Contraception – One More Soul

The Connection Between Birth Control and Breast Cancer

Leave a Comment / Contraception / By One More Soul Staff

http://www.womenofgrace.com/en-us/media/tv/default.aspx#s_1666_1 Dr. Angela Lanfranchi The guest for this Women of Grace series maintains that thousands of women’s lives are lost annually because of scientific dishonesty and political correctness. A bold statement to be sure, but one for which she has the evidence. What that evidence is and why you should be concerned about it is …

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The Contraception-Divorce Connection

Leave a Comment / Contraception, Featured, News & Commentary / By One More Soul Staff

“…what God has joined together, no human being must separate.” Mk 10: 9 The Bible Says “But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother [and be joined to his wife], and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they …

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Sterilization Reversal Book 2013 Edition

Leave a Comment / Featured, News & Commentary, Online Books, Publications, Sterilization / By One More Soul Staff

Sterilization Reversal – A Generous Act of Love is the result of nearly four years of effort by 20 families who were once sterilized and then experienced God’s call to reversal.

Homosexual Marriage: We Have Sown The Wind, And Now Reap The Whirlwind.

Leave a Comment / Contraception, News & Commentary, Sermons on Contraception & Abortion, Sterilization / By One More Soul Staff

by Msgr. Charles Pope Homosexual Marriage Is The Logical Conclusion For A Culture That Celebrates Sterility! Widespread Acceptance of the Homosexual Lifestyle Is God’s Punishment for Sin! There is, among faithful Catholics, a dismay, and even an understandable anger at the events unfolding at the Supreme Court these past days related to gay unions. And …

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“I am the bread of life.” TWO EUCHARISTIC MIRACLES COMPARED

Leave a Comment / Church Teaching, News & Commentary / By One More Soul Staff

by Father Jeffrey Montz Dear friends who usually get my homilies: I am sending along a homily from my friend, young Father Jeffrey Montz. He was ordained a priest a year ago, and is now the Parochial Vicar at St. Frances of Assisi [New Orleans]. Perhaps, as moving as the homily is Fr. Jeff’s note …

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The Perfect Storm : Homily by Father Thomas Dufner

Leave a Comment / News & Commentary, Sermons on Contraception & Abortion / By One More Soul Staff

Homily by: Father Thomas Dufner. July 22, 2012 Epiphany Church Coon Rapids, Minnesota, USA Outline: Jeremiah says, “Woe to the Shepherds who mislead and scatter the flock of my pasture.” In the last few weeks we’ve heard the true role of the prophet to lead and guide the people There were many false prophets who …

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Vasectomy Safe and Simple?

Leave a Comment / Contraception, News & Commentary, Publications, Sterilization / By One More Soul Staff

The medical community and most family planning advocates consider vasectomy safe and simple. This pamphlet provides current research on vasectomy that indicates the procedure has a number of short- and long-term complications and is not a healthy choice.

Homilies from Called to Give Life

Leave a Comment / Contraception, Embryonic Stem Cells, Pro-life issues, Publications, Sermons on Contraception & Abortion / By Various Authors

This is a collection of resources for pastors and other pastoral leaders to help present the ancient and powerful wisdom of the Christian church on married sexuality.Includes a collection of homilies addressing these concerns; background from the Church fathers, Scripture, and magisterial teaching; and practical pointers for transmitting this wisdom.

The Catholic Hospital Chapel

Church Teaching, Publications / By Bishop Robert F. Vasa

This article is a meditation on the spiritual dimension and driving force of Catholic health care.

The Bible vs Contraception

Church Teaching, Publications / By Jason T. Adams, MA

This article, taken from the book Called to Give Life, traces the Bible’s opposition to contraception from Genesis to Revelation with wonderful clarity.

Study: Abortion, Contraception Raise Breast Cancer Risk

News & Commentary, Risks & Consequences / By One More Soul Staff

Study is 9 months old, but still no warnings from cancer establishment Contact: Karen Malec, Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, 847-421-4000 MEDIA ADVISORY, Jan. 6 /Christian Newswire/ — Less than two months since the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force issued new guidelines recommending against routine mammograms for women in their forties, a second breast cancer scandal involving a …

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Women at High Risk of Significant Bone Loss on Injectable Birth Control Identified

News & Commentary, Risks & Consequences / By One More Soul Staff

ScienceDaily (Dec. 22, 2009) — Nearly half of women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), commonly known as the birth control shot, will experience high bone mineral density (BMD) loss in the hip or lower spine within two years of beginning the contraceptive, according to researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. The …

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What a Woman Should Know about Birth Control

1 Comment / Publications, Risks & Consequences / By Chris Kahlenborn, MD

What a Woman Should Know About Contraceptives contains information on all the major methods of contraception, with their methods of action and health consequences. Natural Family Planning is also presented briefly as a beneficial alternative.

A Woman’s Story of Her Husband’s Vasectomy & Reversal

Testimonials / By One More Soul Staff

The personal testimony of Kim, a wife and mother of five… Ten years ago my husband had a vasectomy after the birth of our fifth child. I pleaded with him not to do it, and the kids and I went away for the weekend while his brother took him to the appointment. That day is …

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The connection between contraception and abortion

Risks & Consequences / By Prof. Janet E. Smith

Many in the pro-life movement are reluctant to make a connection between contraception and abortion. They insist that these are two very different acts–that there is all the difference in the world between contraception, which prevents a life from coming to be and abortion, which takes a life that has already begun. With some contraceptives …

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Breast Cancer Risk from Abortion

Publications, Risks & Consequences / By Chris Kahlenborn, MD

This article contains clear and persuasive information about the connection between breast cancer and abortion.

Breast Cancer, Abortion, and the Pill

Risks & Consequences / By Chris Kahlenborn, MD

For the past year, One More Soul has been privileged to work with Dr. Chris Kahlenborn in publishing his new book: Breast Cancer, Its Link to Abortion and the Birth Control Pill . This book is the culmination of seven years the author spent reviewing and analyzing more than 500 research studies and related works. …

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The Hurtful Consequences of Artificial Contraception and Sterilization: Three Personal Testimonies

Risks & Consequences, Sterilization, Testimonials / By Peggy Powell

Rick and Peggy In 1971, my husband and I were married. Thinking birth control must be okay because no one had said anything against it during my high school years and I had never heard a homily addressing the issue, I made an appointment with my family doctor. I asked if I needed to be …

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Dear Rick: A personal letter to my husband, lover, and best friend

Sterilization, Testimonials / By Peggy Powell

Dear Rick, If someone would ask me, “How’s your love-life?” I would say, “Beautiful, Awesome and Wonderful!” But in the past I wasn’t always able to say those words. When we used contraceptives the first few years of our marriage, I felt an emptiness. Something was missing! I felt used! Remember when I would share …

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Dear John: A Personal Letter to my Husband, Lover, and Best Friend

Sterilization, Testimonials / By Peggy Powell

Dear John, Almost 22 years ago we took an oath before God, family and friends to lovingly accept children. This was a commitment we looked forward to, but it was also a concern because I have diabetes. In ten years of marriage, God blessed us with three beautiful children, but all were very complicated pregnancies …

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The Challenge of Contraception for those who respect life

Risks & Consequences / By Teresa Menart, MD

Contraception poses a challenge to those who respect life. It may not be immediately obvious that there is any connection between contraception and abortion, but on further examination, a relationship between the two becomes apparent. Ignoring the issue of contraception leads to a lost opportunity to respect life to the fullest degree. There are at …

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Contraception: Why Not – Testimonials

Testimonials / By Fr. Tom Hennessey

This article contains testimonials from people who heard Dr. Smith’s lecture “Contraception: Why Not” and were powerfully touched. Fr. Tom: My name is Fr. Tom Hennessey. I’m in the Diocese of Atlanta, Georgia. The first time I heard about the tape by Janet E. Smith (“Contraception: Why Not”) was when I was in the seminary. …

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Discontinuing Contraceptives – One Pharmacist’s Insights

Testimonials / By Lloyd J. Duplantis Jr., PD

A growing number of pharmacists are choosing to discontinue dispensing contraceptives. Driving this decision is an increasing awareness of the negative consequences for users of oral contraceptives. For example, all pill package inserts clearly state that one of the actions of the pill is alteration of the uterine lining which interferes with nidation or implantation.[1] …

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The Harms of Contraception

Risks & Consequences / By One More Soul Staff

There are several reasons why we believe that the use of contraception harms everyone involved. The first reason is that the use of contraception leads to abortion. Several “contraceptives” are in fact abortifacients. That is, they cause early abortions. All oral contraceptives, Norplant, Depo-Provera, and IUDs cause abortions before a woman even knows she’s pregnant. …

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A Physicians Pro-Life Journey

Leave a Comment / Publications, Testimonials / By Ann Moell, MD

In this pamphlet, Dr Ann Moell describes her conversion from prescribing contraceptives to guiding her patients to a more healthful lifestyle.

How the Pill and Other Contraceptives Work

Publications, Risks & Consequences / By Chris Kahlenborn, MD

In this article Dr. Kahlenborn provides much scientific detail in a very user friendly format to show how contraceptive pills work. He gives special attention to the Pill’s abortive action. In an appendix, he analyzes and refutes arguments from a group of doctors who asserted that the Pill does not cause abortions.

The Bible versus Contraception

Church Teaching, Publications / By Jason T. Adams, MA

What does the Bible say about contraception? The Second Vatican Council’s statement on Divine Revelation teaches us that interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures must devote attention to “the content and unity of the whole of scripture, taking into account the tradition of the entire Church…”1 Much more than a moral manual or a doctrinal concordance, …

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Why Is Contraception Immoral?

Leave a Comment / Church Teaching, News & Commentary / By Jason T. Adams, MA

Too often the discussion of the morality of contraception fragments into a specific treatment of individual devices and methods wherein the overarching theological and philosophical essence of contraception is obfuscated. We lose sight of the forest for the trees. Behind every device and method of contraception is a fundamental breach of God’s design for marital …

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What About Birth Control?

Articles / By Ann Moell, MD

Perhaps you would like to have (more) children some day, but not right away. Or perhaps you have serious reasons to avoid having (more) children. You will be facing a very important decision regarding family planning. As your doctor, I feel it is my job to provide information that will help you make a wise …

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Getting Beyond “I Can’t”

Leave a Comment / Church Teaching, Sermons on Contraception & Abortion / By Fr. Dan McCaffrey

We travel the entire United States of America proclaiming the Gospel of Life as it pertains to God’s plan for spousal love. This plan calls for a total gift of self to one’s spouse and the acceptance of her total gift of self in kind. Contraception makes such an unconditional gift impossible. Natural Family Planning …

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Intrauterine Devices (IUD/IUS): What Every Woman Needs to Know

Risks & Consequences / By Lili Cote de Bejarano, MD, MPH

What is an IUD? An Intrauterine Device (IUD) is a small object that is placed inside a woman’s uterus (womb) for the purpose of preventing or interrupting pregnancy. Currently, there are two kinds of IUDs available in the United States: the Copper-T IUD, made from plastic and copper, and the Intrauterine System IUS, a plastic …

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The Pill and Breast Cancer

1 Comment / Publications, Risks & Consequences / By Chris Kahlenborn, MD

Newly revised and updated in August 2011. How the Pill increases the risk of breast cancer, and effective strategies for prevention. Women who take contraceptive pills before their first full pregnancy are 44% more likely to develop breast cancer before menopause. This is a real eye opener for people who thought the Pill was harmless.

The “Morning After Pill” and other types of “Emergency Contraception” – Myths and Realities

Risks & Consequences / By Lili Cote de Bejarano, MD, MPH

What is “emergency contraception”? “Emergency contraception” is the use of a drug or a device after intercourse to prevent pregnancy. Emergency contraception is promoted for use when a woman has been raped, when a couple has chosen to have intercourse without using any form of contra-ception, or when there is a suspected contraceptive failure. Types …

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Problems associated with Hormonal Birth Control

Publications, Risks & Consequences / By Mario Maldonado, MD

Four physicians who do not prescribe hormonal birth control give medical reasons for this decision. They explain that HBC causes many potential adverse effects that are medical, social, and spiritual, and that Natural Family Planning is a healthy and effective alternative.

Perceiving the Contraception Connection

Articles, Sermons on Contraception & Abortion / By Fr. Raymond Suriani

This homily (slightly abridged) was given on January 17, 1999 at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Providence RI Reading — John 1: 29-34 As he stood on one of the banks of the Jordan River that day, he was surrounded by many people: people from Jerusalem, people from the countryside of Judea — …

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Female Sterilization

Publications, Sterilization / By Lili Cote de Bejarano, MD, MPH

Explains in simple language what tubal ligation is; the physical, mental and moral consequences that a woman should consider before making the serious decision to become sterile; and what alternatives exist.