Worldwide facts on legal and illegal abortion;
http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_IAW.html
http://www.efc.org.uk/Foryoungpeople/Factsaboutabortion/Unsafeabortion
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/13/health/main5382839.shtml
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/14/unsafe-abortions-global-report
http://www.ids.ac.uk/go/news/uk-policy-on-unsafe-abortion-launched
http://reproductiverights.org/en/document/breaking-the-silence-the-global-gag-rules-impact-on-unsafe-abortion
Estimates of health care system costs of unsafe abortion in Africa and Latin America;
http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3511409.html
Why abortion is moral;
http://www.elroy.net/ehr/abortionanswers.html
When does a fetus feel pain?;
http://discovermagazine.com/2005/dec/fetus-feel-pain
http://bham.academia.edu/StuartDerbyshire/Papers/9488/Can-fetuses-feel-pain-
http://eileen.250x.com/Main/Einstein/Brain_Waves.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/24/health/24fetus.html?_r=2
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Militant TV Network Presents:
A video with answers to common pro choice arguments which are continually thrown around by those who defend the murder of the innocent.
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Born Alive Infants Protection Act – President Signs / Video. President Signs Born-Alive Infants Protection Act Remarks by the President in Signing of H.R. 2175, Born Alive Infants Protection Act. Pittsburgh Hilton. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 12:58 P.M. EDT. THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you all very much for this bill signing ceremony. I’m pleased to sign it in the great city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The history of our country is the story of a promise, a promise of life and liberty made at our founding and fulfilled over the centuries in our laws. It is a story of expanding inclusion and protection for the ignored and the weak and the powerless. And now we extend the promise and protection to the most vulnerable members of our society. Today I sign the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. This important legislation ensures that every infant born alive — including an infant who survives an abortion procedure — is considered a person under federal law. (Applause.) This reform was passed with the overwhelming support of both political parties, and it is about to become the law of the land. I appreciate so very much Senator Rick Santorum and Congressman Steve Chabot from Ohio for sponsoring this important piece of legislation. I also appreciate Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and Congresswoman Melissa Hart for coming, as well. I want to thank the Bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Bishop Wuerl, for being here. It’s good to see you again, Bishop. I appreciate Hadley Arkes, the Professor of Jurisprudence and American Institutions at Amherst University. I want to thank Jill Stanek, registered nurse, Labor and Delivery Unit, Christ Hospital and Medical Center, for being here, as well. I appreciate Gianna Jessen, who is an abortion survivor and a pro-life advocate. I want to thank Dr. Watson Bowes, who is a Professor Emeritus of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the University of North Carolina. I want to thank you all for coming. It’s important that you’re here, to send a signal that you’re dedicated to the protection of human life. The issue of abortion divides Americans, no question about it. Yet today we stand on common ground. The Born Alive Infants Protection Act establishes a principle in America law and American conscience: there is no right to destroy a child who has been born alive. (Applause.) A child who is born has intrinsic worth and must have the full protection of our laws. Today, through sonograms and other technology, we can clearly — see clearly that unborn children are members of the human family, as well. (Applause.) They reflect our image, and they are created in God’s own image. The Born Alive Infants Protection Act is a step toward the day when every child is welcomed in life and protected in law. (Applause.) It is a step toward the day when the promises of the Declaration of Independence will apply to everyone, not just those with the voice and power to defend their rights. This law is a step toward the day when America fully becomes, in the words of Pope John Paul II, “a hospitable, a welcoming culture.” Our society has enough compassion, wealth and love to care for mothers and their children, and to see the promise and potential of every life. In protecting the vulnerable and the weak, the imperfect and the unwanted, you are affirming a culture of life. I’m grateful for your perseverance on behalf of this noble cause. I want to thank you for your hard work. I appreciate your care for every member of the human family. Thank you for coming today. It’s now my honor and pleasure to sign into law the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. END 1:04 P.M. EDT. Public domain video. For Immediate Release; Office of the Press Secretary; August 5, 2002.
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Obama & Abortion / The So-Called Freedom of Choice Act Video. All text, images and video clips from Fair Use or the public domain. A year ago today, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) stood before Planned Parenthood (PP) and vowed that his first priority as president would be to sign the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA). According to NARAL Pro-Choice America, FOCA would “codify Roe v. Wade into law and guarantee a woman’s right to choose in all 50 states.” On April 7, 2007, when Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) introduced the Act in Congress, they knew that it was far more than a government “guarantee” of abortion. If enacted, FOCA would obliterate hundreds of state laws that protect women, parents, children, and health care workers, while forcing taxpayers to foot the bill for millions of abortions. It would overturn commonsense laws like parental notification, conscience protections, abortion waiting periods, informed consent, and regulations for women’s health. In essence, FOCA would tilt the table for abortion. Obama’s support of FOCA hits particularly close to home among African-Americans, whose women and children have been preyed upon for decades by the eugenically minded Planned Parenthood. This connection has been pointed out again to the NAACP, who held their 99th annual conference with a sizeable pro-life presence. Together with Dr. Alveda King, niece of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., black leaders from across the country demonstrated at the convention where both presidential candidates spoke. The pro-life coalition is part of the growing movement of African-Americans who understand the “biggest struggle for civil rights today is for the rights of the unborn.” While the NAACP national leadership and Sen. Obama stubbornly champion the abortion industry, groups like Planned Parenthood are profiting from the disproportionate number of black pregnancies that end inside their walls. Given the devastating effect of abortion on one in every two black pregnancies, shouldn’t the NAACP be leading the charge against it? The promoters of the FOCA sometimes claim that its purpose is to “codify Roe v. Wade,” the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion on demand. But the key binding provisions of the bill would go further than Roe, invalidating all of the major types of pro-life laws that have been upheld by the Supreme Court in the decades since Roe. “The claim that the bill would ‘codify Roe’ is just a marketing gimmick by the proponents,” explained Johnson. “The sponsors hope that journalists and legislators will lazily accept that vague shorthand phrase — but it is very misleading. The references to Roe in the bill are in non-binding, discursive clauses. The heart of the bill is a ban that would nullify all of the major types of pro-life laws that the Supreme Court has said are permissible under Roe v. Wade, including the ban on partial-birth abortions and bans on government funding of abortion.” The bill flatly invalidates any “statute, ordinance, regulation, administrative order, decision, policy, practice, or other action” of any federal, state, or local government or governmental official (or any person acting under government authority) that would “deny or interfere with a woman’s right to choose” abortion, or that would “discriminate against the exercise of the right . . . in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information.” This no-restriction policy would establish, in Senator Boxer’s words, “the absolute right to choose” prior to fetal “viability.” The no-restriction policy would also apply after “viability” to any abortion sought on grounds of “health.”
4D Ultrasound – Pre-born Baby At 16 Weeks – Pro-Life Video. Courtesy of http://www.focusonthefamily.com/. 4D Ultrasounds Challenge Abortion Laws. The latest 4D ultrasounds that can give video-like images of the pre-born baby will change the views on the time when the fetus can be considered a person. Dr Kristin Savell, of the University of Sydney, Australia, says that people would be more willing to change current regulations on late-term abortions. The 4D scan gives a strong visual imagery giving a video-quality view of the foetus in real time. With this scientific improvement, one can see the small features like eyes and lips that can be distinguished for a person without any medical education. The new technology would become the best argument to prove the personhood of the foetus at earlier stages of development. Traditional 2D images were mostly readable by doctors while more advanced 3D images could produce still but more life-like images. The 4D images will have even greater impact on the public to change their views on abortions and that would challenge the laws on abortion. Using 4D imaging technology we are now better able to study fetal behavior and characteristics. By Day 15, the fetus begins developing neurons in the brain and spinal column. At 22 days, the heart cells begin to beat. Up to the age of 8 weeks, the fetus subsists on the yolk sac, which then shrivels away as the fetus begins to rely on his mother for continued nourishment. Reflexive movement meant to strengthen and exercise his body begins at just nine weeks of development. By four months, the nervous system is up and running, and his bones begin to harden. His hands develop before his feet, probably because they are keeping up with the development of the rest of his senses: taste, hearing, etc. By four months, the fetus squirms when prodded. At just 11 weeks gestational development, the fetus exercises the sucking reflex he will need to feed at birth, and develops left or right-handedness at this time – not in childhood, as originally thought. Experts agree that there is no difference between the 33-week old fetus and the newborn child. In fact, “birth could be a relatively insignificant event in developmental terms.” Sentience in the womb is well demonstrated by the development of the twin bond between identical twins, who, sharing the same amniotic sac, continually interact with each other in the womb while they explore themselves and their environment. Their intimate bond and familiarity with each other can be observed from birth. By four months, the fetus is aware of his environment, especially sounds, since hearing is the first sense to develop. He is especially sensitive to his mother’s voice, and can recognize music – he has memory.
In The Know panelists say more states should make decorating a nursery and choosing a baby name required steps in obtaining access to an abortion.