Preaching is not a highly esteemed activity. When people are accused of preaching they are held to be boring, moralising and bullying. Those qualities presumably were found earlier in sermons preached in church. They may also perhaps be discerned in articles on preaching. But the questions to which preachers are asked to respond usually have Read more
The European Parliament, the European Union’s representative body, has passed a resolution urging the use of abortion and contraception to stop the spread of AIDS, while making no mention of abstinence education.
The document, coded “B7-0615/2011,” which was passed December 1, addresses the European Union’s “response to HIV/AIDS in the EU and in neighboring countries,” and lists a number of measures to combat the deadly disease.
According to the document, the European Parliament “calls on the Commission and Council to ensure access to high-quality, comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services, information and supplies,” which should include “equitable and affordable access to contraceptives, including access to emergency contraception; safe and legal abortion, including post-abortion care.”
The document does not mention abstinence or abstinence education, which medical experts say is the most effective way to prevent HIV transmission.
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A 12-year-old girl was given a rubber foetus and anti-abortion pamphlets by protesters while walking home in her intermediate school uniform. Jane Hannam said that as she was walking home from Heretaunga Intermediate with a friend last Thursday they were approached by a female protester outside Hawke’s Bay Hospital and given a rubber foetus and an Read more
An Australian hospital has launched an inquiry after staff treating a woman carrying twin boys accidentally terminated the wrong foetus.
Doctors had told the woman that one of her babies had a congenital heart defect that would require numerous operations, if he survived.
The woman chose to abort the 32-week foetus but staff injected the wrong twin.
The hospital in Melbourne described it as a “terrible tragedy”.
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Health boards have been told their employees must be allowed to refuse to assist with abortions, after a Christchurch Hospital technician says she was called to a disciplinary meeting after refusing to prepare instruments. Ken Orr, spokesman for anti-abortion group Right to Life, said a Christchurch Hospital technician had sought help from the group in Read more
Recently released statistics show 16,630 abortions were performed in New Zealand in 2010; down from 17,550 in 2009. One in five were performed on teenagers 44% were performed after the first nine weeks of pregnancy. For 39% it was not their first abortion The overall rate dropped from 19.2 per thousand women in 2009 to 18.1 in 2010 The highest age-group rate (33 Read more
Before the great annual battle on the football field between the Sacred Heart Indians and the St. Paul Cardinals, (which occurs this year on Saturday, Oct. 29 in Hallettsville at 4:30 p.m.) the two schools have united their spiritual efforts in the battle for life by praying for an end to abortion, for the protection of the unborn, and for the healing for those who had had abortions.
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Some people have been irritated by the near adulation of Steve Jobs by Apple lovers. Since his death last week there have been an avalanche of blogs. Paul Vallely says. “Think different is the Apple slogan. Ironically, there was a pretty undifferentiated consensus in the tributes being paid to him. Eulogies likened him to Edison and Read more
Seoul and Beijing have launched investigations into hospitals in China’s Jiln province, after reports in South Korea media have alleged capsules containing human remains are for sale in South Korea. The capsules are reportedly being sold for therapeutic purposes such as boosting stamina. According to South Korean broadcaster SBS, some hospitals in China apparently sold aborted foetuses Read more
As part of President Obama’s healthcare overhaul, come August 2012, all American private insurers must provide women with coverage for FDA-approved contraception – including sterilisation and “emergency” contraceptives that have an abortifacient effect. The plan also covers breast pumps for nursing mothers, an annual “well woman” physical, counseling on how to avoid sexually transmitted diseases Read more