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		<title>After weeks of furor, public sees Tebow ad</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/08/after-weeks-of-furor-public-sees-tebow-ad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/08/after-weeks-of-furor-public-sees-tebow-ad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tim Tebow ad]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Seriously, that was it? I kept expecting there to be a second one somewhere, but no.
Allie Martin &#8211; OneNewsNow -
Viewers primed for controversy over a Christian ministry&#8217;s Super Bowl ad featuring football star Tim Tebow might be asking, &#8220;Is that all there is?&#8221;
Focus on the Family revealed beforehand that the ad would feature Tebow and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This is National Marriage Week&#8211;Feb. 7-14!</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/08/this-is-national-marriage-week-feb-7-14/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/08/this-is-national-marriage-week-feb-7-14/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out what is happening and why. The events are sponsored by National Marriage Week USA and the “Let’s Strengthen Marriage” Campaign www.nationalmarriageweekUSA.org.
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		<title>Artificial Reproduction Quiz</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/08/artificial-reproduction-quiz/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/08/artificial-reproduction-quiz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artificial Reproductive Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artificial reproduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artificial reproductive technologies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1412</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What percentage of Artificial Reproductive Technology patients are married couples, and what percentage are unmarried women?
A. The vast majority of ART patients, about 75%, are married couples.
B. It is split about evenly between married and unmarried women.
C. It is evenly split three ways: about a third married women, about a third partnered lesbians and about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Saints dun won da Super bowl!</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/07/the-saints-dun-won-da-super-bowl/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/07/the-saints-dun-won-da-super-bowl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1408</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[listen to my podcast from last week!!   Come to think of it, looking at Washington DC, maybe Hell has frozen over!
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		<title>Vatican news service discovers Pat Fagan</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/07/vatican-news-service-discovers-pat-fagan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/07/vatican-news-service-discovers-pat-fagan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regular Ruth readers already know about Pat Fagan&#8217;s article about the pernicious effects of pornography. Now, Legionary Father John Flynn summarizes his report.
The impact on wives increases when the husbands become addicted to porn. One study cited by Fagan revealed that 40% of such sex addicts lose their spouses. There has not been a lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tim Tebow Ad</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/07/tim-tebow-ad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/07/tim-tebow-ad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just saw the (a?) Tim Tebow ad on the SuperBowl. What the heck is teh big deal?  There was nothing there about abortion. You would have to know the back-=story to have a clue that that&#8217;s what they were talking about.  NOW needs to get a life. But then, they have needed a life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stunning Hypocrisy from the Princeton Administration</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/06/stunning-hypocrisy-from-the-princeton-administration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/06/stunning-hypocrisy-from-the-princeton-administration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[abstinence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1399</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Regular Ruth Readers know that I have been supportive of the students of the Princeton University Anscombe Society, and their efforts to obtain a center to support abstinence and chastity on campus. Their efforts have been smacked down by the University adminstration, for a variety of extremely lame reasons.  But now, the Christian Union, housed at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maggie weighs in on the abstinence studies&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/06/maggie-weighs-in-on-the-abstinence-studies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/06/maggie-weighs-in-on-the-abstinence-studies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planned Parenthood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abstinence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1395</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Maggie Gallagher did her syndicated column on the new abstinence studies. (Regular Ruth readers already know something about this controversy. See our posts here, here,  and here and our podcasts here .)
The release of this new study in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine this week is weirdly timely. &#8230;It&#8217;s just the gold standard for intervention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Your Copy of the Fatal Conceit, by F A Hayek, here!</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/05/get-your-copy-of-the-fatal-conceit-by-f-a-hayek-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/05/get-your-copy-of-the-fatal-conceit-by-f-a-hayek-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[F A Hayek]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fatal Conceit

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		<title>Another reason to worry about IVF</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/05/another-reason-to-worry-about-ivf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/05/another-reason-to-worry-about-ivf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artificial Reproductive Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[F A Hayek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invitro Fertilization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artificial reproductive technologies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Babies conceived through IVF are at higher risk for disorders.  For my libertarian friends who read this blog, please notice the Hayekian strain to this issue.  Not only are there unintended consequences of human action, as F.A. Hayek warned. First, look at the physical problems of IVF, that no one anticipated:
Scientists have discovered that the DNA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Donor conceived perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/04/donor-conceived-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/04/donor-conceived-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artificial Reproductive Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artificial reproductive technologies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A donor conceived person tells her story.  My comments are in italics.
The concept of egg and sperm donation, donors procreating with the intention of not assuming any responsibility or feelings towards the person they have helped create, is a curiously artificial construct conjured by the infertility treatment industry. which has a financial stake in promoting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Redefining parenthood</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/03/redefining-parenthood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/03/redefining-parenthood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parental Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parental rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1346</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Readers interested in how accomodating lesbian parents will impact the definition of parenthood should take a careful look at this post, by Julie Shapiro and the discussion in the comments.   She is referring to the Santa Cruz case, in which a woman who conceived twins with a known sperm donor, left the lesbian relationship and is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monaco to Mongolia: population density and prosperity</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/03/monaco-to-mongolia-population-density-and-prosperity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/03/monaco-to-mongolia-population-density-and-prosperity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Debunking the Main Stream Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Over-Population]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a little tidbit of info that bucks the mainstream media&#8217;s overpopulation decrees. Thank you, C IA, for this wonderful information.
Vincenzina Santoro
The next big population bogeyman could well be &#8216;overcrowding&#8217;. Should we worry?
“Stop the World &#8212; I Want to Get Off” was the title of a hit Broadway play some years ago. Today, getting people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pure cynicism</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/03/1338/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/03/1338/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chastity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1338</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Way to go, PM! Way to voice your opinion even when it&#8217;s so horribly unpopular. . . and when you&#8217;re right.
Carolyn Moynihan
Horrors! The next prime minister of Australia might be a man who advocates virginity for young people.
Here is this week’s shock-horror story from Australia: the country’s next prime minister might be a man who advises his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teen pregnancies go up &#8211; who&#8217;s to blame?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/03/teen-pregnancies-go-up-whos-to-blame/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/03/teen-pregnancies-go-up-whos-to-blame/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1336</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My money is on the horrible movies and tv shows geered toward teens. Just a preview for an American Pie movie was enough to make me want to retch.
Charlie Butts &#8211; OneNewsNow -
Teen pregnancies were up three percent in 2006, which is the latest reporting period available. Proponents of comprehensive sex education are blaming abstinence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Dakota argues &#8217;self-evident truths&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/03/south-dakota-argues-self-evident-truths/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/03/south-dakota-argues-self-evident-truths/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pro-life Movement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Currently South Dakota law requires abortionists to tell women that they are killing their babies. Wow. Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if more states did that?
Charlie Butts &#8211; OneNewsNow -
The Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is being asked to rule on South Dakota&#8217;s informed consent law.
The Eighth Circuit ruled the first time that South Dakota [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This is your brain. This is your Brain on Porn.</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/01/this-is-your-brain-this-is-your-brain-on-porn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/01/this-is-your-brain-this-is-your-brain-on-porn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pornography]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1331</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pornography is addictive.  I&#8217;ve been pretty sure of that for some time.  Now there is neuroscience on this point:
William M. Struthers of Wheaton College explains, &#8220;Men seem to be wired in such a way that pornography hijacks the proper functioning of their brains and has a long-lasting effect on their thoughts and lives.&#8221;Struthers is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bump+</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/01/bump/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/01/bump/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Integrity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=1329</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Internet TV show, Bump+ is up and running. The Party reveals more about Hailey, Katie, and Denise, and follows their individual stories as they struggle to make a decision about their unintended pregnancies.  New episodes will follow every Monday and Thursday through March 15, 2010.  And of course, the conversation between viewers continues around the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>German Homeschooling Family Granted Asylum in the US</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/01/german-homeschooling-family-granted-asylum-in-the-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/01/german-homeschooling-family-granted-asylum-in-the-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parental Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Under-population]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A US judge granted political asylum to a German homeschooling family that is in danger of losing their children to the state.
Immigration Judge Lawrence O. Burman, of Memphis, Tennessee, said: “We can’t expect every country to follow our constitution. The world might be a better place if it did. However, the rights being violated here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abstinence Only program, delays sexual activity</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/01/abstinence-only-program-delays-sexual-activity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/02/01/abstinence-only-program-delays-sexual-activity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[abstinence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I wonder why we haven&#8217;t heard anything about this study from the University of Pennsylvania Med School? Sixth and seventh grade African American students were randomly sorted into a control group, an abstinence only class, a safer-sex class and a combined abstinence plus safer sex class.
an abstinence-only intervention for pre-teens was more successful in delaying [...]]]></description>
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