| Major pro-life concern at Obama election
US voters have made their choice: The new US President elect Barack Obama.
They have chosen a president who was unable (or unwilling), when asked, to say when life begins. He declared it to be above his pay-grade,
A president who,co-sponsored the "Freedom of Choice Act," which would overturn the ban on partial-birth abortion, require taxpayer funding of abortion, and strike down virtually all limits on abortion, such as parental notification laws.
President elect Obama has also stated "I have consistently advocated for reproductive choice and will make preserving women's rights under Roe v. Wade a priority as President."
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| New Pro-Abortion Legal Strategy Declares Abortion Advocates and Abortionists Are Human Rights Defenders
Pro-abortion legal organizations including the Center for Reproductive Rights, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International are pursuing a new abortion tactic that declares both abortion advocates and abortionists are "human rights defenders." This convoluted argument falsely interprets the 1999 UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.
A non-binding thematic hearing on the topic Risks and vulnerabilities affecting defenders of women's rights in the Americas was recently held by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights at the request of the Center, Human Rights Watch, , CLADEM (radical feminist group in Latin America and the Caribbean) and MULABI (an NGO advocating for "gender rights".) This latest action is another example of pro-abortion attempt to use the OAS Commission to advance their agenda.
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| Greetings!
The major news of the week is the US Presidential election and we lead with an article on this.
We also congratulate pro-life Congressman Chris Smith on his re-election to Congress
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Irish Government abandons plan to give 12 year old girls HPV vaccination
The Irish Government has abandoned a plan announced just three months ago to have all 12-year-old girls vaccinated against a virus that causes cervical cancer due to "very scarce" health resources.
Minister for Health Mary Harney is reported to have said the decision was due to the economic situation which she said had "rapidly and seriously" deteriorated since the plan was announced in August.
In a statement, the Minister for Health said: "Public resources, including those for health, are very scarce indeed and will remain so.
"I have decided that the best that can be achieved in these circumstances is to prioritise funding for the development of the cervical screening programme and treatment services at the eight designated cancer centres, which includes the challenge of funding very expensive cancer drugs.
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Medical News Today reports:The political future of Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin (Alaska) is the subject of "intensive conversations" among prominent conservatives, including a group of conservative leaders who will meet Nov. 5 to weigh the party's approach to various political issues and the next presidential election, the New York Times reports. According to the Times, "some elements of the Republican base," including antiabortion-rights groups, "are already looking ahead" to a Palin presidential run in 2012. Palin -- who opposes abortion rights -- would "give the social conservative movement a seat inside the White House" if Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) wins the current election and could "emerge as a standard bearer" for social conservatives if he loses, the Times reports.
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Pro-Abortion NGO: What to Expect from a Pro-Abortion US President
Parliamentary Network e-news reports a policy paper from US NGO, Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), presents a very dire outlook for US support for life and family values if a pro-abortion president is elected. The paper entitled Making U.S. Foreign Assistance Work-Sexual and Reproductive Health and Human Rights was recently issued with recommendations for a pro-abortion president that place reproductive health at the core of US foreign assistance policy and development efforts. The report is critical of President Bush's strong pro-life policies and restrictions and presents changes to integrate the wide spectrum of reproductive health and services- including abortion- into US foreign policy. It is counting on a pro-abortion majority in the US Congress to approve funding to "create new modalities for advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights." The paper states, "Sexual and reproductive health and rights advocates know that with a friendlier administration, we will be able to correct and eliminate restrictions on U.S. funding such as the Mexico City Policy and abstinence-until-marriage directives on global AIDS funding. It also states that there must be automatic refunding of the UNFPA." The paper suggests that the US become more like Europe and join European donor countries' efforts on economic development, gender equality, and sexual and reproductive health and rights. It advises linking resources and creating partnerships with the efforts of these countries. Regrettably, many countries struggling to preserve pro-life laws and restrictions already experience considerable pro-abortion pressure from some European donor countries that link development funds with access to legal abortion. |
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Washington State voters approve assisted suicide initiative
Voters approved Initiative 1000 on Tuesday, making Washington the second state to give terminally ill people the option of medically assisted suiciide
The ballot measure, patterned after Oregon's "Death with Dignity" law, allows a terminally ill person to be prescribed lethal medication, which would be self-administered.
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