turn the tide on breast cancer? Read more…
by Carolyn Moynihan
Nine young members of the Philippines Legislature have formed a new offensive against the highly controversial Reproductive Health Bill that is still being debated in the national Congress. Read more…
September 28th, 2011
Betsy
by Arland K. Nichols
September 28, 2011 http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2011/09/4031
The HHS mandate on contraception is based on insufficient research and betrays the committee’s deep pro-contraceptive bias. Read more…
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