by APFLI | Oct 1, 2016 | Abortion - Archive, Legislation / Court Cases, Right to Life - Archive
An international pro-life pregnancy care center umbrella group is urging Illinois pregnancy centers to defy a new state law requiring them to participate in abortions, even as those centers and others file suit against the law. In a letter quoted in part by Heartbeat...
by APFLI | Sep 28, 2016 | Family Breakdown Issues, Marriage - Definitions / History / Statistics / Studies, Reasons for Abstinence, Responses - Advocacy / Dating / Instruction & Teaching Abstinence, Right to Life - Archive
Loneliness can be one of the most difficult things we as humans can experience. For many singles, the feeling of loneliness can be a motivating factor in finding the perfect spouse. However, finding the perfect spouse can drive a person to give up a healthy...
by APFLI | Jul 4, 2016 | Abuse / Violence / Forced Abortion, Legislation / Court Cases, Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption, Responses - Ideas To Promote Life, Right to Life - Archive
http://safehaven.tv/ This spring, a little girl in Ohio should have celebrated her first birthday. There was no party, though. Why not? Well, she wasn’t put in a hospital nursery after she was born. She was put in a plastic bag. Emile Weaver received a life sentence...
by APFLI | Jul 1, 2016 | Right to Life - Archive, Studies - RU486 / Chemical Abortion / Maternal Mortality
The age-adjusted death rate for females aged 15–44 years was 5% lower in 2014 (82.1 per 100,000 population) than in 1999 (86.5). Among the five leading causes of death, the age-adjusted rates of three were lower in 2014 than in 1999: cancer (from 19.6 to 15.3, a 22%...
by APFLI | Jun 22, 2016 | Abstinence - Archive, Marriage - Definitions / History / Statistics / Studies, Parent Resources, Responses - Advocacy / Dating / Instruction & Teaching Abstinence, Right to Life - Archive
Pediatricians: Abstinence on the Rise A new report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reveals that nearly 60 percent of high school students today have never had sex – an increase of 28 percent since 1991 —...
by APFLI | May 27, 2016 | Family Breakdown Issues, Right to Life - Archive
In the United States, abusive head trauma (AHT) is one of the leading causes of maltreatment fatalities among infants and children, accounting for approximately one third of these deaths (1). Monitoring trends in AHT and evaluating prevention strategies have...
by APFLI | May 24, 2016 | Abuse / Violence / Forced Abortion, Contraception - Chemical Methods / Hormonal Contraception / Emergency / Morning After Pill, Right to Life - Archive
Sara Fernanda Giromini, a former feminist who once bared her breasts in public to protest against Christian sexual morality, testified recently in the Brazilian National Congress on the devastation she suffered as a result of an abortion she procured during her years...
by APFLI | May 20, 2016 | Abortion - Archive, Right to Life - Archive
[While still very early in surveillance, it is hoped that actual pregnancy risk may be lower than previously publicized.] As of May 12, 2016, the surveillance systems were monitoring 157 and 122 pregnant women with laboratory evidence of possible Zika virus infection...
by APFLI | May 20, 2016 | Right to Life - Archive
May is Arthritis Awareness Month. The 2016 theme for the observance is “See Arthritis” ( http://www.cdc.gov/features/arthritisawareness/index.html ). The theme is designed to raise awareness about the seriousness of arthritis by focusing on accounts from persons...
by APFLI | Apr 27, 2016 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption, Responses - Ideas To Promote Life, Right to Life - Archive
Georgia Life Alliance Committee (GLAC) proudly attended the signing of Senate Bill 308 today. S.B. 308 establishes the Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program. GLAC praises and thanks Senator Renee Unterman for championing this exciting and...
by APFLI | Jan 18, 2016 | Child Development / Family Research, Responses - Ideas To Promote Life, Right to Life - Archive
Most grandparents will already know that the addition of grandchildren to the family add a source of much joy and love. It has however now been scientifically shown that grandparents who babysit their grandkids have a reduced chance of developing dementia and...
by APFLI | Dec 31, 2015 | Right to Life - Archive
Sports-related injuries can have a substantial impact on the long-term health of student-athletes. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) monitors injuries among college student-athletes at member schools. In academic year 2013–14, a total of 1,113 member...
by APFLI | Dec 31, 2015 | Right to Life - Archive
Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death among youths and young adults aged 16–25 years in the United States (1). The prevalence of drinking and driving among high school students aged 16–19 years has declined by 54%, from 22.3% in 1991 to 10.3% in 2011...
by APFLI | Dec 28, 2015 | Responses - Defending Life / Rebuttals / Advocacy / Dating / Adoption, Responses - Ideas To Promote Life, Right to Life - Archive
A group of children a year old and younger matching the size of cities like Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Tempe, Ariz., are celebrating their first Christmas, in 2015, thanks to the work of local staff and volunteers at pro-life pregnancy centers, according to statistics...
by APFLI | Dec 24, 2015 | Hard Cases - Incest / Rape / Congenital Anomalies / Life of Mother, Right to Life - Archive
In London, Francesca and Lee Moore-William’s baby was born with a terminal illness. Doctors said she had Mitochondrial disease and would not survive. They took one last photograph, and wept as one-year-old Bella lay sedated in a hospital’s intensive care unit and her...
by APFLI | Dec 23, 2015 | Hard Cases - Incest / Rape / Congenital Anomalies / Life of Mother, Right to Life - Archive
The news just kept getting worse and worse for Courtney Mitchell and her unborn son. It began when Mitchell went for her 20-week ultrasound. Her doctor discovered strange pockets of fluid in her placenta and ordered a high risk ultrasound for the next day. After the...
by APFLI | Dec 22, 2015 | Abortion - Archive, Legislation / Court Cases, Responses - Ideas To Promote Life, Right to Life - Archive
States across the US enacted 47 new pro-life laws in 2015 according to a new report, 2015 State of the States: Fighting Back by Pushing Forward, which looks at the nearly 400 bills proposed in state capitals that seek to increase protections against abortion. The...
by APFLI | Dec 22, 2015 | Abortion - Archive, Legislation / Court Cases, Right to Life - Archive
Sierra Leone’s Parliament voted to legalize abortion, approving the Safe Abortion Bill 2015. The new law will permit abortion on demand for the first trimester, and in certain exceptions later in pregnancy. The bill’s sponsor, Isatu Kabia, argued abortion...
by APFLI | Dec 22, 2015 | Abortion - Archive, Right to Life - Archive
International Pro-Abortion Actions The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) in a new fact sheet– Mandatory Waiting Periods and Biased Counseling Requirements in Central and Eastern Europe; Restricting access to abortion, undermining human rights, and reinforcing...
by APFLI | Dec 17, 2015 | Abortion - Archive, Abortion Industry / Planned Parenthood, Right to Life - Archive
In a year when multiple states have opened official investigations into its practices, Planned Parenthood has been discreetly expanding the reach of its abortion services in Texas. The nation’s leading provider of abortions has set its latest covert action for...
