by APFLI | Jun 7, 2015 | Right to Life - Archive
Since the introduction and widespread use of the Papanicolaou (Pap) test in the 1950s in the United States, cervical cancer incidence and mortality have decreased dramatically (1,2). In addition to screening with a Pap test alone every 3 years, recent cervical cancer...
by APFLI | Jun 7, 2015 | Population Control
Ethiopian-Israelis took to the streets in Tel-Aviv earlier this month to protest discriminatory treatment. Although the protests were sparked by a video of policemen beating a black Israeli soldier, racial tension has been building for years. In 2013, the Israeli...
by APFLI | Jun 7, 2015 | Legislation / Court Cases
After a month of negotiating the state’s two-year budget, the Texas Legislature’s new proposal cuts Planned Parenthood from its Breast and Cervical Cancer Services program. The decision by the Lone Star State would axe funding for over a dozen Planned Parenthood...
by APFLI | Jun 7, 2015 | Right to Life - Archive
Twenty-five years ago, David Baxter was a paramedic in Canada, and “I was a fence-sitter,” he explained. “My wife and I discussed it, and it was a topic of argument for many years.” One day, while Baxter was working with the ambulance service he owned, they received a...
by APFLI | Jun 7, 2015 | Right to Life - Archive
Trameka P. is just graduating high school, but this valedictorian already has a remarkable life story to share. As an eighth grader, Trameka was facing an uphill battle: she was homeless and pregnant. Many people would say she was too young and that she had too much...
