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Ecological Breastfeeding and Natural Child Spacing
John and Sheila Kippley (World NFP Congress, Milan, Italy, June 13, 2015)) Abstract Background: Breastfeeding mothers experience widely different durations of breastfeeding amenorrhea. Some have a first menses by three months; others one or two years later. Research studies, both prospective and retrospective, were reviewed to determine if breastfeeding patterns affect the duration of breastfeeding …
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Can you really use breastfeeding as natural birth control?
Gerard Migeon Can you really use breastfeeding as natural birth control? If you are pregnant, there is a great chance that your OB/GYN or a nurse will ask you what form of contraceptives you’re going to use after you deliver. If you’re planning on nursing your baby, you can tell them with confidence that breastfeeding …
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Individualism feeds today’s culture of death
Brendan Malone | Feb 25 2019 Whenever people ask me what I think the biggest challenge we face today in regards to abortion it can be tempting to think in terms that are far too narrow. For example, I could respond by saying that the seemingly continual attempts by our politicians to introduce more extreme abortion …
CDC: Low rates of breastfeeding add $2.2 billion a year to medical costs.
Low rates of breastfeeding add $2.2 billion a year to medical costs. Babies who are fed formula and stop breastfeeding early have higher rates of obesity, diabetes, and respiratory and ear infections, and tend to require more doctor visits, hospitalizations and prescriptions. Despite the acknowledged benefits of breastfeeding — including protecting against childhood obesity — …
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Life Issues, Medical Choices
This book not only provides answers to many questions troubling Catholics, it also supplies fundamental principles of Catholic thought to help readers arrive at morally sound decisions in those areas that have yet to be settled.
Effectiveness Study of the Marquette Method of Natural Family Planning Program
A study published in the journal The Linacre Quarterly involved ten sites across the United States and Canada to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Marquette Method of Natural Family Planning (NFP). The Marquette Model of NFP uses urine fertility biomarkers collected at home that measure hormone levels. These biomarkers can be used in conjunction with …
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How birth control, pregnancy, and abortion each impact a woman’s breast cancer risk
Christina Bennett Birth control, abortion, and breast cancer risk – Natural Womanhood Given that one in eight women receive a devastating breast cancer diagnosis in their lifetime, virtually all women—myself included—want to know their personal risk factors for developing breast cancer and how to reduce their risk. You may have heard that one common personal risk factor, …
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Parents, You Are the First Educators
By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet The practice of decency and modesty in speech, action and dress is very important for creating an atmosphere suitable for the growth of chastity, but this must be well motivated by respect for one’s own body and the dignity of others. Parents, as we have said, should be watchful so that …
Can birth control use affect future lactation?
Can birth control use affect future lactation? – Natural Womanhood Cassondra Moriarty | Type in the phrase “milk supply” on Pinterest or Google, and you’re likely to find oodles of recipes, baked goods, herbs, and over-the-counter compounds that claim to “boost milk supply.” If I’m being frank, in my work as a Lactation Consultant, most of …
A Warning About Declining Birth Rates
By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet A Warning About Declining Birth Rates | Human Life International (hli.org) Time Magazine has just named Tesla CEO Elon Musk as their “Man of the Year.” The Time feature on Musk, the richest man in the world, naturally focuses on Musk’s extraordinary career as the founder and CEO of world-changing corporations like Paypal, …
Protecting Boys and Men from Endocrine Disruptors
Protecting Men and Boys from Endocrine Disruptors – Natural Womanhood Hanna Cox In 1992, the British Medical Journal published a disturbing study which suggested that human semen quality had declined by approximately 50% from 1930 to 1991 (1). Subsequent research has confirmed that male fertility seems to be declining—and a whole host of man-made chemicals appears to …
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The Prescriptive Norm of Humanae Vitae
By Adolfo J. Castañeda Once he has established some fundamental principles, St. Paul VI proceeds to evaluate, from the moral perspective, the problem of contraception within the context of conjugal love and the transmission of human life. First, he affirms this moral norm in its positive sense or its prescriptive dimension, i.e., what must be done. The term “prescriptive” simply means …
How to Intentionally Promote Better Gut Health After Getting Off Birth Control
Promoting gut health after ditching birth control | Natural Womanhood Mary Fagan If you recently stopped taking the pill and find that your digestive system is in disarray (or, if you’re like I was, and struggling with both PCOS and poor gut health), you’re not alone. As I shared in this article, a number of recent studies …
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The Malthusian fallacy Paul Krugman just fell for
Over the last decade, United States population growth was at its lowest rate since the 1930s, according to a report released by the US Census Bureau in April. Population was up by 7.4 percent over the previous decade, the slowest growth rate the US has seen since the Great Depression. (These findings are a bit surprising since …
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Planned Parenthood is Indoctrinating Public School Children With Pro-Abortion Propaganda
Did you know that Planned Parenthood, the country’s largest abortion provider, has infiltrated the public school system? In their own sneaky and conniving way, the abortion giant has convinced school administrations through veiled language that they can provide important assistance to their students. For years, we’ve been telling you how Planned Parenthood is targeting children …
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Thousands of reports of menstrual irregularities, reproductive dysfunction following COVID vaccines
April 19, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Thousands of women around the world are reporting disrupted menstrual cycles after receiving injections of COVID-19 vaccines. The U.K.’s government vaccine adverse event system has collected more than 2,200 reports of reproductive disorders after coronavirus injections, including excessive or absent menstrual bleeding, delayed menstruation, vaginal hemorrhaging, miscarriages, and stillbirths. In the …
Experts condemn gestational surrogacy as harmful to children, exploitative to women
By Rebecca Oas, Ph.D (WASHINGTON, D.C., C-Fam) The state of New York quietly adopted a measure to make commercial surrogacy legal, raising objections by women’s rights and anti-trafficking groups. Meanwhile, Russia’s parliament is moving to restrict its own booming surrogacy industry. In a recent webinar hosted by C-Fam, experts in international surrogacy raised concerns about its harms to women and children …
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The Disappearing Babies
JOHN M. GRONDELSKI On February 3, the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) reported research regarding American birth rates in the decade 2009-19. The results are not good. Even if we take 2008 as a baseline, the ensuing decade showed an implosion in birth rates. If birth rates had only stayed where they were in 2008 (remember, birth rates had been …
The unsung heroines of the pro-life movement
by Mary Cooney Our youngest child has Down Syndrome. We found out the day after he was born, when the pediatrician noticed several markers for T21. That day the nurses tried to draw blood so they could run a test to confirm the diagnosis. But the particular vein they needed to draw blood from was too …
The Links between Irregular Cycles, Birth Control, and Early Death
The Links between Irregular Cycles, Birth Control, and Early Death In the fertility awareness world, it is no secret that we advocate for the medical community to consider the menstrual cycle a vital sign of health. Often sequestered to that aisle in the drug store or murmurs in the bathroom, periods have long gotten a bad …
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Catholic bishops in Argentina vow to protect life despite abortion law: ‘All is not lost
Bishops in Argentina are urging faithful Catholics to be strong and are vowing to protect life despite the passage of a law legalizing abortion up to 14 weeks in the majority-Catholic country. According to a statement published on December 30th, the bishops declared that, “together with brothers and sisters from different creeds and also many non-believers,” the …
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LETTER to the FRONTLINE HEROES: Viganò on COVID, Abortion, and Destruction of the Family
Written by + Carlo Maria Viganò https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/articles/item/5031-letter-to-mothers-from-archbishop-vigano Dearest Mothers, Dear Sirs, I have received your kind email, in which you inform me of the initiative you have scheduled for this coming September 5 for the protection of the physical, moral, and spiritual health of your children. In responding to you, I address all the mothers of …
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Not Your Usual Sex Ed: The Unexpected Results of Teaching Teens Fertility Awareness
MARGARET BRADY Do you remember your first “very special” health class? Mine was taught by a middle-aged lady whose first priority was eliminating dirty fingernails. She stalked around our fifth-grade public school classroom, examining each girl’s hands, prepared to name and shame any offenders. Besides the hygiene review, we also received a blurry diagram of …
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New investigation shines light on China’s forced abortions and sterilization of minority women
By Cassy Fiano-Chesser A recent investigation from the Associated Press (AP) is finally opening the world’s eyes to the genocide against Uighur Muslims in China. In addition to the concentration camps holding an estimated one million Uighurs, the AP investigation revealed that the Chinese government is taking “draconian measures” to prevent Uighurs from having children – including forced birth …
For decades, the U.S. has sent unsafe contraceptives rejected by the FDA to developing nations
By Anne Marie Williams An eye-opening article from the November/December 1979 issue of Mother Jones suggests that for decades, the United States has had a “double standard” when it comes to “dumping” unsafe contraceptives in developing countries. IUDs Throughout the 1970s, hundreds of thousands of dangerous Dalkon Shield IUDs were distributed in 42 developing nations, despite the growing …
Research Supports Educating Men in Fertility Awareness
https://www.factsaboutfertility.org/research-supports-educating-men-in-fertility-awareness/ Overview This randomized controlled trial done in Sweden assessed whether the fertility awareness counseling tool known as Reproductive Life Plan (RLP) could increase men’s fertility awareness. The authors sought to address the limited awareness many people have about the factors that affect their fertility. They noted this lack of fertility awareness was especially problematic …
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Your heart on birth control
Reasons Women Need Periods: The Role of the Menstrual Cycle in Heart Health The two primary female reproductive hormones are estrogen and progesterone. When estrogen zigs, progesterone zags. They are like foil characters that have important balancing characteristics. We see the impact of this balancing act on our bone health, mood stabilization, and even our …
Does hormonal contraception use negatively affect bone health?
by Cassie Moriarty When you think about cycling and menstruation, you don’t typically think about your bone health. But important research has emerged in the last few decades linking the natural cycle of women’s reproductive hormones to their bone health and development. That’s right, yet another thing your cycles are good for, is protecting your …
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Supreme Court once again hears why Little Sisters of the Poor don’t want to fund contraceptives
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 6, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Today, the Little Sisters of the Poor, pro-life nuns who care for the elderly, are once again part of a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Their goal is to stop the government from forcing the Catholic community to participate in the provision of contraceptives and life-ending drugs to their …
Birth Control in Teens – Why Not? The Breast Cancer Link
https://www.drsusancaldwell.com/post/birth-control-in-teens-why-not-the-breast-cancer-link By Dr. Susan Caldwell In the last post, we explored how the hormones in birth control interfere with the normal process of maturation of the reproductive system in a teen girl. Doctors may have good intentions when they prescribe these medications, but most do not realize the potential harmful effects that may develop as …
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Assisted Suicide and the Macabre ‘Logic’ of the Culture of Death
By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet Even many people in the pro-life and pro-family movements do not fully appreciate the deep threads that tie together many seemingly disparate social issues. Contraception, abortion, euthanasia, divorce, pornography, same-sex “marriage”, and gender ideology (to name some of the big ones) are not isolated social or spiritual problems. Rather, they are …
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Antinatalism and the Culture of Death
By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet In chapter one of the first book of the Bible, we find a remarkable, even revolutionary statement – indeed, a series of such statements. At the end of each day, after God has put the finishing touches on one more part of His creation, He pauses to survey His handiwork. And, …
Use and Abuse: The Exploitative Reality of Surrogacy and Egg Donation
MOLLY SHEAHAN Over the last two years, I noticed my Facebook and Instagram feeds filling with ads urging me to donate my eggs or to become a surrogate. At first I laughed it off. But the more ads I saw, the more concerned and uncomfortable I felt. So, I started a small experiment. Every time …
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An Epidemic of Child Porn
by Fr. Shenan J. Boquet Can the Onslaught Be Stopped? Children, including infants, are being sexually abused, and then suffering the further degradation of having their abuse filmed and shared amongst an army of online perverts, on a scale that beggars belief. “The Internet Is Overrun With Images of Child Sexual Abuse,” states the title of a New …
Contraception made many promises to women… and it hasn’t kept them
By Anne Marie Williams The prevailing cultural mindset states that contraception has been a panacea for women. In fact, the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute — Planned Parenthood’s former research arm and special affiliate — inseparably links contraception with women’s ability to reach their full potential. The organization’s July 2018 fact sheet, “Contraceptive Use in the United States,” went so far …
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No longer a death sentence: This hospital treats kids with Trisomy 18, and the results are amazing
By Nancy Flanders | When parents are told that their preborn child has Trisomy 18, the diagnosis is often followed up with the words: “incompatible with life.” But as a team of doctors at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha is proving, children with the condition can live and thrive when doctors treat them as equal …
Doctors said her son had a birth defect and pressured her to abort. He was born healthy.
By Cassy Fiano-Chesser Lauren Webster, a Scottish woman, has gone public about being repeatedly pressured to undergo an abortion after being told her preborn baby had a fatal birth defect. In an interview with the Scotsman, Webster said that after refusing an abortion, her son was born healthy. Webster, 21, had previously suffered two miscarriages, but was hopeful about …
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Fewer Children Than Ever Before
by Fr. Shenan J. Boquet Americans are having fewer children than ever before. According to new data released by the Center for Disease Control (CDC), for the fourth year in a row the number of children born in the United States has fallen. Last year, 3,788,235 babies were born in the U.S. – a drop of …
What Links Contraception to Abortion?
by Fr. Shenan J. Boquet Amina Khamis Juma is 22 years old and lives in Mbande-Kisewe, near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. After delivering her first child in 2016, she was persuaded by her sisters to begin using contraception since the couple did not wish to have another child. Her sisters suggested using condoms, but they caused …
THEY CAN’T BE TRUSTED. PERIOD.
Michael Voris They Can’t be Trusted20190311 I’m Michael Voris coming to you from the annual Bringing America Back to Life Symposium in Cleveland, Ohio. Each year in the second weekend of March, organizers bring in speakers from all over the country and the world to talk about the growing threat to human life and dignity …
University puts Plan B in vending machines, stands to make profit
By Zachary Petrizzo | George Mason University, starting in late October of 2018, rolled out a new initiative that was approved by university officials which was being lobbied for by the pro-abortion student group, Patriots for Choice. The newly approved initiative gave the green light to a third party to supply the Plan B pill, to be …
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St. John Paul II’s Letter to Families Still Conveys ‘Civilization of Love’
Mary Rezac/CNA Pope John Paul II was born Karol Wojtyla, a man from a small town in Poland who lost all of his immediate family — mother, older brother, an infant sister and father — by the time he was 20 years old. Shortly thereafter, he vowed a life of celibacy as a Catholic priest. …
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Roe v. Wade’s Disastrous Impact on Medical Ethics
nancyvalko This was published in the National Right to Life News January 2019 issue “The Consequences of Roe v Wade” on page 8. Most people volunteer for the pro-life movement. I consider myself a draftee. I was a young intensive care unit nurse when the Roe v. Wade decision came down in 1973. Like most people I …
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Life and Death – A Different Worldview
by Fr. Shenan J. Boquet POSTED ON NOVEMBER 12, 2018 In a lyrical essay originally published in Crisis Magazine, Catholic philosopher and Senior Fellow of Human Life International, Donald DeMarco, Ph.D., poignantly paints the stark division between the pro-life worldview, and the worldview espoused by the Culture of Death. Invoking T.S. Eliot’s seminal poem The Waste Land, Dr. DeMarco suggests that …
A candidate’s position on abortion matters more than you think when you pull that lever
Janet Morana and Kevin Burke November 2, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – What’s your main motivation to vote? When you are choosing a party or particular candidate, what’s the most important issue on their platform? Education? The local or national economy? Health care? Support of programs for families and children? Immigration? Foreign policy? Many people would not list a …
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Irreparable Damage to Pro-Life & Family Causes Calls for Sanctification
by Fr. Shenan J. Boquet There are so many reasons to weep over the new revelations of sex abuse and other grave moral failings by some priests and bishops within the Catholic Church: the unimaginable suffering of the victims, the lost faith of the millions of Catholics scandalized by these latest revelations, and the missed vocations …
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There are only 2 things an American bishop can say now…
By Phil Lawler The Pennsylvania grand-jury report was released on the very day that I had chosen (long beforehand) to begin a week-long vacation. I had vowed that it would be a real vacation—that I wouldn’t hop back to post news items on this site—and I held to that vow. Still I could not escape the news; …
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Medical Experts Now Agree that Severely Brain-injured Patients are Often Misdiagnosed and May Recover
By Nancy Valko People with severe brain injuries from accidents, strokes, illness, etc. are often in comas at first. If they don’t die or spontaneously wake up, they can progress to a “persistent vegetative state” (PVS) described as “awake but unaware” and/or a “minimally conscious state. ” MCS is described as “definite, but extremely limited, awareness of …
When Men Resent Natural Family Planning
by Gerard Migeon When Men Resent Natural Family Planning My friend, a 36-year-old man, sitting across from me at a popular Mexican eatery for a beer, is a tall, kind, and rather quiet type. A scientist, he is also a Catholic who wants to live the teachings of his faith about sexuality, which, if a …
St. Pope John Paul II’s Dream
by Fr. Shenan J. Boquet In 1996 St. Pope John Paul II, speaking to a group of teachers of Natural Family Planning (NFP), boldly declared: “The moment has come for every parish and every structure of consultation and assistance to the family and to the defense of life to have personnel available who can teach married couples how to use the natural methods.” …
The Priest is Irreplaceable in Preaching the Gospel of Life
by Fr. Shenan J. Boquet Perhaps no other encyclical in the history of the Church has received so much ridicule and caused such controversy as Humanae Vitae. Even today, 50 years later, it still evokes heated discussions and debates, often from people (including some priests) who have never read the document. Yet when encouraged to read the …
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The Third Prophesy of “Humanae Vitae:” The Collapse of Respectful Relationships
by Fr. Shenan J. Boquet Ruining Respectful Relationships Between the Sexes “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the Church… Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no man ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ does the Church… …
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Good News/Bad News about Alzheimer’s
Good News/Bad News about Alzheimer’s First the good news: Alzheimer’s disease is a currently irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and, eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks. However, a new study “Estimation of lifetime risks of Alzheimer’s disease dementia using biomarkers for preclinical disease” shows that “most people with preclinical Alzheimer’s disease …
Karl Marx unleashed a blood-thirsty dragon upon the world that can be defeated by the Rosary
May 9, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – This past weekend was the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx, who is widely recognized as the architect of the most brutal and bloodthirsty philosophy ever to scar the earth: Atheistic Communism. On the occasion of this infamous event, it was my intention to write an article about the …
Ten great reasons to have another child
Steven Mosher April 27, 2018 (Population Research Institute) – The Great Recession in 2008 sent American birth rates into sharp decline. The total number of births has dropped below 4 million and stayed there. Now that economic growth is picking up again, birth rates should follow that same upward course, if history is any guide. …
Medical Consequences of Contraception
by Deacon William V. Williams, MD | In Humanae Vitae, Blessed Pope Paul VI made several predictions of what widespread use of contraceptives would lead to. These included an increase in marital infidelity, lowering of moral standards, men considering women as “a mere instrument for the satisfaction of his own desires” (e.g. Harvey Weinstein and many others) and the imposition of …
‘Humanae Vitae’ and the ‘Chemical Corset
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/humanae-vitae-and-the-chemical-corset EDITORIAL: While the early Christians set themselves apart in their reverence for the body and for the spousal one-flesh union as a sign of Christ’s unconditional love for his Church, those who embrace the chemical corset scorn, perhaps unthinkingly, the body’s limits and the sacrifices that come with marriage and family life. The Editors …
Archbishop Chaput: the truth of Humanae Vitae makes us free
http://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2018/04/06/archbishop-chaput-the-truth-of-humanae-vitae-makes-us-free/ The Catholic Church’s teaching on marriage, abortion, human sexuality and contraception is rooted in the same respect for human dignity that guides its work for social justice and care for poor people, Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput told a Catholic University of America audience. It is imperative that the church make known why it upholds …
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Humanae Vitae, 50 years after: reviled, ridiculed … and right
Jokin de Irala | Mar 6 2018 This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul VI’s controversial statement condemning artificial birth control. In July 1968, he published the encyclical even though an overwhelming majority of the Pontifical Commission for the Study of the Problems of Population, Family and Birth supported a change in the …
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A great week for life…but we must go deeper
by Fr. Shenan J. Boquet https://www.hli.org/2018/01/great-week-life-must-go-deeper/ If St. John Paul II was right in Evangelium Vitae (and he most assuredly was), this has been a most remarkable week not just for life, but also for democracy, in the United States. There were, of course, the hundreds of thousands of pro-lifers who showed up in D.C. to march in …
‘Victory’ over abortion is a certainty…because of Jesus: Priest at March for Life prayer rally
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 23, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – A pro-life Catholic priest electrified the crowd at the National Prayer Service on the day of the March for Life with his homily about the inevitable victory of the pro-life movement over abortion. “We are marching for a certainty,” declared Father Frank Pavone, executive director of Priests for Life. …
How We Rescue a Sexually Broken Generation One Life at a Time
SUSANNE MAYNES OCT 26, 2017 | 1:21AM WASHINGTON, DC Imagine standing on the shores of a dark, stormy sea. As you peer over perilous waters, you hear voices cry out. Horrified, you realize people are struggling out there in the tempest, about to sink beneath the angry waves. Suddenly a rescue …
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‘There is hope’: Man comes out of ‘permanent vegetative state’ after 15 years
LYON, France, October 2, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — No human being is ever a “vegetable,” but the phrase “Permanent Vegetative State” certainly described “Jack.” If someone falls into a “Persistent Vegetative State” (PVS), being completely unaware and unresponsive for a whole year, their condition is diagnosed as permanent. Colloquially speaking, Jack (a pseudonym) looked awake, but …
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Surrogacy Reaches the Supreme Court
by Kathleen Sloan An egregious surrogacy case has been filed with America’s highest court. Today, the Supreme Court is expected to announce whether or not it will hear the case of M.C. v. C.M. The importance of this case cannot be overstated. If the Court decides to hear it, this will signal that the country’s highest judicial body recognizes …
‘There is hope’: Man comes out of ‘permanent vegetative state’ after 15 years
Fr. Mark Hodges LYON, France, October 2, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — No human being is ever a “vegetable,” but the phrase “Permanent Vegetative State” certainly described “Jack.” If someone falls into a “Persistent Vegetative State” (PVS), being completely unaware and unresponsive for a whole year, their condition is diagnosed as permanent. Colloquially speaking, Jack (a pseudonym) …
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Church must respond to the overpopulation myth
Fr. Shenan Boquet September 25, 2017 (HLI) — There are two very important upcoming Vatican meetings we should pay close attention to: the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) on October 5-7 and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS) on November 2-4. This will be the first time the PAV meets since Pope Francis inaugurated the Academy’s new …
Billionaire Musk’s surprising tweet: World headed toward collapse without more children
LOS ANGELES, California, July 31, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – When billionaire Elon Musk tweeted about population growth earlier this month, some of his more than 10 million Twitter followers assumed he was lamenting “overpopulation.” The Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder has funded research in Mars colonization and artificial intelligence, and he is regarded as an enlightened and enterprising …
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Caught on film: Doctor said it was ‘ok’ if their Trisomy baby didn’t eat. They didn’t listen.
DES MOINES, Iowa, June 21, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) — Katie Buck felt that any moment she was about to completely lose it as she sat in the hospital room listening to the devastating words of the doctor. The 29-year-old mother suddenly felt as if she was living somebody else’s life, or like she was having a …
Why Education Is Key to Protecting Life, Marriage and the Family
Edward Pentin Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, archbishop emeritus of Bologna, Italy, has a key message to deliver: Great efforts must be made in Catholic education and catechesis if the Church is to combat today’s attacks on marriage, life and the family. In a May 19 interview with the Register in Rome, the founding president of the …
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Dr. Paul Byrne: From preemies to end-of-life issues, one man has made a difference
By Rob Sample – MAY 25, 2017 The dedication and legacy of a prodigious pro-life hero When five-year-old Lilliana Dennis was born in February 2011 in Indianapolis, doctors informed her mom and dad that she suffered from a rare genetic condition that was “incompatible with life.” As Lilliana approaches her sixth birthday, she continues …
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The (still) unexplained breast cancer epidemic
https://www.mercatornet.com/features/view/the-still-unexplained-breast-cancer-epidemic/19577 Carolyn Moynihan | Mar 30 2017 Yesterday the Planned Parenthood Federation of America arranged a Pink Out Day on social media to promote their brand in the face of calls to defund the organisation and an unsympathetic Trump administration. What impact their noon “thunderclap” had is not clear, but there is no doubt that …
Touching story: 26-week-old preemie reaches out to nurse with tiny hand in captivating photo
March 16, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — A picture of a 26-week-old preemie reaching out to touch a nurse’s hand affirms the humanity of the most fragile human beings. The Daily Mail published the photo, found on a website for medical staff called Figure 1. It shows a tiny baby girl, born at 26 weeks’ gestation and …
5 Facts Women Should Know About IUDs
http://verilymag.com/2017/01/what-to-know-about-getting-an-iud Celine Kinneberg As a labor and delivery nurse, there are countless times I’ve talked with women about the dragging side effects of hormonal contraception. They agree that hormonal contraception is not the best choice, stating, “Oh, I don’t use hormonal contraception. I have an IUD instead.” Yet the most popular implanted intrauterine devices—commonly known …
I’ve done pro-life apologetics for years, but this time I realized it just wasn’t enough
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/bringing-beauty-to-berkeley December 13, 2016 (Stephanie Gray) — On November 21 of this year, I returned to the University of California, Berkeley, to explain the pro-life view to one hundred students who signed up for the course, “Public Health 198.” I would be presenting after their course’s sponsor teacher, Dr. Malcolm Potts (abortionist and first medical director of …
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Toddler forcibly removed from life support: a horrific end to a devastating ordeal
September 2, 2016 (Life Legal Defense Foundation) — Just days ago, two-year-old Israel Stinson was forcibly removed from life support at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. I was on the phone with Jonee Fonseca, Israel’s mother, when doctors disconnected his ventilator. I could hear Jonee begging the doctors to wait just a few more hours …
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Pro-Life Heroine Mother Teresa Will Be Declared a Saint
By Stefano Gennarini, J.D. | September 1, 2016 Pro-Life Heroine Mother Teresa Will Be Declared a Saint NEW YORK, September 2 (C-Fam) Mother Teresa will be declared a Saint by Pope Francis in a special ceremony on Sunday at the Vatican. The pro-life heroine skillfully exploited her celebrity status to propel the pro-life cause internationally …
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Choosing to be Open to Life: On Having more Kids
BY NANCY BANDZUCH Just after you have a baby people ask all sorts of interesting questions. Questions about pooping and labor and the details of breastfeeding. By and large, however, one of the most common questions I field is, “So, are you guys going to have more kids?” I laugh when asked this question. (well, …
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Runner Sarah Brown Sacrificed Olympic Dreams and Rejected Abortion to Become a Mom
Women’s magazines are notoriously pro-choice. Therefore, when the tweet below appeared in my feed this morning, I thought I knew what to expect. Abortion seemed liked a logical answer. After all, in 2014, senior editor of Elle Magazine Laurie Abraham penned a piece entitled “Abortion: Not Easy, Not Sorry.” In it, she wrote: “Nearly one …
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Judge Gives Family Two Weeks Before This Boy’s Life Support is Yanked Without Their Consent
The name Israel means he who prevails with God. Right now, there is an emergency calling for the performance of God’s love and work here on earth. In no uncertain terms, prevailing in this instance means life and losing results in death. Israel Stinson is a beautiful two-year-old boy with baby soft caramel skin and …
Spring Newsletter
Dear Friends of One More Soul, We welcome you to our Spring newsletter page! You’ll find that it is filled with educational information, events, services and a resource guide highlighting some of our products. We want this newsletter to be valuable for you so please share your feedback and suggestions to help us improve. …
Wife Cares for Husband in Coma for 33 Years, Staying Right by His Side
Few take the marriage vows “in sickness and in health” as seriously as Bernadette Adams. For the past three decades, she has dedicated her life to taking care of her husband, former French soccer player Jean-Pierre Adams, who is in a coma, according to the Catholic News Agency. In 1982, Jean-Pierre had routine knee surgery …
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This Amazing Couple Already Has 8 Children, But They Opened Their Home to Terminally Ill Kids
This Amazing Couple Already Has 8 Children, But They Opened Their Home to Terminally Ill Kids As a hospice nurse, Cori Salchert began to notice a heartbreaking practice. Some terminally ill babies were being abandoned by their families and left to die alone. The Wisconsin mother of eight told the Sheboygan Press that she often …
When I found out my wife was pregnant with our 9th, I wasn’t happy: then something happened…
(LifeSiteNews.com) – Amid all the joyful bustle of family preparations in anticipation of the holy day of Christ’s birth, Christmas time always brings to my mind the deep regret that I feel over the one child my wife and I lost due to miscarriage, because it reminds me that at the time I was like …
Our Lady of Guadalupe: a light for human dignity in the face of a culture of death
December 11, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) — One of the greatest Christian communicators in American history was Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. Trained in top level theology, he chose to use his talents to convey the complex truths and deep human insights of Catholic thought to a wide American public. In the 1950s, his prime-time TV religious show …
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Taking good care of the environment
Pope Francis’ Encyclical Laudato Si invites us to reflect on the beauty of God’s creation and reminds us of our responsibility to care for the environment. The Holy Father draws attention not only to current environmental issues but also human ecology issues such as abortion, population control, experimentation on embryos, and other offenses against the …
The Government is Paying for 10 Year Olds to Get Implanted Birth Control?!?!
The Government is Paying for 10 Year Olds to Get Implanted Birth Control?!?! October 7, 2015 by Bristol Palin Do you remember what it was like to be a 10 year old? I remember being an unabashed tomboy concerned with playing outside and acing 5th grade. But life isn’t so innocent and carefree …
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Ignoring a Breast Cancer Link
The month of October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This is an annual campaign that began in 1991 to raise awareness about this disease. Although the campaign promotes regular self-breast exams, doctor visits, annual mammograms, and provides data on recurrence, preventable risk factors for breast cancer are not emphasized. What are the risk factors for …
Experiments on Intact Whole Live Fetuses and the Connection to Infant Formula
Dr. Stacy Trasancos, PhD http://www.catholicstand.com Recently the investigative journalism conducted by David Daleiden who started the Center for Medical Progress has provided a raw look into the minds of the people involved in the “human capital” abortion industry. As the videos continue to come out and lawsuits are filed threatening to suppress free speech and …
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Girls Hitting Puberty Earlier, 10x Faster Than Boys –and it’s NOT all About the Chicken!!!!
Source:http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2015/07/25/girls-early-puberty-not-about-chicken-hormones/ Just because everyone is doing it doesn’t mean it’s right. Generations of parents have known, understood, and parroted this fact to teenagers with raging hormones who didn’t want to hear the old adage one more time. But for some reason, when it comes to hormones in 10-year-old girls, doctors aren’t getting it. They decided …
The average Planned Parenthood CEO salary: $200,000
July 21, 2015 (PregnancyHelpNews) — Now is as good a time as any to mention a factoid about the average salary for a Planned Parenthood regional CEO: just a cut below $200,000. In other words, about one Lamborghini a year. And that’s before you consider the bonus potential of wheeling and dealing with aborted baby …
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Big Families Say “Laudato Si!”
http://www.patheos.com/blogs by Simcha Fisher Got a big family? Then you already know that you’re crazy, a traitor to feminism, and a slave to the patriarchy; you’re neglecting most of your kids and robbing the rest of their childhood; you’re a burden on the system in general, and you probably don’t own a TV. But wait, …
The totally phony notion of ‘unmet need’ for contraception
By Rebecca Oas, Ph.D NEW YORK, April 10, 2015 (C-Fam.org) — As the UN puts polishing touches on their ambitious global plan to curb poverty, attention shifts from the political to the technical: how to measure progress and ensure targets are clearly defined? The new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide an opportunity to reassess the …
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MAN AWAKENS FROM 12 YEARS IN ‘VEGETATIVE STATE’
Martin Pistorius fell into a mysterious coma when he was a vibrant 12-year-old boy in the 1980s. He found himself locked inside his own body – unable to speak, make eye contact or even move his own limbs. Martin’s doctors told his parents, Rodney and Joan Pistorius, that the boy had cryptococci meningitis. They …
Breast Cancer Risk from Abortion
by Chris Kahlenborn, MD How could abortion cause breast cancer? At the beginning of pregnancy there are great increases in certain hormone levels (e.g., estrogen, progesterone, and hCG) that support pregnancy. In response to these changes, breast cells divide and mature into cells able to produce milk. Abortion causes an abrupt fall in hormone levels, …
One More Soul 2014 Family of the Year–Joe and Christine Geniesse Family
Dear Friends of One More Soul, Joe and Christine began their marriage willing to accept every child God would send them, and trusting totally in His spiritual and material support in that generous decision. They surely knew that if God responds with equal generosity, there will be great joy, many twists and turns, some sadness, …
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Pope Francis Visits Cemetery for Babies Who Were Victims of Abortion
by Steven Ertelt | Seoul, South Korea | LifeNews.com | 8/18/14 Over the weekend, Pope Francis visited a memorial in South Korea dedicated to remembering babies who have been victimized by abortions. The leader of the Catholic Church is inspired by something done in and around The Vatican shortly after the death of Jesus Christ. …
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James Garner’s mother died of a botched abortion, like too many other women
By Ben Johnson, July 21, 2014 Two obituaries published this weekend show how little progress America has made on abortion in the last several decades. The death of actor James Garner saddened fans across the country. Born James Scott Bumgarner, the 86-year-old Rockford Files star overcame mental and physical abuse from his stepmother – who …
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Fortnight for Freedom 2014
Common Sense Health Care HAVING children and BREASTFEEDING—a woman using her body as it is designed—actually protect a woman’s health. What Contraception Does to the Individual, to Marriage, to Family, and to Society Contraception and abortion are the taproots of the culture of death and they destroy a nation’s greatest asset, which is its youth. …
Earth Day
Happy Earth Day! The following article was written by several contributors from Mercatornet http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/earth_day_eco_villains_our_top_10 It’s Earth Day again, an occasion on which to reflect on our sins against the environment and make resolutions to clean up our act. We are familiar with the usual suspects: overpopulation, oil companies, overpopulation, chocolate, cattle farmers, the coal industry… …
Pope Francis’ March 31 interview with Belgian youth
By Alan Holdren and Kerri Lenartowick Vatican City, Apr 7, 2014 / 04:29 am (CNA).- Pope Francis recently gave an interview at the Vatican to some youth from Flanders, Belgium, accompanied by the Bishop of Ghent, Luc Van Looy. The Holy See Press office has released the text of the March 31 interview in Italian. …
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The Pope and the Culture of Life
by HALEY STEWART on JANUARY 29, 2014 On the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord Pope Francis baptized 32 babies in the Sistine Chapel. He encouraged the new mothers to breastfeed their babies right then and there if the infants were hungry. This isn’t the first time Pope Francis has promoted public breastfeeding. He recently invited a mother …
Pope baptizes children on Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
2014-01-12 Vatican Radio (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis baptized 32 children on Sunday, the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. The celebration took place, as is customary, in the Sistine Chapel. Included among those baptized by the Holy Father were primarily the new-born children of Vatican employees. In his homily at the Mass, Pope Francis …
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Judge Grants Request From Jahi McMath’s Family to Extend Life Support
by Steven Ertelt | Oakland, CA | LifeNews.com | 12/30/13 8:39 PM The judge who is adjudicating the case of Jahi McMath has granted an extension for life support after a legal request from her family’s attorney. A county judge extended the order for Oakland-based Children’s Hospital to keep Jahi McMath on life support until 5 p.m. …
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When I found out my wife was pregnant with our 9th, I wasn’t happy: then something happened…
by Thaddeus Baklinski, Tue Dec 24, 2013 COMBERMERE, December 25, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com)–Amid all the joyful bustle of family preparations in anticipation of the holy day of Christ’s birth, Christmas time always brings to my mind the deep regret that I feel over the one child my wife and I lost due to miscarriage, because it …
“Death Panels” Are Euthanizing Patients Every Day as Doctors Make Treatment Decisions
by Bobby Schindler | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 11/4/13 Former Governor Sarah Palin, whether it was intentional or not, certainly began the discussion on end of life issues when she referred to “death panels” in a 2009 debate about federal health care legislation to cover the uninsured in the US. Governor Palin was referring …
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My last ten burials/funerals with “Fr. Strangelove”…
…or How I stop worrying and learned to love the (Demographic) Bomb, NOT! By Fr. Timothy Sauppé Source: The Bellarmine Forum A stranger came into the sacristy after Sunday Mass. In an incriminating huff he said, “I have been away from the area for fifteen years; where are the people? And now you are tearing …
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Medical Matters, The Effects of Light on the Menstrual Cycle
By Joy DeFelice, RN, BSN, PHN “As different as night and day” is an expression we’ve all used. But that distinction has become blurred over generations by ever increasing sources and length of light. As a result, many women do not experience a true nighttime anymore. They are in, or surrounded by, light 24 hours …
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Misogyny of Women’s Health Care: Johnnette Benkovic Interviews Dr. Chris Kahlenborn
Misogyny of Women’s Health Care The Women of Grace show on EWTN features a series by Dr. Chris Kahlenborn, MD called The Misogyny of Women’s Health Care – the titles of the programs are listed below.
A mother’s heart, a mother’s mission
Source: Unmaskingchoice.ca Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform (CCBR) by Ruth Shaw There are a few moments in a woman’s life that are 100 % unforgettable, and one of those includes birthing a child (did I say child? I meant sub-human non-person blob.) Six and a half weeks ago, I had my memorable experience when I …
Think and pray about your vote in upcoming election
by Bishop Thomas John Paprocki Diocese of Springfield Illinois, 23 September 2012 My dear brothers and sisters in Christ: Much attention was given at the Democratic National Convention held recently in Charlotte, N.C., to the fact that all references to God had been purged from the draft version of the party platform. After outcries of …
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Published NFP Studies
Twelve-Year Review (2000-2012) of Published NFP Studies by categories such as Method Specific Efficacy Studies, Special Circumstances/Breastfeeding/Post OC, Psychological Dynamics, Attitudes, and Characteristics of NFP/FA Users.
Demographics as the Grim Reaper
Source: Population Research Institute (pop.org) by Steven W. Mosher More and more countries are hearing the death knell of low birth rates. We live in an age unique in human history. Per capita incomes have never been higher, lifespans have never been longer, and people are better fed and educated than ever before. At the …
47 hours with a prince (Steven)
by Jean McCarthy Source Lifesitenews: “Your husband isn’t with you?” The doctor looked concerned. Hannah Boland had decided to go alone for her follow-up appointment. Only a short while before, a pregnancy had ended in a miscarriage. But this pregnancy was different. They were out of the danger zone. The baby was already twenty weeks …
Vasectomy Safe and Simple?
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.
Significant Risks of Oral Contraceptives (OCPs): Why This Drug Should NOT Be Included In a Preventive Care Mandate
By Rebecca Peck Dear Friends, I just wanted you to see this thread of a discussion on some points related to the HHS mandate. Although the religious liberty issue is universally compelling, another crucial point is that birth control is NOT preventative care (see below). The current administration wants this to be about the Catholic …
What is Natural Family Planning?
This article is a complete overview of modern Natural Family Planning, describing methods of NFP, its advantages, potential problems with other forms of family planning, and resources for NFP training.
Do I need birth control?
Dr. Frank provides an honest assessment of the birth control pill culture with its insatiable and irrational hate for humanity.
The Tunnel of Parenthood
National speaker Emily Sederstrand encourages moms with 2-4 young children. The first five years are the hardest!! Then it gets easier.
Holy See to UN: Fertility Shouldn’t Be Feared
Points to Flawed Population Control Policies NEW YORK, 2011 (Zenit.org).- The Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations is challenging the erroneous view that human fertility and population growth is something to be feared. Archbishop Francis Chullikatt stated this Tuesday in an address to the 44th Session of the Commission on Population and Development …
Abortion Boosts Breast Cancer Risk 193% Study Finds, Giving Birth Lowers It
by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor October 13, 2010 Babol, Iran (LifeNews.com) — Researchers in Iran have published the results of a new study showing women who have an abortion face a 193% increased risk of breast cancer. On the other hand, women who carry a pregnancy to term find a lowered breast cancer risk compared …
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Euthanasia and the sanctity of life
Language that has been used in support of a Bill to legalize euthanasia has almost always been worded so as to appear most humane. Words such as “compassion”, “autonomy”, “dignity”, and expressions like “medical assistance in dying” or “medically recommended course of treatment” often pad the arguments and, unfortunately, deceive the unwary. Consider the expression: …
Study Guide for “God is Love”
Online publications fostering God’s plan for love, marriage, and procreation, emphasizing the blessings of children and the harms of contraception.
Homilies from Called to Give Life
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.
How Faith Communities can Create an NFP Culture Liberated from Contraception and Open to the Blessings of Children
Many pastors need help in presenting the Church’s wisdom on married sexuality. This article (taken from Called to Give Life, by Jason Adams) presents a wealth of workable suggestions in this area. Example: seven pages of suggested occasions where a homily on Christian marriage would fit right in.
Teaching Fertility Appreciation
This article gives the necessary tools for teaching a changed lifestyle to clients of a pregnancy support center. It is also an effective tool for presenting chastity to young adults and other single people. The program teaches just how precious our procreative powers are, and how to manage them in a way that builds up our lives.
Gospel of Life – Evangelium Vitae
In this book Pope John Paul II turns to the central conflict of our time: Will humans be valued for themselves, or will we be made into commodities for use and/or destruction. He views this as a struggle between the Civilization of Love and the Culture of Death, and labels contraception and abortion fruits from the same tree.
Breast Cancer, Abortion, and the Pill
This article contains the summary and conclusions from the book Breast Cancer, Its Link to Abortion and the Birth Control Pill.
Teaching Fertility Appreciation in a Pregnancy Help Center
In this article two teachers from a pregnancy help center tell how clients of the center have been helped to establish a new lifestyle through learning the basics of NFP and the value of their fertility.
Perceiving the Contraception Connection
This article is the text of a stirring sermon exhorting people to turn away from contraception and to espouse natural family planning. Fr. Suriani makes the case that contraception is at the root of abortion and many other evils.
Latest 40 Days for Life Pro-Life Campaign Kicks off Wednesday in 165 Cities
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — The latest 40 Days for Life pro-life campaign is set to begin nationwide on Wednesday with pro-life advocates reaching out to their local communities. The pro-life campaign kicks off in 165 cities across the United States and also cities and towns in Canada, Australia, and Northern Ireland. Some of the local …
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Many opt for natural method of family planning
In today’s environmentally conscious society, natural is the way to go — even when it comes to deciding the right time to have a baby. More couples are turning to natural family planning as a way to achieve or postpone a pregnancy. Whether for religious, health or environmental reasons, these couples are shying away from …
Terri Schiavo Foundation Benefit Concert Features Randy Travis, Collin Raye
St. Petersburg, FL (LifeNews.com) — The family of Terri Schiavo, the disabled woman whose husband killed her by depriving her of food and water, will sponsor a benefit concert to raise funds for its foundation to help other patients like her. The show will feature popular country music recording artists Randy Travis and Collin Raye. …
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Top Ten New Year Resolutions To Keep Breast Cancer At Bay
It is indeed a startling revelation- breast cancer is a more common occurrence than ever before. It tops the list of all cancers and presents a surging number of 182,480 new cases being diagnosed in American women this year- a 26 percent rise in US alone. Breast cancer was the most common malignancy in all …
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Big Families: Desired or Undesirable?
Living in the exotic Old City of Yerushalayim, and needing to make ends meet by renting out our guest room, I have hosted many young, accomplished American women travelers as my boarders. Over herb tea in my kitchen, some have wanted to talk about Eastern religions, some about Israeli politics, and some about feminist issues. …
What a Woman Should Know about Birth Control
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.
Breast Cancer Risk from Abortion
This article contains clear and persuasive information about the connection between breast cancer and abortion.
Breast Cancer, Abortion, and the Pill
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. …
The Pill and Breast Cancer
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.
Perceiving the Contraception Connection
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 — …
20 Ways for Young Men to Become REAL Men
Full-color pamphlet listing 20 ways young (and all) men can challenge themselves to be more like Christ!
The Blessings of Children
Having a baby is a wonderful thing. Children are great. No matter what the circumstances are, no matter who the mother or the father is, no matter how they were conceived, a child is a gift from God, and an occasion for celebration. In fact, the more children God sends you, the more He blesses …