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Planned Parenthood Report Shows Its Own Abortion Count Up 6 Percent More in 2008, Its Adoption Referrals Down 51 Percent

Eugenics: The Real Reason for Legalized Abortion

'Maafa 21' -- A Year Later

Genocide by the Numbers

"A Look Behind The Gates Of Hell"

Commentary: Telemedicine as Telemassacre

Abortionist Brigham's Four-State Abortion Business Under Investigation / NJ Targets Abortion Practitioner Brigham Injuring Patients, Violating Standards

Four Abortionists Suspended In Two States Yesterday [8 Sept 10]

Group Offers $25,000 For Information Exposing Abortion Practitioner Abuses: Reward Increases For Abortion Crime Information

Abortion Practitioners Storing Dead Babies in Jars Shows Fascination With Death

Louisiana Health Department Closes Abortion Center for Health, Safety Problems / Abortion Business in LA: License Revoked

AAPLOG position on "ELLA"

Troubled Abortion Profiteering Biz Sees Two Abortion Practitioners Lose Medical Licenses

Documents Show Botched Abortions Hurt Women More Frequently Than Believed

Study Finds Later Abortions Linked to Mental Health Risks, Women Being Pressured / Later Abortions Linked to Psychological Problems: Study

Medical Journal Confirms Abortion Associated With Increased Premature Birth / AAPLOG e-Letter

Commentary: Choosing To Deceive One's Self About Abortion

Virginia Abortion Businesses Fear New State Regulation... Abortion Business in Kansas

Abortion Practitioner Told by Maryland Authorities to Stop Doing Abortions

California Abortionist Accused of Homicide in Patient Death

Patients Win, Abortionist Loses

Virginia Attorney General: More Limits Can be Placed on Abortion Businesses

Planned Parenthood Golden Gate’s IRS/State Filings a Mess; Former Employees Squealing // UPDATE: Ex-Planned Parenthood Abortion Business in California Faces Criminal IRS Audit

Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz Found Improperly Billing Medicaid in New Jersey

Abortion Trends, U.S., Selected, 1997-2006

Abortion Trends, Louisiana, 1999-2008

30 Percent Fewer Mothers Dying than Pro-Abortion Advocates Claim

'The Fatal Flaw'

Ella, the Abortifacient

10 Steps to End Abortion...

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Planned Parenthood Report Shows Abortions Up 6 Percent, Adoptions Down

The nation's largest abortion business has released new annual figures and they continue the trend from previous years -- with abortions increasing and the number of adoption referrals on the decline. The abortion business continues to do more than one-fourth of all abortions in the United States annually.

The new Planned Parenthood figures show it did 324,008 abortions in 2008 -- a 6.1 percent increase over the 305,310 abortions it did in 2007.

The 2007 figure was itself a 5.3 percent increase over the 289,750 abortions Planned Parenthood did in 2006.

With approximately 1.2 million abortions done annually in the United States via surgical abortions or the dangerous RU 486 (mifepristone) abortion drug, Planned Parenthood has moved from doing 25 to 27 percent of all abortions at a time when Alan Guttmacher Institute, it's former research arm, have showed abortions at near-historic lows.

While abortions are on the rise at Planned Parenthood, adoption referrals declined to just 2,405 -- a 51 percent drop since 2007. Planned Parenthood now does 134 abortions for every adoption referral it makes.

The abortion business also helped only 9,433 prenatal clients, down substantially from the 11,000 women it provided prenatal care to in 2007.

Combined with the number of abortion referrals, 96.5 percent of pregnant women going to Planned Parenthood had abortions while just 3.5 percent of pregnant women received non-abortion services including adoption and prenatal care.

Planned Parenthood made 2,410 adoption referrals in 2006 and 4,912 referrals in 2007.

Rita Diller, national director STOPP Planned Parenthood, a national watchdog group that provided LifeNews.com with the new numbers, said the confirm Planned Parenthood is in the business of doing abortions.

“Keep in mind that Planned Parenthood is a business making a very clear business decision,” Diller said. “Abortion is its most lucrative ‘service,’ and like all businesses, Planned Parenthood is simply maximizing its profits from its primary moneymaker."

"This becomes macabre when one stops to consider that Planned Parenthood is in the business of killing preborn children. Each one of those 324,008 abortions took the life of a unique, innocent and unrepeatable human person," Diller added.

The numbers reveal Planned Parenthood runs the nation’s largest abortion chain, with over 300 medical and surgical abortion facilities across the country.

Diller said that, despite the increase in abortions, Planned Parenthood showed a decline in a number of other areas, including a drop of four percent (almost 100,000 visits) in its primary customer base – female birth control customers. While Planned Parenthood often emphasizes that it is the only provider of health care in many areas of the nation, primary-care patients accounted for only one-tenth of one percent of its business in 2008.

She said the latest Planned Parenthood numbers are consistent with the testimony of former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson, who has publicly testified that Planned Parenthood is intentionally trying to increase its abortion business.

Related web sites:
Planned Parenthood factsheet -
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/PPFA/fact_ppservices_2010-09-03.pdf
[September 9, 2010, Ertelt, Washington, DC, http://www.lifenews.com/nat6686.html ]

Eugenics: The Real Reason for Legalized Abortion

For almost 40 years, we’ve been told that the legalization of abortion was about “reproductive freedom” and “women’s rights” and “choice.” Now, an explosive new documentary is exposing this rhetoric as nothing more than marketing hype designed to conceal a nasty hidden agenda. With a mountain of documentation, Maafa 21, is proving to audiences all across America that the real motivation behind the legalization of abortion was eugenics and racial genocide. In just over two hours, the documentary shows that the legalization of abortion was part of a campaign that had been created, promoted, and financed by a small cartel of ultra-wealthy elitists. Most frightening of all, Maafa 21 shows that this effort continues today with massive financial and political backing from a new generation of ultra-wealthy elitists.  [8 Sept 2010, ALL Pro-Life Today, http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/article/72220 , CNS NewsK]

'Maafa 21' -- A Year Later
by Katie Walker

"Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was dicided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of."

This quote from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, published in the New York Times (July 7, 2009), unintentionally sent the pro-abortion movement into overtime damage control.

As a leader of the “women’s rights” movement since at least the 1970s and now one of the most powerful women in the U.S. government, Ginsburg had just admitted to the nation’s best-known daily newspaper that the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision (1973), which decriminalized abortion, was about getting rid of populations “that we don’t want too many of.”

Hmmm … Whom could she mean? queried the blogosphere in hushed and not-so-hushed tones.

The slip up came less than a month after the documentary Maafa 21: Black Genocide in 21st Century America was released—last year, on
Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating June 19, 1865, when Union troops finally arrived in Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Lincoln in 1863. I was privileged to sit in an auditorium in the Capitol Visitor Center, across the street from the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., for the premiere.

As a young white woman from the upper Midwest, I wondered if I could even relate to this story of eugenics, abortion and the African-American community. But two hours later, I was reeling between anger, disgust and tears.

Maafa 21 isn’t just a story for black pro-lifers; it’s the story of how we got saddled with a society that aggressively violates the human rights of “populations we don’t want to have too many of” and justifies all sorts of atrocities in the name of some “greater good.”

Maafa, a Swahili term meaning great tragedy or disaster, refers to the over 500 years of oppression suffered by Africans and their descendants under slavery, colonialism, imperialism, racism, and—as Maafa 21 proves—eugenic birth control and abortion.

In the year since the film was released, it has lit the country on fire, and inspired a new wave of  activism and passion for justice— given birth, if you will, to a movement that views abortion and other attacks on human beings’ lives not as a parallel to slavery and racism, but as their direct continuation.

A sure sign that the abortion industry is beginning to feel threatened by Maafa 21’s impact is the fact that leading establishment news outlets (always reliable as pro-abortion mouthpieces) have recently published articles on black pro-life activism that were clearly intended as damage control.

The New York Times (“To Court Blacks, Foes of Abortion Make Racial Case,” February 27) and ABCNews.com (“Abortion Billboards: Strong Words Spark Debate in Atlanta's Black Neighborhoods,” February 22) are two such examples.

I spoke with Mark Crutcher, Maafa 21’s writer and director, and contributors Connie Eller and Rev. Dr. Johnny Hunter about the documentary’s impact a year after its release.

Permission to be pro-life

To date, over 15,000 copies of Maafa 21 have been sold.Crutcher is a longtime pro-life activist, and the founder and president of Life Dynamics Incorporated. He reported that viewers’ typical response toMaafa 21 is anger and went on to say,

We have people crying in every audience; we have people
overcome. In churches and theaters, people will call and
say, “I always knew the pro-life position was the better position,
but I never felt motivated to do anything about it.” So
many people in this culture feel they were sold a bill of goods,
that [they were told] the motivation behind abortion was
women’s rights … but when they see Maafa 21 and
irrefutable proof that the motivation was not women’s rights,
but eugenics, it gives them permission to be pro-life.

One of the film’s most startling effects is the support it has drawn from diverse populations that are typically pro-abortion strongholds.

“Usually, the most we can hope for is to win over the neutral or ambivalent, but winning over people who are hard-core or ‘prochoice’ didn’t happen; [however,] we’re seeing that [happen] with Maafa,” Crutcher continued.

A prime example of this phenomenon is what occurred at the annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee in Selma, Alabama, held March 4–13 of this year.

In the Selma spotlight

In many ways, events in Selma in 1965 marked both the emotional high point and the turning point of the African-American civil rights movement. Three marches took place there to protest discriminatory voting practices. The first, held on March 7, is known as Bloody Sunday because 600 peaceful marchers were violently attacked by police as they attempted to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge en route to Montgomery, the state capital.

It was followed by a second (and partial, but peaceful) march on March 9, and a third march successfully and peacefully reached Montgomery on March 25.

On August 6, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which banned measures such as poll taxes and literacy tests, which had been used to prevent racial minorities from voting.

In 1993, the first jubilee was held in Selma to commemorate these events. Since then, the Bridge Crossing Jubilee has grown in popularity, now attracting over 50,000 annual visitors and including a film festival.

In 2010, Maafa 21 was a featured film—an incredible nod to the work of Crutcher and his team in exposing the continuation of black genocide in America.

Connie Eller, founder and president of Missouri Blacks for Life, was a researcher for the film, in which she was also interviewed. She said that seeing her work in Selma was an unforgettable experience:

I grew up watching the footage every year on the civil rights
marches. It is part of my culture and part of my heart. For us to
gather and cross that same bridge freely meant a whole lot
to me. Maafa 21 was made by Christians, but God used it to
talk to people and wake them up, and let them know that their
efforts weren’t in vain and still aren’t—even when we may feel
like we're losing.

Awakening a sleeping giant

Dr. Hunter, founder and national director of the Life Education and Resource Network, and Rev. Stephen Broden, pastor of Fair Park Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas, are both long-time leaders in the black pro-life movement.

They were the first to convince Crutcher that he needed to document on film the evidence he had collected on the contraception and abortion movement’s eugenic roots.

“We’ve always been concerned that abortion was parallel to slavery,” Dr. Hunter pointed out; but through their discussions with Crutcher, “we realized that this is not parallel—we’re dealing with the exact same fight.”

Dr. Hunter and Rev. Broden played a key role in the effort to engage the black Christian community and the network of pastors who now preach Maafa 21 from the pulpits.

In the same way that the civil rights movement’s message of the 1950s and 1960s was boomed into the nation’s conscience through the churches, Maafa 21 is [awakening] a sleeping giant of newfound anger at abortion as the most egregious form of racism, injustice and human rights violation. 

   
"Pastors are on fire," said Dr. Hunter, his message inspired by the Old Testament. “You are not allowed to look the other way, and it is the same Scripture that warns you are not to kill the innocent. This is a battle you have to be in.” 

Eugenics is a particularly ugly word. It evokes thoughts of mass murder committed in the name of racial purity. It’s usually spoken inthe same breath with references to Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime. But seldom is it applied to Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood foundress and unabashed eugenics promoter, and even less to Ginsburg, who is routinely fawned over as “progressive" by secular humanists.

“God times things in the way He wants them,” Crutcher observed. “And that was crystal clear when Ruth Bader Ginsburg [less than a month after Maafa 21’s premiere] comes out and says everything we’re saying is true ... The day I saw that, I saw God’s hand in this thing every inch of the way. This [film] is the tool we've been waiting for, for a long time.”

Katie Walker is American Life League’s director of communications. To order Maafa 21, call ALL's Resource Dept. at 866.LET.LIVE (866.538.5483) toll-free. For more information, visit www.maafa21.com
[July-August 2010, Celebrate Life Magazine, www.clmagazine.org]

Genocide by the Numbers
Table 3 of National Vital Statistics Reports, Volume 58, Number 4 (October 14, 2009, available at www.cdc.gov) reports that in 2005, there were 587,000 live births versus 452,000 abortions of black preborn babies.

According to Table F of NVSR, Volume 58, Number 8 (December 23, 2009), in 2005, there were 292,808 deaths in the African-American community from causes other than abortion.

In his June 14 online column, Conflict of Interest, Walter B. Hoye II (see Celebrate Life, July-August 2009), CEO of the California Civil Rights Foundation (www.civilrightsfoundation.org), pointed out that these figures reveal there was a “black life deficit” of 157,808 in 2005, and his calculation doesn’t include the 177,000 black preborn babies who died in 2005 from causes other
than induced abortion.

According to the Guttmacher Institute’s May 2010 Facts on Induced Abortion in the United States (see www.guttmacher.org), “Thirty percent of abortions occur to non-Hispanic black women.”

Keep in mind that 1) the 2000 census indicated that only about 12 percent of the U.S. population is African-American, compared to about 75 percent for the white population (including Hispanics) and about 12 percent for other racial categories (see Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin, a Census 2000 Brief issued in March 2001, at www.census.gov); and 2) these abortion statistics don’t reflect the fact that hormonal contraceptives can cause very early (and undetected) abortions.

According to the Klan Parenthood web site, “Since 1973, abortion has reduced the [U.S.] black population by over 25 percent.”

For more information, visit www.all.org, www.stopp.org, www.learninc.org, www.blackgenocide.org or www.klannedparenthood.com
[July-August 2010, Celebrate Life Magazine, www.clmagazine.org]

"A Look Behind The Gates Of Hell"

After spending hours inside N.I.W.C. (Northern Illinois Women’s Center), Rockford’s abortion mill, a young woman came out and shared with pro-lifers what it was like inside the killing center. A long interview was then done on videotape; in order to protect her identity, we will not show her face but will share with you some of her insights and opinions about what it was like inside a place where well over fifty thousand children have been brutally killed in Rockford.  [8 Sept 2010, ALL Pro-Life Today, http://www.prolifecorner.com/node/436 , Pro-Life Corner]

Commentary: Telemedicine as Telemassacre

Merriam-Webster defines telemedicine as “the practice of medicine when the doctor and patient are widely separated using two-way voice and visual communication (as by satellite or computer).”

Note that the proper definition references medicine and explains how a doctor and a patient communicate. This definition has nothing whatsoever in common with the latest development in Planned Parenthood practices. When Operation Rescue refers to “telemed” it is not talking about congenial conversations between physicians and their patients, but rather “remote-controlled dispensing of abortion drugs.”

Operation Rescue has been at the forefront of exposing this dastardly practice since day 1, and it was its initial report that explained what this business is really all about.

A telemed abortion is abortion via a teleconferencing service similar to “Skype.” Patients are put in a room where an off-site abortionist appears on a computer monitor and explains the medical abortion procedure to them over an Internet hook-up. After the brief teleconference, the dangerous abortion drug RU486, also known as Mifepristone and Mifeprex, and its counterpart, Misoprostol, are prescribed. The drugs are then administered to the patient by a nurse or “clinician” who may or may not be licensed. The patient presses a button on a computer screen that opens a box containing the abortion drugs. The patient is never physically examined by the medical doctor prescribing the drugs—or any other, for that matter—and never sees the abortionist again.

The so-called telemed abortions have received a great deal of attention on the internet but, as usual, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is slightly ahead of the curve and is doing everything it can to protect its lucrative internet-abortion trade. According to Cecile Richards, president of PPFA, “It’s an incredibly important option for women who decide to terminate a pregnancy.”

Most recently, Planned Parenthood’s Iowa affiliate has gone to court attempting to block Operation Rescue’s request for full disclosure of information relating to telemed abortions.

It should be obvious that such a practice, even if it did not involve the direct killing of a preborn child, would be more than slightly dangerous to the second patient who is involved—the expectant mother. But somehow this fact has not occurred to anyone—including the Iowa Board of Medicine which, according to Operation Rescue, is cozy with Planned Parenthood. So much for the Hippocratic Oath and its tenet, “first do no harm.”

The implications of such a practice, in view of the Obama health care reform law, are staggering. The actual rate of aborting preborn children could escalate faster than anyone might imagine.

As Stop Planned Parenthood International (STOPP) reported, Cecile Richards has said that PPFA’s goal for telemed abortion is that the practice will go nationwide by the year 2015. She explained to the Iowa Independent that PPFA is “the single biggest provider of reproductive health care in America and, again, I think because of the new health care law that is only going to grow. We are thankful for the support whether in Cedar Rapids or anywhere else in America.”

The irrefutable evidence indicates that telemedicine which, on its own, is an excellent breakthrough for those in society who are ill, is going to take a left turn. Rather than being used to assist [in relieving] the suffering, it is going to be used to inflict suffering and death on the unsuspecting preborn child and his mother.

PPFA is going to employ the practice to create yet another path through which countless numbers of preborn children will be chemically massacred as “clinicians” collect their fees while ignoring the tragic consequences, which are legion and very well documented.

This 'business as usual’ attitude among so-called reproductive health professionals should give every American pause. Reproduction used to occur in factories; health used to deal specifically with the well-being of individuals. Today’s perspective, however, is quite different.

The current reproductive health industry specializes in debilitation, deception and death, and we must speak up if we are to protect both women and children from this travesty.
[September 8, 2010, Judie Brown, http://www.all.org/newsroom_judieblog.php?id=3128

Abortionist Brigham's Four-State Abortion Business Under Investigation

Three weeks ago, physician Steven Brigham led a car caravan of patients from his Voorhees abortion clinic to his facility in Elkton, MD.

After one of the patients was critically injured during her surgery there, Brigham put the semiconscious, bleeding woman into the back of a rented Chevrolet Malibu and drove her to a nearby hospital emergency room rather than call an ambulance.

Those details are contained in documents issued over the last 10 days by the Maryland Board of Physicians and Elkton police. The two agencies have launched a wide-ranging investigation into Brigham's long-troubled abortion business, which he conducts in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia.

On Aug. 25, the Maryland Board of Physicians ordered Brigham, 54, to stop performing abortions in that state, where he has never been licensed to practice medicine. By then police had raided Brigham's Elkton facility - from which they said they removed 35 "late-term fetuses and fetal parts" - as well as the Voorhees headquarters of his chain of 15 clinics, which does business as American Women's Services.

Maryland authorities seek missing medical records, and are looking into Brigham's habit of sending late-term patients across state lines after initiating their abortions in Voorhees.

Brigham's four New Jersey [abortion businesses] cannot provide abortions after the first trimester (14 weeks of pregnancy) because they do not meet state safety requirements for such risky outpatient surgeries.

Brigham has for years performed the first phase of such abortions there - the insertion of absorbent rods that dilate the patient's cervix over a day or more - and sent them to a facility in another state for the surgery. New Jersey law doesn't address whether inserting dilators constitutes abortion.

Brigham did not return a phone message left Thursday at his Voorhees condominium.

Maryland's action is just the latest problem for the doctor, whose medical license has been revoked, relinquished, or temporarily suspended in five states over the last 18 years.

In July, the Pennsylvania Department of Health revoked Brigham's permission to own clinics in the state because he had repeatedly employed unlicensed caregivers; he is appealing that decision. Brigham himself cannot perform medical procedures in Pennsylvania because of a confidential 1992 agreement in which he agreed to give up his license.

Brigham also had $234,536 in federal tax liens against him in April for failing to pay payroll taxes from 2002 to 2006.

Maryland regulators are investigating not only Brigham, but also two physicians he employed, the documents show.

On Tuesday, the board suspended the Maryland license of George Shepard Jr., a Delaware obstetrician-gynecologist hired in 2009 as a part-time medical director of Brigham's four Maryland clinics. The board has charged Shepard with unprofessional conduct and with helping Brigham flout credentialing requirements.

Shepard's lawyer, Jason Allison of Elkton, said, "We are reviewing the allegations and . . . are confident that Dr. Shepard's license will be reinstated."

On Tuesday, the Maryland board also suspended the license it granted less than two months ago to Nicola I. Riley, a family physician who in late July began flying "from her home in Utah every other week to Maryland to perform abortions." Riley did not return a call left with her mother in Utah.

It was Riley who mishandled the abortion on Aug. 13, according to the medical board documents. They provide this account:

On Aug. 12, an 18-year-old woman, 21 weeks pregnant, signed abortion consent forms at Brigham's Voorhees facility, at 1 Alpha Ave. Brigham then inserted the absorbent rods that widen the cervix.

On Aug. 13, the patient returned to the Voorhees clinic, with "the understanding that she would be provided transportation to Philadelphia" for the surgical phase of the abortion.

Instead, "Dr. Brigham . . . instructed [her] and the other women who were scheduled to complete abortions to form a line of cars and follow the lead car to a location where the abortion would be performed."

In Elkton, Riley gave the patient anesthesia under Brigham's direction and began the surgery, but cut through the patient's uterus into the bowel and vagina.

Riley informed the patient's mother and boyfriend of the complications, but refused to call for an ambulance. Riley "originally contemplated taking [the patient] by wheelchair to the hospital, which was about two blocks away."

Brigham drove Riley and the patient to the hospital, where the two abortion doctors dodged questions "about who they were, what had happened, and from where they had come."

The patient's injuries were so complex that she had to be flown by helicopter to Johns Hopkins Hospital while Riley "returned to the Elkton office . . . to perform another abortion."

A few days later, the patient complained to the Elkton police; they raided the clinic on Aug. 17, looking for the patient's medical record. Although that couldn't be found, police discovered frozen aborted fetuses and medical-waste records showing fetal ages up to 36 weeks. (A pregnancy is considered full-term at 38 weeks.)

On Aug. 20, Elkton police searched Brigham's Voorhees office for medical records that would explain the fetuses.

The officers "found only two medical records related to the fetuses," board documents say.

Staff from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office were on hand for the search, spokesman Paul Loriquet said. He added that he believed New Jersey's Board of Medicine, which oversees physicians, would take action soon.

The Maryland board moved against Brigham, Shepard, and Riley after a Johns Hopkins physician filed a complaint. The physician expressed concerns that patients were being put at risk by "being transported across state lines to complete medical care," board documents say.
[Philadelphia Inquirer,  3Sept 2010, Marie McCullough, ]

NJ Targets Abortion Practitioner Brigham Injuring Patients, Violating Standards
Abortion practitioner and abortion business owner Steven Chase Brigham operates abortion centers known as American Women's Services in Voorhees, New Jersey, as well as facilities in Pennsylvania and Maryland, where he has also been disciplined for numerous problems.

New Jersey authorities yesterday filed the papers required to start the process of potentially suspending Brigham's medical license.

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the papers say Brigham "has committed serious violations" of medical practice rules that "would represent a clear and imminent danger to the public health, safety and welfare." Attorney General Paula Dow is now requiring Brigham to provide evidence to counter the charges and show why he does not deserve to have his medical license suspended.

In Pennsylvania, in July, the Pennsylvania Department of Health ordered Brigham to shut down four of his abortion centers for reportedly employing medical staff who were not properly licensed with the state -- and potentially putting women's health at risk.

And Maryland Board of Physicians and Elkton police compiled documents unveiling numerous problems and later conducted a raid of his Maryland abortion facility. Authorities who raided Brigham's abortion center discovered the remains of 35 late-term aborted babies in jars...  [Trenton, NJ, LifeNews.com, 10 Sept 2010, #4977]



Four Abortionists Suspended In Two States Yesterday [8 Sept 10]

Despite action to protect the public, over a dozen dangerous abortion mills run by suspended abortionists remain open

 Medical boards in New Jersey and Maryland took action yesterday to insure that four abortionists halted operations after declaring that they pose a danger to the public.

The New Jersey Medical Board acted Wednesday to suspend the medical license of the notorious abortionist Stephen Chase Brigham after an investigation into a botched abortion discovered that he was starting late-term abortions in New Jersey then leading the women across state lines to Maryland where he and his associates would complete the abortions, some as late as 35 weeks gestation.

New Jersey is the last state in which Brigham maintained an active medical license. He has been banned from the practice of medicine in Pennsylvania, New York, Florida, and California. He was never licensed to practice in Maryland, a state that ordered him to cease and desist from the unlicensed practice of medicine in that state on August 25, 2010.

A botched abortion on August 13, 2010, exposed Brigham’s illegal late-term abortion racket, which included two other abortionists, Nicola Riley of Utah and George Shepard of Delaware.

Maryland authorities issued suspension orders for Riley and Shepard on August 31, 2010. A hearing was held yesterday in which evidence against the two was to be heard. Neither abortionist attended the hearing. Shepard’s suspension was upheld since his attorneys did not show up for the hearing. However, Riley’s attorneys were granted a continuance and have pledged to fight to restore Riley’s license. Meanwhile, her suspension remains in effect.

In another case, Maryland abortionist Romeo Ferrer’s medical license was suspended based on a four-year old abortion death complaint.

On February 3, 2006, a 21-year old African American woman went to Gynecare Center for a second trimester dilation and evacuation abortion by Romeo Ferrer. The patient was overdosed on pain-killing narcotics. She was not properly monitored and appropriate emergency protocols were not followed. This negligence resulted in the patient’s death.

At a disciplinary hearing in June, the Maryland State Board of Physicians failed to act to suspend his license, but yesterday, the Board issued a suspension order that stated, “Based on the foregoing facts, the Board concludes that the public health, safety or welfare require emergency action in this case.”

Pro-life groups including Operation Rescue, Defend Life, and Pro-Life Unity, have publicly demanded Board action against Ferrer and have worked to bring him to justice, and consider yesterday’s suspension a partial victory.

Calls placed today to Brigham’s 15 abortion clinics and Ferrer’s Severna Park, Maryland, mill show that all locations remain operating and taking abortion patients with other abortionists at the helm.

“While we applaud the suspensions of the four abortionists, is it shocking to learn that their dangerous abortion businesses continue to operate,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “In the interest of public safety, we implore the medical boards to close these clinics before more women are maimed or killed.”  [9 Sept 2010, Trenton, NJ, http://www.operationrescue.org/]

 

Group Offers $25,000 For Information Exposing Abortion Practitioner Abuses: Reward Increases For Abortion Crime Information

Because so many abortion centers are closing for failing to meet state laws, [ed. and so many abortionists are being investigated for malpractice & medical negligence] Operation Rescue hopes to expose even more abortion businesses that threaten women's health and lives.

OR monitors the abuses of abortion practitioners who engage in actions such as employing unlicensed staff or violating health and safety standards.

Recently, the Louisiana health department closed an abortion facility in Shreveport because it failed to meet state laws and an abortion practitioner who runs abortion businesses in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland is finding himself shut down for numerous abuses.

Operation Rescue already announced a $10,000 rewards to current or former abortion business staffers who would expose more abuses from their places of employment and now it has raised the bar by upping the reward to $25,000.

Anyone providing information leading to the arrest and conviction of abortion practitioners who are breaking the law will receive the money from the Abortion Whistleblowers.

The campaign is designed to encourage those with knowledge of abortion-related crimes to come forward.

"We are grateful that an anonymous supporter has come forward to underwrite the $25,000 reward amount and believe that this will be a key in helping abortion whistleblowers come forward with their first-hand knowledge and documentation of criminal activity," OR Newman said.

"Those with knowledge of abortion abuses sometimes fear coming forward because of the possibility of lost income and disruption to their lives," Newman added.

"The $25,000 reward could help clinic workers start a new life - one that isn't stained by innocent blood or criminal activity or the stress that accompanies working in the abortion industry. That is a strong incentive for coming forward."

Since January, Operation Rescue has received dozens of tips regarding abortion business abuses. Each tip is carefully screened by its staff members and then forwarded to state and local authorities who may follow up with investigations of their own.

"We have several cases in the pipeline right now, but we know that these are only the tip of the iceberg," said Newman...

The pro-life group hopes to catch abortion practitioners and businesses guilty of overbilling, embezzlement, medical/financial fraud, sexual abuse, non-reporting of sexual crimes, rape/sexual abuse, drug violations, substance abuse, botched abortions, abortion deaths, forced abortions, HIPPA violations, illegal dumping/storage of human remains, and employment of unlicensed staff.

Related Support:
http://www.clinicworker.com/
http://www.operationrescue.org/archives/abortion-whistleblowers-earn-a-10000-reward/
  # Voice: 316-683-6790 ext. 155
  # E-mail:
[September 9, 2010, Ertelt, Washington, DC, http://www.lifenews.com/nat6684.html ; www.operationrescue.org ]

Abortion Practitioners Storing Dead Babies in Jars Shows Fascination With Death
Abortion practitioners who have recently come under fire from state health departments for violating health and safety codes have an odd similarity. They both were found, after investigations of their abortion centers, to have kept the bodies of dead babies from abortions stored in jars.

As LifeNews.com reported last week, the Maryland medical licenses of George Shepard, Jr., of Delaware and Nicola I. Riley of Utah, were suspended.

They worked for abortion business owner Steven Chase Brigham who runs abortion centers in four states -- including Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

The Maryland Board of Physicians and Elkton, Maryland police compiled documents unveiling numerous problems and conducted a raid of his Maryland abortion facility. Authorities who raided Brigham's abortion center discovered the remains of 35 late-term aborted babies in jars.

As Matt Archbold, a National Catholic Register columnist, noted in a post today, "This would be a strange and horrible story if it had never happened before. But, just a few months ago, another abortionist, this one in Philadelphia, was discovered to be keeping aborted babies in jars."

In that case, officials investigating an abortion business in Philadelphia after a woman died from a botched legal abortion last November made a grisly discovery. They found dozens of apparently late-term unborn children who were killed in abortions as long as 30 years ago.

The "Shop of Horrors" case involves the West Philadelphia abortion center Women's Medical Society run by Kermit Gosnell.

State Licensing officials and DEA agents who searched the Women's Medical Society found the dozens of unborn children killed in abortions who were frozen for decades. CBS 3 indicates they are now determining whether or not they may have been victims of illegal late-term abortions.

Archbold says he believes the abortion practitioners have a fascination with death.

"I used to think that the abortion industry were simply capitalists who allowed their greed to override their humanity. I used to think that maybe it was just feminism run amok and that cooler heads would eventually prevail. I used to think that pro-lifers were simply up against the extreme of secularized logic," he wrote at NCR.

"Over the past few years though I've come to believe that it’s more than that. It’s worse than that. We're immersed in a culture with a death fetish. Our fascination with death is boundless," he adds. "Our culture increasingly sees humanity as the problem. We elevate animals in order to grant them human rights and increasingly view humans as animals."...
[September 6, 2010, Ertelt, Washington, DC, http://www.lifenews.com/state5422.html ]

Louisiana Health Department Closes Abortion Center for Health, Safety Problems

The Louisiana health department has closed the Hope Medical Group for Women abortion business in Shreveport. The Department of Health and Hospitals released a statement late Friday saying it issued an order for Hope to cease and desist doing abortions because it was putting women's health at risk.

The health department noted after an investigation of the abortion facility that it found violations posing "significant health and safety risks to clients."

The suspension of the abortion center's license to operate came under a new abortion regulation bill pro-life Governor Bobby Jindal signed giving the state health department more authority to suspend licenses when abortion centers run afoul of state health laws.

"When we see this level of egregious conduct at a facility, it is incumbent on us to take steps necessary to protect our residents," DHH Interim Secretary Anthony Keck said in the statement. "The Legislature gave us this authority because they recognized we must have the ability to stop unsafe practices that place these already vulnerable women in danger."

The health department said it found the Hope Medical Group for Women abortion center failed to ensure a physician performed a physical exam of the mother prior to the abortion and failed to properly monitor vital signs of patients under anesthesia.

It also did not have proper procedures in place for administering anesthesia and failed to have properly trained medical professionals administering anesthesia and engaging in other medical procedures related to it.

This is the first case of a Louisiana abortion center closed under the legislation, authored by Representative Fred Mills (D-Parks) and strongly supported by Louisiana Right to Life Federation, which was inspired by then DHH Secretary Alan Levine.

Benjamin Clapper, director of Louisiana Right to Life, told LifeNews.com late Friday: "Today, the health and safety of women in the Shreveport-Bossier area have been protected by the immediate closure of the Hope abortion facility. We are thrilled that the Jindal Administration and our DHH has enforced the newly enacted law protecting the citizens of Louisiana."

"We thank former DHH Secretary Levine, interim DHH Secretary Tony Keck, and Representative Mills for their leadership in the legislation and its enforcement. Clearly, this legislative success resulted in lives saved and women protected," Clapper said.

The closure of the abortion business came as the Shreveport-Bossier Right to Life group had plans to begin its first 40 Days for Life campaign on September 22 at the Hope abortion clinic.

Emily Nickelson, the president of the local pro-life group, added, ""We are overjoyed at the closure of the Hope abortion facility."

"Over the past few months in anticipation of our first 40 Days for Life campaign, we saw a record number of Shreveport-Bossier citizens joining together to pray for an end to abortion. This closure is an answer to the prayers of so many," she said.

The Louisiana health department shut down a New Orleans abortion center in January for putting women's health at risk.

Related web sites:
Louisiana Right to Life - http://www.prolifelouisiana.org
40 Days for Life Shreveport-Bossier - http://www.40DaysforLifeSB.com
[September 6, 2010, Ertelt, Baton Rouge, LA, http://www.lifenews.com/state5419.html ]

Abortion Business in LA: License Revoked

The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals today revoke the license of Hope Medical Group for Women and ordered the business to immediately cease performing abortions.

The business was found to be in violation of several aspects of a new Louisiana law governing abortion businesses. Several violations were noted during a recent investigation of the facility, including the facility’s failure to ensure that a physician performed and documented a physical exam on each patient prior to a procedure, failure to properly monitor vital signs of patients under anesthesia, failure to have proper procedures in place for administering anesthesia and failure to have properly trained professionals performing certain medical procedures related to the administering of anesthesia.

This is the first time DHH has issued an immediate suspension of an abortion facility’s license under the new law. Governor Jindal signed regulations into law earlier this year.

Act 490 of the 2010 Louisiana Legislature, sponsored by State Rep. Fred Mills of St. Martinville, allows for the immediate suspension of an abortion facility’s license if the DHH “secretary determines that the violation or violations pose an immediate threat to the health, welfare, or safety of a client or patient.” Prior to Act 490, an abortion facility under licensure revocation would be allowed to continue performing abortions pending appeal of such revocation, which can take months.

Letters notifying the abortion facility of the revocation action and immediate suspension were faxed to the facility this afternoon. POSTED: September 3, 2010, http://www.ktbs.com/news/24876906/detail.html ]

AAPLOG position on "ELLA"
On August 13, 2010, the Food and Drug Administration approved the application for a new "Emergency Contraceptive" drug, ulipristal acetate, under the label "ella

"Ella" is the first selective progesterone receptor modulator (SPRM) available in the United States for the indication of "emergency contraception (EC)."

This class of drug (SPRM) blocks progesterone which is necessary to maintain a pregnancy. It disables the uterine lining, compromising it's ability to form a functional "secretory" endometrium—the lining which nourishes the fertilized, implanting new human baby.

This effectively deprives the brand new human child of oxygen and nutrients, and the child dies. This is abortifacient action.

Ella is chemically a first cousin to Mifepristone (RU 486), the "medical abortion" drug that kills the baby by blocking placental function. Ella has the same action: they are both selective progesterone receptor modulators (SPRM). The generic name is Ulipristal.

This approval, labeling "ella" as emergency contraception, is deceptive and dangerous to women and their newly conceived baby.

Women deserve to know that "ella" can cause the death of the embryo, and the FDA is deliberately misleading women by mislabeling "ella" only as contraception, and not as abortifacient.

Here is what the FDA approved drug literature says:
"How does "ella" work?
"Ella" is thought to work for emergency contraception primarily by stopping or delaying the release of an egg from the ovary. It is possible that ella may also work by preventing attachment (implantation) to the uterus. " The latter is clearly abortifacient action.

Why does the FDA not consider this an abortifacient?

Semantic smoke and mirrors. Current medical semantics says "pregnancy begins with implantation." (To them, conception and implantation are defined as the same thing. A "pregnancy" is conceived.)

ProLifers say the "human life begins with fertilization." A human life is conceived.

So their side says "this does not effect a `pregnancy,' thus not abortifacient."

We say, "This results in death of a new human being, thus is abortifacient."

Watch out for the smoke and mirrors!

Don't miss this important fact: Ella only delays ovulation if taken in the day or so before ovulation happens, i.e., before the luteal surge which stimulates release of the egg.

After ovulation, if the egg is fertilized, "ella" works as a progesterone-blocking abortifacient.

How often would you guess a woman takes this in just the right window (a day or two before ovulation) to delay ovulation? Not often.

Taken at other times, it has no effect on ovulation.

The egg must be fertilized on the day of ovulation. (After 1 day, it resists fertilization) And why does "ella" work for 5 days after ovulation? Because it is on about the 5th day after ovulation and fertilization that the new baby begins to implant—but can't, because the uterine lining function is disabled by "ella" This is abortifacient action. And this is why "ella" can be used, as advertised, up to 5 days after intercourse.

The FDA literature hints at this (see quote above from `How does "ella" work?'), but the FDA does not use the "A" word. We find this very deceptive for the women considering using "ella" who would otherwise not even think of having an
abortion.

IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENSS OF "EC"
The medical literature claims that Plan B is "up to 95% effective if used within 24 hours of unprotected intercourse, less so if used over the next couple days. The literature also claims that "ella" is "more effective" than Plan B, and effectiveness, although diminished, is still a reality if "ella" is taken 5 days after intercourse.

REALITY CHECK
Q: How many days a month is a woman able to become pregnant?
Fact: EC is 100% effective about 26 days each month!! This is because it is impossible to get pregnant about 26 days a month (see below). Many of the days when women take EC, it is not possible to get pregnant anyway. This fact makes the "effectiveness" statistics look really good...

Some notes on timing:
If the sperm is deposited 3 days before ovulation fertilization ordinarily won't happen, as the sperm is usually "dead" or not effective by ovulation time (unless, obviously, further sexual contact occurs or ovulation is early).

If the sperm is deposited 24 hours after ovulation, fertilization won't happen, as the egg is "dead," (i.e., no longer receptive to sperm).

So the narrow window of 2 or 3 days before ovulation to 24 hours after ovulation is the "fertilization window"

Delaying ovulation with use of EC in the preovulatory 2 day window of time apparently works as a contraceptive method, by delaying ovulation several days. Otherwise, the antifertility action would be abortifacient.

AAPLOG note: Remember, EC is 100% effective 26 days each month. This makes the "effectiveness" stats look really good—much better than reality suggests.

Also remember that the major studies on Plan B (you know, claims of 89% effective) show NO DECREASE IN UNINTENDED PREGNANCY, AND NO DECREASE IN ABORTION RATES, even when the EC was given free and given to the patient ahead of time to have on hand for emergency use.

See http://www.aaplog.org/position-and-papers/emergency-contraception/
[AAPLOG, "Introduction to ella", 7 Sept 2010]
[see another article on ELLA below]

Troubled Abortion Biz for Profit Sees Two Abortion Practitioners Lose Medical Licenses

The troubled abortion business Steven Chase Brigham runs in four states got more bad news as two of the abortion practitioners he employees have lost their medical licenses.

The Maryland medical licenses of George Shepard, Jr., of Delaware and Nicola I. Riley of Utah, were suspended on Tuesday.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on the suspensions today and said they lost their licenses for helping Brigham skirt the law.

Riley was involved in the botched abortion in Elkton, Maryland, that led to the discovery of Brigham's scheme to circumvent late-term abortion laws by beginning the abortions at his New Jersey centers, which don't meet state health and safety laws to make them eligible to do later-term abortions, then transporting the women to Maryland for completion of the abortion.

Brigham led a car caravan of women from his Vorhees, Pennsylvania abortion center to his Maryland one after one of the patients was critically injured during the abortion at his Pennsylvania abortion business.

According to the News, Brigham put the semiconscious, bleeding woman in the back of a rental car and drove her to a nearby hospital instead of calling for an ambulance and drawing attention to problems at his abortion center, American Women's Services.

The Maryland Board of Physicians and Elkton police compiled documents unveiling the problems and later conducted a raid of his Maryland abortion facility.

Authorities who raided Brigham's abortion center discovered the remains of 35 late-term aborted babies.

Brigham is not licensed to practice medicine in Maryland and never has been. The state issued a cease and desist order to Brigham on August 25 for him to stop doing abortions. http://www.lifenews.com/state5401.html

On September 1, Operation Rescue sent letters asking that the Maryland Attorney General's office as well as state and county prosecutors file criminal charges against Brigham and that he be held accountable.

"There is a largely unspoken crisis in this country brought on by abortionists who insist that they are above the law," Operation Rescue spokeswoman Cheryl Sullenger told LifeNews.com.

"We can no longer turn a blind eye to these abortion abuses and pretend that things like this can't happen in a nation where abortion is legally permissible. Brigham is just one example in an industry where this kind of behavior is the norm and not the exception," Sullenger added. "We have yet to find an abortionist who does not violate the law."

Sullenger said the abortion industry has failed to call Brigham out for putting women's lives and health at risk.

"Shame on the women's organizations that know this kind of abuse is occurring, yet continue to cover up for abortionists," she said. "If groups like NARAL and the NAF really cared about women, they would work night and day to close these abortion chop shops and offer real solutions to pregnant women that does not include submitting them to abortionist quacks."

The order to stop Brigham from doing abortions in Maryland says indicates that Brigham has been practicing illegally in Maryland since January, 2010.

"The health of Maryland patients is being endangered by the Respondent's unlicensed practice of medicine in this State," the order read.

In Pennsylvania, in July, the Pennsylvania Department of Health ordered Brigham to shut down four of his abortion centers for reportedly employing medical staff who were not properly licensed with the state -- and potentially putting women's health at risk. http://www.lifenews.com/state5272.html

Brigham also has had problems with the IRS, where officials have filed a lien on him for failing to pay payroll taxes from 2002 to 2006 for the employees of his American Women's Services abortion centers in Pennsylvania and the six he runs in New Jersey.

Brigham was forced to give up his license to practice medicine in Pennsylvania some years ago because of botched abortions. Brigham has also lost his license in other states. He had medical licenses revoked in New York and Florida, and received disciplinary action in California and New Jersey. He served 120 days in jail in 1998 for Medicaid fraud.

He was also taken to task for employing Harvey Walter Brookman, who did abortions at a State College abortion facility known as State College Medical Services and at the Erie abortion center known as American Women's Services under Brigham's employ.

Brookman was only permitted to treat himself and his family because he holds what is called an "active-retired" medical license in Pennsylvania.

Brookman has also had trouble maintaining a valid medical license in other states.

His New York license was revoked in December of 1996. His New Jersey license was temporarily suspended in December of 1994. In February of 1996, Brookman "voluntarily surrendered his New Jersey license to practice medicine and surgery with a prejudice to his right to apply for reinstatement."

The Pennsylvania state health department took its latest action on July 7, according to the newspaper, when Deputy Secretary of Health Robert Torres permanently banned Brigham and any corporation he owns or runs from doing abortions in the state.

That could allow for a significant reduction of abortions in Pennsylvania as American Women's Services does about 3,600 abortions annually at its centers in Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, and State College.
[September 3, 2010, Ertelt, Philadelphia, PA, http://www.lifenews.com/state5416.html ]

Documents Show Botched Abortions Hurt Women More Frequently Than Believed

A pro-life group released new documents today from a former abortion facility staffer showing two women injured medically by botched abortions in Columbus, Ohio in the last two months. The organization says it and other documents show women are injured more frequently than most people understand.

An abortion whistle blower provided documentation to Operation Rescue showing disturbing information about two botched abortions that took place at different abortion businesses in the Ohio state capital in the last month.

"It is our understanding from conversations with our confidential sources in Ohio that abortion patients in Columbus end up in the local emergency rooms with alarming frequency," OR president Troy Newman told LifeNews.com today.

"Our whistleblower says that these two incidents are just the tip of the iceberg. The true number of abortion complications is hidden from the public and it now appears that complications requiring emergency hospitalization have reached epidemic proportions," said Newman.

The pro-life organization is demanding that the Medical Board of Ohio conduct inspections and close the dangerous abortion businesses in Columbus and around the state.

The information from Ohio is just the latest the group has obtained from former abortion facility staffers blowing the whistle on shoddy and potentially illegal medical practices at abortion centers.

Former employees of late-term abortion practitioner LeRoy Carhart submitted affidavits [http://www.lifenews.com/state4993.html ]detailing illegal abortions, unlicensed staff dispensing drugs and performing medical tasks for which they were not qualified, and other offenses. This launched investigations by the Nebraska Attorney General and Health Department.

A whistleblower confirmed abortion abuses that have been occurring at Planned Parenthood of the Heartland in Iowa where dangerous abortion pills are being administered through a remote-controlled push-button scheme known as "telemed abortion" [http://www.lifenews.com/state5315.html ]. A medical board investigation is ongoing.

Whistleblowers in California helped expose the fact that abortionist Andrew Rutland [http://www.lifenews.com/state4701.html ] was violating the terms of his probation by doing abortions without the required supervision of another physician. He faces almost certain license revocation at a hearing scheduled for early next year.

Operation Rescue blew the whistle on illegal late-term abortion referrals provided by abortionist Ann Kristin Neuhaus in Kansas [http://www.lifenews.com/state5291.html]. Neuhaus now faces disciplinary action after Kansas authorities filed an 11-count petition against her based on OR's complaint.

Two victims of forced abortions done by Michigan abortionist Alberto Hodari came forward to tell of their horrific ordeals [http://www.lifenews.com/state5157.html]. Both women filed medical board complaints and one has sued. Currently, all seven of Hodari's Detroit area abortion centers are up for sale.    [August 17, 2010, Columbus, OH,  http://www.lifenews.com/state5353.html ]

Study Finds Later Abortions Linked to Mental Health Risks, Women Pressured

A new study finds the later a woman has an abortion the more likely it is that she faces mental health risks and is under pressure from a partner or others to have an abortion she may not otherwise want. Women getting later abortions also are more likely to be ambivalent about having an abortion.

The results came from an online survey of 374 women who answered a detailed questionnaire about the circumstances leading to their abortions, their previous mental health history, history of physical or sexual abuse and emotional state following abortion.

Although small, the study, published in the Journal of Pregnancy by Dr. Priscilla Coleman of Bowling Green State University, is the first to compare the experiences of women having early abortions compared to women having later abortions (in the second or third trimester).

The study found women after 13 weeks of pregnancy were more likely to report that their partner desired the pregnancy (22.4 percent of women who had later abortions vs. 10.3 percent of women who had early abortions) and that they were pressured by someone other than their partner to abort (47.8 percent vs. 30.5 percent).

The women having later abortions were more likely to report that their partner didn't know about the abortion (23.9 percent vs. 12.5 percent), that they had left their partner before the abortion (28.3 percent vs. 15.6 percent) and that physical health concerns were a factor in having the abortion (29.8 percent vs. 14.7 percent).

Ambivalence about the abortion, unwanted abortion and poor pre-abortion counseling were also commonly reported in the late-term abortion group, according to the Elliot Institute, an abortion research group that pointed LifeNews.com to the study.

Nearly 40 percent of women in the survey said they desired the pregnancy and only 30 percent said both they and their partner supported the abortion, while less than 14 percent said they received adequate pre-abortion counseling or information on alternatives or physical and emotional risks.

"In general, these results are indicative of more ambivalence and conflict surrounding the decision and the likelihood of less stable partner relationships among women who obtain later abortions," the authors wrote.

"Logically, women who are unsure about how to proceed with an unplanned pregnancy are more likely to put off the decision to abort, perhaps hoping their circumstances will improve and enable them to carry to term."

Meanwhile, the Elliot Institute noted a survey of American and Russian women who had abortions, published in the Medical Science Monitor in 2004, found that 64 percent of the American respondents reported feeling pressured to abort, while more than half said they felt rushed or uncertain about the decision and more than 80 percent reported receiving inadequate counseling beforehand.

The new study also found high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms for women having both early and late abortions, with 52 percent of the early abortion group and 67 percent of the late term abortion group meeting the American Psychological Association's criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms (PTSD).

One possible cause may be a high number of women having unwanted abortions due to the reactions of those around them, the authors said.

"Concern regarding reactions of others to having a child" was the mostly frequently cited reason for abortion for both early (69.1 percent) and late (62 percent) abortions; however, they wrote, many women likely had abortions "despite ambivalence or actually desiring to continue the pregnancy."

Feelings of ambivalence or having an unwanted abortion are known risk factors for psychological problems after abortion.

When it came to differences between the late and early abortion groups, women having later abortions were more likely to report having disturbing dreams, reliving the abortion, having trouble sleeping and experiencing intrusion, a PTSD symptom that involves having recurring memories, flashbacks or hyperactivity when confronted with reminders of the trauma.

The 2004 Medical Science Monitor survey found that 65 percent of American women who had abortions reported experiencing symptoms of PTSD, which they attributed to their abortions. Other studies have also linked abortion to increased rates of depression, substance abuse, suicidal thoughts, sleep disorders, anxiety disorders and other mental health problems.

The authors said that their new study is best viewed as a "pilot" study on which to base future research on the psychological impact of late-term abortion, and called for more counseling and support for women undergoing later abortions.

Citation for the new study: PK Coleman, CT Coyle & VM Rue, "Late-Term Elective Abortion and Susceptibility to Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms," Journal of Pregnancy, Aug. 2010. http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jp/2010/130519.html

Related: Elliot Institute - http://www.theunchoice.com
[August 30, 2010, Ertelt, Washington, DC, http://www.lifenews.com/nat6665.html ]





Later Abortions Linked to Psychological Problems: Study
A study of women who had abortions has found that women undergoing later abortions face increased psychological risks, are more likely to be ambivalent about having an abortion and are more likely to need counseling and support. The study, "Late-Term Elective Abortion and Susceptibility to Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms," was published in the August issue of the Journal of Pregnancy.
 
The results came from an online survey of 374 women who answered a detailed questionnaire about the circumstances leading to their abortions, their previous mental health history, or physical or sexual abuse and emotional state following abortion. The small study is the first to compare the experiences of women having early abortions compared to women having later abortions (in the second or third trimester).
 
The study, lead by Prof. Priscilla Coleman of Bowling Green State University, found that women having abortions after 13 weeks were more likely to report that:

- their partner desired the pregnancy (22.4 percent of women who had later abortions vs. 10.3 percent of women who had early abortions);
- that they were pressured by someone other than their partner to abort (47.8 percent vs. 30.5 percent);
- their partner didn't know about the abortion (23.9 percent vs. 12.5 percent);
- they had left their partner before the abortion (28.3 percent vs. 15.6 percent);
- physical health concerns were a factor in having the abortion (29.8 percent vs. 14.7 percent).
 
Ambivalence about the abortion, unwanted abortion and poor pre-abortion counseling were also commonly reported in the late-term abortion group. Nearly 40 percent said they desired the pregnancy and only 30 percent said both they and their partner supported the abortion, while less than 14 percent said they received adequate pre-abortion counseling or information on alternatives or physical and emotional risks.
 
"In general, these results are indicative of more ambivalence and conflict surrounding the decision and the likelihood of less stable partner relationships among women who obtain later abortions," the authors wrote. "Logically, women who are unsure about how to proceed with an unplanned pregnancy are more likely to put off the decision to abort, perhaps hoping their circumstances will improve and enable them to carry to term."
 
A survey of American and Russian women who had abortions, published in the Medical Science Monitor in 2004, found that 64 percent of the American respondents reported feeling pressured to abort, while more than half said they felt rushed or uncertain about the decision and more than 80 percent reported receiving inadequate counseling beforehand.
 
Emotional Effects of Abortion
 
The study also found high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms for women having both early and late abortions, with 52 percent of the early abortion group and 67 percent of the late term abortion group meeting the American Psychological Association's criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms (PTSD).
 
One possible cause may be a high number of women having unwanted abortions due to the reactions of those around them, the authors said. "Concern regarding reactions of others to having a child" was the mostly frequently cited reason for abortion for both early (69.1 percent) and late (62 percent) abortions.

The authors wrote, however, that many likely had abortions "despite ambivalence or actually desiring to continue the pregnancy." Feelings of ambivalence or having an unwanted abortion are known risk factors for psychological problems after abortion.
 
Additionally, women having later abortions were more likely to report having disturbing dreams, reliving the abortion, having trouble sleeping and experiencing intrusion, a PTSD symptom that involves having recurring memories, flashbacks or hyperactivity when confronted with reminders of the trauma.
 
The previously mentioned Medical Science Monitor survey found that 65 percent of American women who had abortions reported experiencing symptoms of PTSD, which they attributed to their abortions. Other studies have also linked abortion to increased rates of depression, substance abuse, suicidal thoughts, sleep disorders, anxiety disorders and other mental health problems.
 
The authors said that their study is best viewed as a "pilot" study on which to base future research on the psychological impact of late-term abortion, and called for more counseling and support for women undergoing later abortions.
[Springfield, IL, August 27, 2010 posted 30 Aug10, http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/aug/10083007.html ]




Medical Journal Confirms Abortion Associated With Increased Premature Birth

A new report in a prestigious medical journal confirms what previous studies have shown: abortion is associated with an increased risk of premature birth in subsequent pregnancies. Although the link is well-established, women are not normally informed of the risk when they are counseled at abortion centers.

Dr. Jay Iams a professor and vice chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Ohio State University wrote a report on caring for women prior to pre-term birth in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Iams writes, "Contrary to common belief, population-based studies have found that elective pregnancy terminations in the first and second trimesters are associated with a very small but apparently real increase in the risk of subsequent spontaneous pre-term birth."

As nurse Jill Stanek notes on her blog, the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists noted the article and responded to it.

"We applaud his statement. Most high profile American writers won't breathe such a thing," the organization for pro-life OBGYN doctors said.

"There are currently 114 studies in the literature all showing a statistically significant association between induced abortion and subsequent pre-term birth. And just about none to the contrary," AAPLOG said.

It added that Dr. Iams writes "contrary to common belief" because "the association is systematically ignored or severely downplayed by the established authorities in our country. It is not mentioned under complications of induced abortion in any ACOG literature we know of. It is not generally taught. It is denied by default."

AAPLOG says Iams, in his notes, references the 2009 BJOG Shaw article, which found a 1.36 RR (36% increase) for pre-term birth with a previous induced abortion and it takes issue with Iams calling that increase "very small."

"Additionally, 50% of women have more than one abortion, and the literature finds the pre-term birth risk ratio for them goes to 1.6 to 1.9; that is, a 60% to 90% increase in pre-term birth in subsequent pregnancies," the organization added.

In fact, a study by researchers Shah and Zoe showed a 36% increased risk for pre-term birth after one abortion and a staggering 93% increased risk after two.

Similarly, the risk of subsequent children being born with low birth weight increases by 35% after one and 72% after two or more abortions. Another study shows the risk increases 9 times after a woman has had three abortions.

In his abstract, Iams writes: “African American women have rates of recurrent pre-term birth that are nearly twice that of women of other backgrounds" but offers no explanation why.

AAPLOG does: "African-American women have an induced abortion rate 3 times that of other American women. Might that factor in to the 2 times increased rate of pre-term birth?"

The medical group says the abortion-premature birth link is not only very real but has real consequences.

"Prematurity carries certain severe risks. Preemies under 32 weeks have a Cerebral Palsy rates 55 times higher that the rates for a term baby. Ignoring the 114 studies mentioned above (the “blind eye” approach) may not be in the best interest of women considering an induced abortion or of their subsequent children – wouldn't you say?" the group writes.

Pre-term birth is the leading cause of infant mortality in the industrialized world after congenital anomalies. Pre-term infants have a greater risk of suffering from chronic lung disease, sensory deficits, cerebral palsy, cognitive impairments, and behavioral problems. Low birth weight is similarly associated with neonatal mortality and morbidity.

Stanek, meanwhile, points out that the March 2003 issue of Pregnancy magazine contains what she calls a "rare find" -- one of the rare instances where the mainstream media notes the abortion-premature birth risk.

The magazine noted that women who have three or more abortions have one of 14 risk factors associated with premature birth.

"Note induced abortion was listed last of 14 causes of premature births, in just about a worst case scenario, but it was there," Stanek said.  [August 18, 2010, Washington, DC, http://www.lifenews.com/nat6644.html ]


Aug 17, 2010  AAPLOG
The August issue of AJOG has an extremely informative article on preterm birth, an issue that complicates I in 8 pregnancies in the U.S.A.

Because of associated morbidity and expense, preterm birth is of intense interest to the medical community. The major author is Jay D. Iams, MD, MFM, Professor and Vice Chair of OSU Dept of ObGyn. (Jay D. Iams, MD; Vincenzo Berghells, MD. Care for women with prior preterm birth. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. August 2010;203(3):89-100)
We certainly commend this article to your study.

An Iam's observation of particular interest is the following:

"Contrary to common belief, population-based
studies,[34-36] have found that elective pregnancy
terminations in the first and second trimesters are
associated with a very small but apparently real
increase in the risk of subsequent spontaneous
preterm birth (PTB).[37]"

We applaud his statement. Most high profile American writers won't breathe such a thing. Allow us to mention 2 points in regard to his observation.

1. "contrary to common belief…..' There are currently 114 studies in the literature all showing a statistically significant association between induced abortion and subsequent preterm birth. And just about none to the contrary. Why then would this association be "contrary to common belief??" Because the association is systematically ignored or severely downplayed by the established authorities in our country. It is not mentioned under complications of induced abortion in any ACOG literature we know of. It is not generally taught. It is denied by default. Maybe that is why it is "contrary to common belief……" Obviously 114 articles should carry some weight, even to the willfully blind.

2. "…terminations….are associated with a very small but apparently real increase in the risk of subsequent spontaneous preterm birth (PTB)." Here he references the 2009 BJOG Shaw article, which found a 1.36 RR (36% increase) for PTB with a previous induced abortion. He calls this a "very small" increase. Remember the WHI study of 2003 that showed a RR of 1.3 for breast cancer in HRT users. 1.3 RR was NOT considered "very small"—in fact, it turned the HRT world upside down, so significant was it deemed to be! But here 1.36 RR Is called "very small" ---maybe because induced abortion is the associated culprit? ("See no evil" in induced abortion)

Additionally, 50% of women have more than one abortion, and the literature finds the PTB risk ratio for them goes to 1.6 to 1.9., that is a 60% to 90% increase in PTB is subsequent pregnancies

Finally, in the abstract, Dr. Iams notes: . "African American women have rates of recurrent preterm birth that are nearly twice that of women of other backgrounds." He hazards no guess as to why. Africian-American women have an induced abortion rate 3 times that of other American women. Might THAT factor in to the 2X increased rate of PTB?? Perish the thought!! Rather than consider the abortion association, some have even suggested it may be a racial genetic failing in the cervical tissues of African-Americans! ("see no evil")

Prematurity carries certain severe risks. Preemies under 32 weeks have a Cerebral Palsy rates 55 times higher that the rates for a term baby. Ignoring the 114 studies mentioned above (the "blind eye" approach) may not be in the best interest of women considering an induced abortion, or of their subsequent children—would you say??

PS: for a summary of the last 15 or so years literature on induced abortion and subsequent PTB, go to http://www.aaplog.org/complications-of-induced-abortion/induced-abortion-and-pre-term-birth/
This would be a great project for Resident education. Simply have them evaluate the literature. (It seems better than the "see no evil' approach.) They may even be able to find an article or two that contradicts the finding of the 114 articles mentioned!
[17 August 2010, APPLOG email]
[Ed. Perhaps the members of Medical Students for CHOICE will be willing to evaluate this medical literature... It may be too chilling for these young supporters of "choice" to bear...]

Commentary: Choosing To Deceive One's Self About Abortion

The current issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology published a fascinating study regarding the various causes of premature birth. Among those causes, Professor Jay D. Iams of Ohio State reports that “elective terminations [abortions] in the first and second trimesters are associated with a very small but apparently real increase in the risk of subsequent spontaneous preterm birth (PTB).”

The latest report is but one in a very long series of clinical studies that has shown that abortion can be the forerunner to premature birth as well as various types of disabilities in children born subsequent to an abortion.

This is critical information that should be available to all expectant mothers.

It is factual evidence that should be provided without prejudice since every expectant mother has a right to know the truth.

If at least some of those contemplating abortion were given all of the facts regarding the deleterious effects of abortion—not only on their bodies but on the bodies of the future preborn children they might wish to carry to term—they might change their minds and choose to carry their babies to term instead of abort.

In another report this past week, we read that the remains of a pregnant teenager were found in a landfill just two days before police had planned to end a two-month search for her body. The 17-year-old expectant mother, Anyssia Escamilla, was murdered by her boyfriend because she refused to abort their baby.

This sort of dastardly crime is but one of the fruits of the abortion culture in which we live.

It proves the age-old proverb that violence begets violence.

Such acts result from a misconception among many in our culture that abortion is exclusively a “woman’s right.” These ideas are mouthed by those who tell America that abortion is just a choice and will have no serious consequences on anyone other than the woman [mother] exercising her choice.

It is obvious that, in Anyssia’s case, her choice not to kill resulted in her murder. Sadly this is not an isolated incident.

Advocacy of abortion has serious consequences. Abortion is not a mere surgical procedure; it is a grizzly act of killing. It is violent, it is obscene and a society that accepts it has already become capable of all manner of evil. Anyssia’s murder and that of her preborn child are but one example.

In the same way that aborting a child can result in a future child being born too early and suffering because of it, so too the idea of abortion as a solution to a problem can be the seed bed for crimes of other types. There is nothing good about abortion.

So when someone makes the statement, “I’m not pro-abortion. I’m pro-choice,” he has deceived himself and everyone else.

Whether it is the expectant mother who chooses death for her preborn child or the expectant father who murders his family because he chooses abortion while his partner does not, there are serious consequences to aborting the truth by denying that pro-choice is exactly the same as pro-abortion. A play on words does not make murder any less of a threat than it is.

Hillary White summed this up quite nicely in a recent article, writing,

In championing the pro-life position, we simply say that between life and death, there is no third thing. You are either alive or you are not. Abortion kills or it does not. It is morally permissible or it is not. There are simply some things that do not admit of a “neutral” third position. Between these two opposed possibilities, there can only be “confrontation,” distasteful as that may be to some sensibilities.

If every expectant mother understood the truth about her dignity, her baby’s dignity as a human being and why her responsibilities extend to this child as well, we would be a long way down the road to restoring a culture of life.

But as long as mainstream America argues that the abortion “choice” affects nobody but the chooser, human beings are going to die, families are going to be destroyed, subsequent children are going to suffer and all manner of sadness is going to plague our nation.
What else can we expect?
[American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Volume 203, Issue 2, August 2010, Pages 89-100; August 10, 2010, Judie Brown, American Life League, www.all.org, posted blog]             

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Virginia Abortion Businesses Fear New State Regulation... Abortion Business in Kansas

Virginia state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli issued an opinion Tuesday that their state health agency can institute standards for currently-unregulated abortion businesses --and abortion supporters are fuming that such oversight will close [their businesses].

As always, their concern is the abortion business bottom line, not good sanitation and safety for women.

Like Kansas, Virginia abortion businesses largely operate as "physician offices,"  not subject to statutory requirements, inspection or licensure.

In his legal opinion, Cuccinelli concluded that the state Board of Health, which already regulates hospitals and nursing homes, has the authority to write new regulations, including requirements that abortionists:
*hold hospital privileges;
*use professionally-trained counselors;
*operate sterile facilities;
*maintain accurate medical records;
*provide emergency plans & services.
Cuccinelli's opinion was a response to requests from lawmakers.  The opinion applies only to first-trimester abortions. Second- and third-trimester abortions in Virginia are performed in hospitals.

KANSAS BUSINESSES
In 2004, then-Kansas Attorney General Kline urged lawmakers to pass clinic inspection and oversight, and showed the need for such a bill with photographs of a filthy, roach-and-rodent-infested Kansas City abortion site.

This was a business site in which visiting police declined to be seated in and reported their disgust at its condition to a non-responsive Kansas Healing Arts Board.  Kansas Gov. Sebelius twice vetoed that abortion business regulatory bill.

Kansas has four abortion facilities: a "physician office" in Kansas City; a "physician office" in Overland Park; an unlicensed Planned Parenthood facility in Lawrence; and a licensed Planned Parenthood facility in Overland Park.

The Lawrence facility dispenses abortion pills.  It is not inspected, nor is there a physician onsite at all times, as he spends the bulk of his time at 2 other Planned Parenthood locations in Kansas and Missouri.  This is a serious loophole, particularly as this facility largely serves college students without parental supervision.

[ed. BOTTOM LINE... abortion profits= top concern]

[Kathy Ostrowski | August 25, 2010 at 4:56 am | Tags: Kathleen Sebelius, Ken Cuccinelli | Categories: Healing Arts Board, Kansas abortionists, Planned Parenthood, Pro-life laws in other states | URL: http://wp.me/pFuSB-18M  ; Kansans for Life blog, 25Aug2010]

Abortion Practitioner Told by Maryland Authorities to Stop Doing Abortions

Maryland officials have told embattled abortion practitioner Steven Chase Brigham to stop doing abortions in the state. The move comes after Pennsylvania officials told him to close his abortion businesses there after he was found to be employing unlicensed staffers and putting women's health at risk.

Brigham has been issued a cease and desist order by the Maryland State Board of Physicians ordering him to stop the illegal practice of medicine, including abortions, at five locations throughout Maryland.

Officials say Brigham does not and never has been licensed in that state.

The order, dated August 25, 2010, indicates that Brigham has been practicing illegally in Maryland since January, 2010.

It referred to an incident that occurred on August 13, 2010, where Brigham had begun a surgical procedure reportedly thought to be an abortion. However, something went wrong and Brigham instructed the woman to travel to his abortion center in Elkton to complete the alleged abortion "on an urgent basis."

"The health of Maryland patients is being endangered by the Respondent's unlicensed practice of medicine in this State," the order read, according to the pro-life group Operation Rescue, which provided LifeNews.com with the information.

Brigham runs abortion facilities under the name American Women's Services in Baltimore, Cheverly, Fredrick, College Park, and Elkton and OR indicates all currently remain open with other abortion practitioners doing abortions there. He also operates abortion businesses under the same name in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

"The only thing that will stop Brigham from committing illegal abortions that endanger the lives of women is to toss him in jail for a long time," said Operation Rescue staffer Cheryl Sullenger.

"Traditional means of discipline simply don't work with this guy. He has found that he can get away with just about anything without much more than a slap on the wrist," she complained. "The only way to protect women from Brigham's predatory and unsafe abortion business is to criminally charge him and order all his mills closed."

To that end, Sullenger said Operation Rescue plans to file a complaint before the end of the week demanding criminal charges.

In Pennsylvania, in July, the Pennsylvania Department of Health ordered Brigham to shut down four of his abortion centers for reportedly employing medical staff who were not properly licensed with the state -- and potentially putting women's health at risk.

Brigham also has had problems with the IRS, where officials have filed a lien on him for failing to pay payroll taxes from 2002 to 2006 for the employees of his American Women's Services abortion centers in Pennsylvania and the six he runs in New Jersey.

Brigham was forced to give up his license to practice medicine in Pennsylvania some years ago because of botched abortions. Brigham has also lost his license in other states. He had medical licenses revoked in New York and Florida, and received disciplinary action in California and New Jersey. He served 120 days in jail in 1998 for Medicaid fraud.

He was also taken to task for employing Harvey Walter Brookman, who did abortions at a State College abortion facility known as State College Medical Services and at the Erie abortion center known as American Women's Services under Brigham's employ.

Brookman, was only permitted to treat himself and his family because he holds what is called an "active-retired" medical license in Pennsylvania.

Brookman has also had trouble maintaining a valid medical license in other states.
His New York license was revoked in December of 1996. His New Jersey license was temporarily suspended in December of 1994. In February of 1996, Brookman "voluntarily surrendered his New Jersey license to practice medicine and surgery with a prejudice to his right to apply for reinstatement."

The Pennsylvania state health department took its latest action on July 7, according to the newspaper, when Deputy Secretary of Health Robert Torres permanently banned Brigham and any corporation he owns or runs from doing abortions in the state.

That could allow for a significant reduction of abortions in Pennsylvania as American Women's Services does about 3,600 abortions annually at its centers in Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, and State College.

Related:  Maryland cease and desist order -
http://operationrescue.org/pdfs/MDcease&desist-Brigham082510.pdf
[August 31, 2010, Ertelt, Annapolis, MD,  http://www.lifenews.com/state5401.html

California Abortionist Accused of Homicide in Patient Death

Rutland blames Operation Rescue/local activists for his troubles while failing to take responsibility for his own negligence.

The Medical Board of California amended a complaint on Wednesday against troubled abortionist Andrew Rutland to include the charge of homicide in the death of Ying Chen. The action came after the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office reclassified Chen's death as a homicide in June.

A revocation hearing before the Medical Board is scheduled for February, 2011.

Rutland had committed a second trimester abortion on Ying Chen at a dirty, unlicensed acupuncture clinic in San Gabriel, California, during which he administered an overdose of lidocaine. He failed to recognize the symptoms of the overdose and the patient went into cardiac arrest. He and his staff were untrained and unequipped to handle the medical emergency. After a "significant delay" in contacting 911, the woman was transported to a local hospital where she died six days later. Chen's death was originally classified as accidental.

Rutland has a long history of Board discipline and other problems. His medical license was revoked in 2003 for severing a baby's spinal column during a forceps delivery, then lying to the parents by telling them that their baby suffered a stroke. The baby later died. His license was reinstated in 2007 and Rutland was placed on 5 years probation with the restriction that he operate only under the supervision of another physician.

Last October, Operation Rescue reported that Rutland was violating his probation by engaging in the solo practice of medicine at an abortion clinic in Chula Vista. We asked our supporters to contact the California Medical Board and demand that his medical license be revoked.

On November 3, 2009, an Inspector from the California Medical Board attempted to inspect Rutland's stock of drugs and his records at his Chula Vista clinic, but was refused access by Rutland's staff.

In January, the Medical Board asked for an emergency suspension of Rutland's license until the Board could work through the lengthy process to finalize revocation. During that hearing, a judge blocked Rutland from doing abortions, but allowed him to continue office consultations.

Operation Rescue learned in February that Rutland was continuing to administer the abortion pill and contacted the Board with the evidence. Judge James Ahler later amended his order to allow Rutland to continue to the chemical abortions, as long as he did not engage in surgical abortions.

In response the reclassification of Chen's death as a homicide, Rutland sent an angry letter to a list of elected officials and others, including Oprah Winfrey, demanding an investigation into "clandestine collaborations of national antiabortion group organizations and local antiabortion activists with the Medical Board of California."

Rutland singles out Operation Rescue and complains that we used "clandestine political collaborations" to force several abortionists out of business. He opines that everyone from the Medical Examiner, to the hospital, to the police officer who investigated Chen's death were all involved in some plot against him.

"Rutland has proven himself to be a dishonest man who presents an ongoing danger to the public. It was his own negligence and attitude that he is above the law that has landed him in repeated trouble with the Medical Board," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman.

"Rutland complains his problems are somehow the result of an anti-abortion plot. He is upset that authorities would hold him accountable to the law, but what he really wants is to be treated as if no laws apply to him. People are dying due to his shoddy work and Operation Rescue is proud of any small part we may have played in bringing him to justice."
[30 July 2010, Operation Rescue, , San Diego; http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/8065514568.html; CaliforniaWatch.org]

Patients Win, Abortionist Loses

An abortionist's challenge against the Patient Safety Ordinance in Allen County, Indiana, has failed. A federal judge in The Hoosier State has ruled that Allen County can regulate [itinerant] medical providers, including an abortion [business] in Fort Wayne. "The Allen County Patient Safety Ordinance requires that out-of-town doctors obtain a physician designee -- a backup doctor -- to take care of their patients when they have gone home and the patients are in emergency situations and have to go to emergency rooms," reports Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) attorney Steven Aden. [http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=1125714 , One News Now; PFLI PharmFacts E-News Update, 19 August 2010]

Virginia Attorney General: More Limits Can be Placed on Abortion Businesses
The Virginia state attorney general issued an opinion today hailed by pro-life advocates because he says more limits can be placed on abortion businesses in Virginia. That means they can be held accountable for not following health and safety standards and could be closed as a result.

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli issued an opinion late Friday providing legal guidance for the state Board of Health.

Noting that Roe v. Wade allows still allows virtually unlimited legal abortions, the attorney general said the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision allowing limits in other states makes it so Virginia limits would likely be seen as constitutional.

He said "the Commonwealth has the authority to promulgate regulations for facilities in which first trimester abortions are performed, as well as for providers of first trimester abortions, so long as the regulations adhere to constitutional limitations."

Cuccinelli's opinion is important because it gives the green light for the state legislature to pass bills putting abortion centers in the same category as ambulatory surgery centers and requires them to meet certain standards to protect women's health. Failure to do so would see them close permanently or temporarily while deficiencies are corrected.
[LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report 8/24/10 #4966, Richmond, VA]

Planned Parenthood Golden Gate’s IRS/State Filings a Mess; Former Employees Squealing

[Jill Stanek] reported last week that Planned Parenthood Federation of America is cutting ties as of September 3 with Planned Parenthood Golden Gate, which operates 7 sites in the San Francisco area. Well, the backstory is getting juicier as reporters investigate federal and state documents (or lack thereof), and former employees begin to leak information and internal documents to the press.

The latest Bay Citizen piece provides the most details, while the San Francisco Examiner puts it all in a nutshell: PPGG has been thrown under the bridge.   [http://www.jillstanek.com/2010/08/planned-parenthood-golden-gates-finances-a-mess-former-employees-squealing/  Jill Stanek; PFLI PharmFacts E-News Update, 19 August 2010]

Ex-Planned Parenthood Abortion Business in California Faces Criminal IRS Audit

The regional affiliate of Planned Parenthood where teenager Holly Patterson died from using the dangerous RU 486 abortion drug first lost its affiliation with Planned Parenthood in early August. Now, Planned Parenthood Golden Gate faces an audit form the criminal division of the Internal Revenue Service.

The New York Times released a new report on Thursday detailing how an unnamed former employee interviewed with the Oakland field office of the IRS on Tuesday in response to a complaint he lodged with the governmental agency.

The employee, who would not let the Times name him for fear of his future job prospects, said he filed a two-part complaint about the abortion businesses' problematic relationship with its political arm and about financial problems at the abortion business.

Therese Wilson, interim chief executive of the abortion business -- which has since changed its name to Golden Gate Community Health following the disaffiliation -- told the newspaper she brought in a forensics accountant to review its books and search for problems.

“There’s been no evidence to date of any of that,” she said, though she admitted the accountants found "inaccurate information."

Wilson told the Times the newly-named abortion business is "exactly the same entity with just a different name."

Meanwhile, officials with Planned Parenthood, the nation's biggest abortion outfit, doing 25 percent of all abortions in the United States, are "scrambling," according to the paper, to replace the affiliate with new centers operated by other regional California affiliates in the areas where PPGG formerly operated.

The Planned Parenthood Federation of America board voted in early August to remove their trademark from the PPGG affiliate, which runs centers in San Francisco, Sonoma, Marin, Alameda and San Mateo counties.
“They were not meeting our standards for administrative and fiscal management,” said Karen Ruffato, VP of affiliate services, told the Bay Citizen newspaper.

The decision means the local abortion business can't rely on the Planned Parenthood name, nor can it benefit from its materials or purchasing power to get better rates on contraception and birth control.

Wilson told the Bay Citizen, “We will continue our operations at all of our 7 sites. We are working really hard to keep our doors open."
Wilson said the abortion business would come up with a new name and focus on fundraising, as it has fallen on hard financial times because it no longer receives reimbursements from the state for Medi-Cal until a state budget is approved.

Jill Stanek, a pro-life blogger and nurse, noted the disaffiliation and said it is the third time a local Planned Parenthood affiliate has been kicked out of the national abortion business.

"This is big news. PPGG is the most renowned if not biggest Planned Parenthood Federation of America affiliate to fall to date," she said. "PPFA severed ties with PP of South Palm Beach and Broward Counties [Florida] in June 2008."

The first affiliate to lose its standing was a Planned Parenthood operating in Hawaii about 10 years ago.

In September 2003, 18-year-old Holly Patterson died after receiving the abortion drug Mifeprex, also known as RU-486, from the Planned Parenthood chapter.

PPGG came under fire for telling patients to take one part of the drug vaginally instead of orally, as recommended by the FDA. That resulted in the deaths of four California women who developed deadly bacterial infections as a result.

In December 2005, PPGG was accused of hiding an 11-year-old's rape.

A testimonial posted on a California Planned Parenthood abortion business' website regarding an 11-year-old rape victim sparked a call for an investigation into the organization's handling of sexual abuse cases...

In response, pro-life leaders have called for an investigation, as Planned Parenthood is required by law to report cases of child abuse. The abortion business eventually removed the post from their web site.

And in August 2005, an online cartoon video PPGG sponsored drew sharp criticism because it advocated violence against pro-life advocates. [September 3, 2010, Ertelt, San Francisco, CA, http://www.lifenews.com/state5417.html ]

    ABORTION TRENDS, U.S., Selected, 1997-2006
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Annual Surveillance Summaries

                    No.               Baby                              No.
Year    Total1     Per 1,000 Live  > 21 Weeks    % Married    %  Mother <19                         Non-Surgical*   

1997        1,184,760                    16,590        19.0               20.1
1998        1,168,128                    16,354        18.9            19.8
1999        1,074,650        256            16,120        19.2            19.2               6,278
2000        1,128,257        245            15,790        18.8            18.8            15,796   
2001        1,123,006        246            15,722        18.4            18.1            20,093
2002        1,123,845        246            15,734        18.1            17.5            45,008
2003        1,116,562        241            15,632        17.9            17.4            55,408
2004        1,104,797        238            15,467        17.4            16.9          102,746
2005        1,025,847        233            14,362        16.9            17.1          101,559*
2006        1,055,394        236            13,720        16.5            16.8          111,872*           
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1 Statistically adjusted to correct for refusal/failure of AK, CA, NH and/or OK to report the number of abortions performed during this
 period.   These states, particularly CA,  accounted for over 24% of all U.S. abortions performed during each of their last reporting years,
 1995-1997.

*“Medical” as so identified

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     ABORTION TRENDS, LOUISIANA, Selected, 1999-2008
  Source:  Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Annual Reports

                        No. For              Baby           No.                   % For
Year           Total        Rape/Incest    >21 Weeks    Mother < 15    %  Mother <19     Physical Health
1999             12,008          1                326           103        19.4              0.13 %
2000             11,384          1                309           115        19.0              0.12
2001             10,932          0                293             85        17.9               0.07
2002             10,451          0                262             97        17.8              0.03
2003             10,642          0                275           103           17.6              0.05
2004             11,224          1                358            103        17.4               0.08
2005               8,860          1                299             76        16.5              0.2
2006               6,204          0                180             55        17.5           < 0.1
2007               6,833          0                134             67        17.1           < 0.1
2008               6,816          0                127             61        17.0              0



ABORTION / MATERNAL MORTALITY
30 Percent Fewer Mothers Dying than Pro-Abortion Advocates Claim
A new study by the prestigious British medical journal The Lancet shows UN agencies have greatly over-estimated global maternal mortality rates. The journal shows maternal deaths in 2008 totaled 342,900, not 500,000-plus as the World Bank, the UN World Health Organization (WHO), and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) have asserted in recent years.

The study finds that WHO's and UNICEF's numbers were flawed due to imprecise statistical modeling and a lack of proper reporting. But it also finds people are making progress in keeping pregnant mothers from dying. The study cites four main reasons: declining pregnancy rates in some countries, higher per-capita income, more education for women, and growing availability of basic medical care, including "skilled birth attendants".

The report says HIV/AIDS killed 60,000 mothers and suggests such deaths would have been far fewer in Africa in mothers got anti-retroviral drugs. This goes against current UN and Obama policies, which are diverting funds from HIV/AIDS to "family planning".

The study shows that 50 percent of the world's maternal deaths occur in only six (6) countries: India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Three of the world's richest countries actually had MORE maternal deaths: the USA, Canada, and Norway -- which have the most liberal abortion laws in the world.
Nowhere did the document cite abortion. The UN has tried to foster better maternal health through so-called "safe" (legal) abortion {killing of preborn babies}...
The Lancet editor Dr. Richard Horton told the new York Times that "advocacy groups" pressured him to NOT publish the report until later in 2010, after the "Women Deliver" Conference in June in D.C. [May 2010, "From the Desk of Austin Ruse", Letter from the UN Front]

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Young Age and Termination of Pregnancy During the Second Trimester are Risk Factors for Repeat Second-Trimester Abortion
Objective

The objective of the study was to characterize women undergoing a termination of pregnancy (TOP) during the second trimester and to evaluate the risk factors and timing of repeat TOP.
Study Design

This nationwide retrospective cohort study investigated 41,750 women who underwent TOP during the first (n = 39,850) or second (n = 1900) trimester in Finland in 2000-2005. The follow-up time was until repeat TOP or until Dec. 31, 2006.
Results

TOP during the second trimester increases the risk of repeat TOP (hazard ratio [HR], 1.4; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.3–1.6), repeat second-trimester TOP (HR, 3.8; 95% CI, 2.9–5.1), and repeat TOP after 16 weeks of gestation (HR, 5.0; 95% CI, 3.3–7.7). The other risk factor for these is young age (HR, 7.0, 95% CI, 5.3–9.3; and HR, 12.5; 95% CI, 3.1–50.4 for age <20 years).

Conclusion: Second-trimester TOP and young age are risk factors for repeat second-trimester TOP. Special focus on these women might be effective in decreasing repeat abortions.
[American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Volume 203, Issue 2, August 2010, Pages 107.e1-107.e7
doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2010.03.004 ; Maarit J. Mentula MDa, Maarit Niinimäki MD, PhDd, Satu Suhonen MD, PhDb, Elina Hemminki MD, PhDc, Mika Gissler MSocSc, PhDc, e and Oskari Heikinheimo MD, PhDa, Available online 1 May 2010]
Key words: risk factor; second trimester; termination of pregnancy

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'The Fatal Flaw'
There is only one reason anyone makes a distinction between a human and a person, and that is to exploit an individual for some purpose. So who is making the distinction, what are the excuses for making the distinction, and what is the REAL agenda behind making the distinction?
[Watch the ALL Report at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG8M-YTozHU ]

PFLI Condemns FDA Approval of Chemical Cousin of Abortion Pill Mifepristone (RU 486)

Pharmacists For Life International releases the following statement:
In many places of employment a gigantic board is posted listing the shortages and outages of essential medications, such as antibiotics, pain relievers, anesthetics and drugs for sedation. This problem has been significant for years, and has worsened considerably in the last year, impeding pharmacists' ability to provide vital care for our patients.

The FDA has placed the approval of this "chemical cousin" analog of mifepristone (sometimes known by its antiquated experimental name, RU 486) ahead of the need to address this severe health care issue.

Our disgust for the deadly FDA action is profound and beyond the ability to verbalize.

Ulipristal acetate, according to its own developers, can kill human embryos and feti. It is marketed in Europe as EllaOne® .

The low dose 30mg form of Ella®, has been prioritized for approval by the U.S. FDA, which would have served the citizens of the U.S. better by adequately addressing the current, rolling shortages of truly lifesaving and essential medications, rather than chemicals whose main intent is to snuff out a nascent life in the first few weeks of existence.

The embryocidal doses of ulipristal acetate may now be stockpiled and accumulated by prescribers or patients for "medical" chemical abortions at home, sidestepping the so-called regulation of mifepristone/misoprostil (the other abortion drug brought to the US in the 1990s by the Population Council and whose $4 million experimentation bill was entirely footed by mega-billionaire Warren Buffett).

This will lead to additional life-endangering problems for the targeted adolescent girls and women, as well as giving continued cover for sexual predators of underage girls and incestuous abusive relationships.

The FDA is expected to continue in its long tradition of relegating females to lowest class health care status.

PFLI roundly and vehemently denounces and condemns the FDA for this inappropriate use of its drug regulatory power to destroy life rather than approve and regulate medicines which actually are life-saving and preserve health.
[MEDIA ADVISORY, Aug. 16, 2010, PFLI, Christian Newswire]

New Abortion Pill ella  - Ulipristal Acetate (UPA) - Approved

On August 13, 2010, the FDA approved a new abortion pill, ella.  The drug will be released to the public by the end of this year and made available with a prescription. Unfortunately, ella is attractive to the public because it works for up to 5 days after "unprotected sex." Plan B (Levonorgestrel), currently the most commonly used "emergency contraceptive" pill, is only recommended for use up to 3 days after unprotected sex.

Ella, Ulipristal Acetate (UPA), is a selective progesterone receptor modulator (SPRM). SPRMs block the action of the hormone progesterone, which is necessary for ovulation and implantation to occur. Progesterone also maintains the lining of the uterus and supports the embryo.

Currently, the only other legal SPRM drug available in the United States is RU-486 (mifepristone). Although ella acts similarly to RU-486, it is being billed as an emergency contraceptive.12,3 Seven women died after taking RU-486 within six years of the drug being on the market.4 There is reason to believe that ella might also be unsafe for women. Because of its similarity to RU-486, there are concerns that ella may have similar, serious health risks including severe bleeding, ruptured ectopic pregnancies, serious infections, and even death.

Ella is designed to be taken as a single dose within 5 days of "unprotected sex." It is thought to inhibit and delay ovulation, attempting to prevent fertilization.  However, ovulation may or may not have already occurred before ella was taken. Ella also alters the lining of the uterus, which, if fertilization occurs, can prevent an embryo from implanting, causing an abortion.5,6  

Another potential problem with ella is that the FDA cannot prevent unapproved use of the drug.  Planned Parenthood already administers Plan B to women past the recommended 3 day time frame,7  prescribes RU-486 for use at a lower dosage than that approved by the FDA,8 and administers RU-486 after the 49-day time frame that the FDA approves.9 There is no guarantee that they will not administer ella past the recommended 5 day time frame as well.

Ella has the potential to cause great harm to women who use it off-label or after the FDA approved time frame, especially in cases where women take higher doses of ella than those approved by the FDA. Although the FDA has studied limited data on ella since its October 2009 release in Europe, it has not yet proven that taking the approved dose or a higher dose of ella cannot cause an abortion before and after implantation. Ella has caused abortions in rats, rabbits, guinea pigs, and macaques (a type of monkey) in recent studies, suggesting that it could do the same to humans.10

Since ella has the potential to cause abortions after implantation (as well as before), it is being improperly labeled as an emergency contraceptive. According to the FDA's own definition of abortion, an abortion cannot take place unless implantation has occured."11 So, the FDA is allowing a drug on the market that causes abortions even according to its own standards, but is deceptively labeling it an "emergency contraceptive." Because of this, women might take ella within 5 days of unprotected sex and unknowingly abort an already implanted embryo fertilized during an earlier sexual encounter. At this time, the FDA does not require women to take a pregnancy test before being prescribed ella to prevent this from happening. Ella enables the government to fund such abortions because it is labeled as an emergency contraceptive and can, therefore, be distributed by Title X clinics. 

At least one preborn child exposed to ella in a study had visual development problems and delayed gross motor skills after birth.12 Still, the FDA failed to conduct further studies on ella's potential to cause birth defects among babies exposed to ella in the womb or through breastfeeding. The FDA has also failed to conduct the necessary studies regarding ella's effect on females under the age of 18.

Negative side effects of ella are many and include abdominal pain, menstrual disorders, mood disorders, fatigue, renal pain, genital pain, breast pain, blurred vision, depression, insomnia, muscle spasms, kidney infection, tremor, and pelvic inflammatory disease.13

HLA has taken steps to inform the public of the detrimental effects of this drug by including an explanation of ella in its newest publication, You Can Stop Injustice.

For more information about Human Life Alliance and its publications, visit www.humanlife.org or call 651-484-1040.

To read more about the FDA ok and possible funding through Obama care click here.

1. Food and Drug Administration. "Background Document for Meeting of Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs (June 17, 2010)." May 2010.http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/Drugs/ReproductiveHealthDrugsAdvisoryCommittee/UCM215425.pdf

2. Drug Watch. "RU-486." 2010.

http://www.drugwatch.com/ru-486/

3. Danco Laboratories. "Mifeprex Product Labeling." p. 26. 2005.

http://www.earlyoptionpill.com/userfiles/file/Mifeprex%20Labeling%204-22-09_Final_doc.pdf

4. Washington Post. "FDA Says 2 More Women Have Died After Taking Abortion Pill." 2006.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/17/AR2006031701801.html

5. HRA Pharma. "HRA Pharma Announces FDA Advisory Committee Review of Ulipristal Acetate." April 2010.

http://www.hra-pharma.com/downloads/UPA_ADCOM_Announcement_Release_4_26_10.pdf

6. HRA Pharma. "Annex 1 Summary of Product Characteristics: ellaOne 30 mg." September 2009.

http://www.hra-pharma.com/downloads/emea-SPC-ellaOne.pdf

7. Planned Parenthood. "Emergency Contraception (Morning After Pill)." 2010.

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/emergency-contraception-morning-after-pill-4363.htm

8. Planned Parenthood. "Information about The Abortion Pill." 2009.

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/ppwacoab/images/Central-Texas-Health-Centers/Abortion_Pill.pdf.

9.Planned Parenthood. "The Abortion Pill (Medication Abortion)." 2010.http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/abortion/abortion-pill-medication-abortion-4354.htm.

10. European Medicines Agency. "Evaluation of Medicines for Human Use - CHMP ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR Ellaone. p.16. 2010.

http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index.jsp?curl=pages/medicines/human/medicines/001027/human_med_000758.jsp&murl=menus/medicines/medicines.jsp&mid=WC0b01ac058001d124

11. CNN. "FDA panel endorses 'morning after' pill." 2006.
12. Food and Drug Administration. "Background Document for Meeting of Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs (June 17, 2010)." May 2010.

http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/Drugs/ReproductiveHealthDrugsAdvisoryCommittee/UCM215425.pdf

13. Drug Watch. "RU-486." 2010.

http://www.drugwatch.com/ru-486/
[Human Life Alliance, 19 August 2010]

The European Package Leaflet, filled with dubious terminology...
http://www.ellaone-registry.com/en/download/package_leaflet_EN_240909.pdf
www.ellaone-registry.com
One of the key phrases in this piece is that Ella One is referred to as a "Progesterone Modulator." Progesterone is necessary to maintain a healthy pregnancy, by stimulating the thickening of the uterine lining in preparation to receive a fertilized egg (a conceived child). Anything that disrupts this process -- or in their choice of words "modulates" this process by reducing progesterone levels -- will prevent the developing embryo from implanting in the uterine lining (endometrium), leading to spontaneous abortion.

Ten Steps to End Abortion -- www.10StepsToEndAbortion.com

1. Promote Alternatives to Abortion

The easiest single reference to help free someone from feeling she has to abort her child is the Option Line, 1-800-395-HELP (4357), and its associated website, www.PregnancyCenters.org. This number connects the caller to the nearest pregnancy resource center.

Pastors may want to place this number on the church bulletin or website.

Individuals should keep these numbers close at hand at all times, and also share them with schools, hospitals, and other community groups.

The numbers can be placed on posters, business cards, in newspaper ads, on the internet, and on signs posted in Churches, stores, and other places.

You may also inquire at these numbers as to how you can volunteer to assist those who provide alternatives to abortion.

2. Promote Healing After Abortion

Confidential, caring, expert help is available for those who have had abortions and need a friendly ear as they walk through the pain and try to regain hope and meaning in their lives. The resources available for this help and healing can be found at www.SilentNoMoreAwareness.org/resources.

To promote this information as far and wide as possible is to free people from guilt, shame and despair and to show the true face of the pro-life movement, which is a movement of compassion and mercy.

3. Spread the Testimonies of Those Who Have Aborted

The personal witness of those who have lost children to abortion breaks the spell that abortion is somehow good or helpful for an individual or society. More and more women and men are speaking publicly about the devastation abortion has brought to their lives, and also about the fact that the pro-life movement and the Church bring healing.

These voices are multiplying through the Silent No More Awareness Campaign.

You can read and share these testimonies in print, audio, and video format at www.SilentNoMoreAwareness.org/testimonies.

As a way of showing your commitment to the two action items above, you can partner with the campaign, as an individual, Church, or organization.

See www.silentnomoreawareness.org/partner for details on how to do this.

4. “Is this what you mean?” Campaign

A key way to promote freedom is to free people from ignorance about what abortion is. The word has lost all meaning, and ignorance leads to violence.

Take part in our “Is this what you mean?” campaign, which challenges abortion supporters to admit what it is, and in the process, either shows others what it is, or shows them that it’s too horrible for its supporters to describe.

It’s a winning strategy, and all the tools you need to carry it out are here: www.priestsforlife.org/isthiswhatyoumean.

5. Register Voters!

The pro-life movement frees people from the oppression of unjust laws and policies. We foster political responsibility, and participation in elections and lobbying, so as to advance the culture of life. The election resources at www.PoliticalResponsibility.com provide ongoing guidance for this kind of activity.

One of the ways we exercise political responsibility is by fostering non-partisan voter registration drives. As an individual, Church, or organization, you can help fellow citizens to register so that they can have a voice in this year’s elections! www.PoliticalResponsibility.com

6. Get out the Vote!

On Election Day, and during early voting season, you can advance the culture of life by helping people get to the polls. Raising awareness, sending reminders, helping the homebound fill out absentee ballots, and providing transportation to the polls are some of the many ways to do this.

Information about early voting dates in each state that has them is available at www.priestsforlife.org/states. Additional information about getting out the vote is available at www.PoliticalResponsibility.com.

7. Study and Live as a Pro-life Activist!

Undertake a plan of reading and study, guided by the materials we provide online and in seminars, that will help you to more fully grasp the abortion issue and the pro-life movement.

Moreover, you can study the spirituality of being pro-life, and make public promises to live that spirituality, as a Missionary of the Gospel of Life. See www.MissionariesoftheGospelofLife.org for details.

8. Be a Voice for Life

There are many ways in which you can speak up for the unborn, whether in private conversation, letters to the editor, comments on blogs and other social networking sites, You Tube videos, and various forms of lobbying elected and appointed officials.

It is also crucial to be a voice publicly, by taking part in demonstrations, Life Chains [www.lifechain.net], 40 Days for Life [www.40daysforlife.com] and other gatherings that bring the truth of abortion to the public.

Presence at abortion facilities, moreover, provides a way to let your presence be a silent witness, or your voice be heard, by those who run those places of death, by those who resort to them, and by the community that allows them to operate.

9. Recruit Others to Be Involved!

Through your personal conversations and announcements within your circle of influence, you can invite others to become part of the pro-life movement, to learn about the issue, and to take part in the activities described above.

10. Prayer Campaign

Prayer is the foundation of all we do in the pro-life movement, and puts us in touch with the source of our life and freedom, God Himself.

Pray each day the Prayer to End Abortion, which you can download at www.PrayerCampaign.org.
Urge your friends, church, school, and pro-life organization to pray daily.
[www.10StepsToEndAbortion.com]