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By Dave Andrusko

As they say, imagine my surprise. A friend recently posted a link on Facebook to a story that ran (as it turns out) a couple of years ago–“5 secrets you shouldn’t keep from your GYN”—that had a remarkable truth not ordinarily seen on the “mainstream media.”

Elizabeth Cohen, described as a CNN Senior Medical Correspondent, began with a series of horror stories revolving around the unwillingness of women to tell their OB-GYN certain sensitive (or, seemingly, not so sensitive) information.

Cohen does a good job of discussing subject areas you might not necessarily think of—or would assume women would routinely reveal—before getting to #4: “Whether you’ve had an abortion.” (The “Rankin” in the following quote is Dr. Lissa Rankin, a gynecologist in Mill Valley, California.)

“People who’ve had abortions sometimes worry about saying so if they know their doctor is pro-life, or if they don’t know where their doctor stands on the issue,” Rankin says. While it’s understandable to have that worry, it’s medically important to tell your doctor if you’ve had abortions.

Why it matters: If you’re infertile, it’s important for your doctor to know about past abortions for two reasons. One, it indicates that at least in one point in your life, you were fertile and “the plumbing works,” Rankin says.

Secondly, the infertility might be caused by infection or scar tissue that resulted from the abortion, she adds.

Also, multiple abortions could put you at a higher risk for miscarriage or premature birth, she says.

Finally, if you’re about to have surgery on your cervix or uterus, your doctor needs to know about prior abortions, as scar tissue might make the surgery more difficult.

Wow! How many time have experts—and by no means necessarily pro-life—tried to get these truths across?! Abortion is an unnatural assault on a woman’s reproductive system. There can be, and are, a host of complications.

More: http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2013/10/cnn-explains-why-a-woman-should-tell-her-ob-gyn-she-has-had-an-abortion

I rarely agree with assisted suicide proponents. But an article in Salon may be onto something–that the passage of the Affordable Care Act could boost assisted suicide legalization. From the article:

Currently only three states have Death With Dignity laws – a surprisingly low number given that there isn’t a one among the other 47 in which somebody isn’t dying right now. Could the Affordable Care Act change that? Peg Sandeen, executive director of the National Death With Dignity Center, speculates: “I think the ACA is going to change how we access healthcare and that change is going to come slowly. What I hope it means is that people have access to a wide span of options across the health spectrum.”

In other words, that is the plan!

Assisted suicide is not only about so-called “death with dignity”–a gooey euphemism swallowed whole by the reporter–but despite the article’s spin to the contrary, ultimately about saving money.

Do you remember Barbara Wagner and Randy Stroup? Both were on Medicaid and terminally ill with cancer. Their doctors prescribed life-extending chemotherapy. But Oregon’s death panel rationers refused to pay for their prescriptions. Both received letters telling them not to worry, while the state wouldn’t pay to extend their lives, it would readily fund their assisted suicides.

Hemlock Society founder Derek Humphry told us this was coming, writing in Freedom to Die:

More: http://www.lifenews.com/2013/10/03/euthanasia-activists-say-obamacare-will-lead-to-more-assisted-suicides/

By Dave Andrusko In the run-up to and passage of ObamaCare, there were a number of memorable quotes. We talked yesterday about one grossly mistaken promise from President Obama: “If you like your [insurance] plan, you can keep your plan.”

But that paled in comparison to then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s inadvertent admission. Referring to Obamacare, which was the size of multiple telephone books and whose contents were a mystery to most everyone, she famously said, “We have to pass the bill so you can find out what’s in it.”

Pro-abortion House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Pro-abortion President Barack Obama

As ObamaCare continues its rollout, we are finding out more and more about what exactly is in the “Affordable Health Care Act.” And the number and types of critics continues to grow.

Also on Wednesday’s Jennifer Popik, JD, did an excellent job unspooling the truth behind the impact of the massive ObamaCare tax on most health insurance plans (see “Obamacare tax on health insurance will affect most plans over time, reducing healthcare”). Her post is very much worth reading.

Less than 24 hours later we read this in today’s Washington Post: “Fairfax utility: Obamacare will likely lead to dropped coverage.” Fairfax is a city just south of Washington, DC, and the utility referred to is the Fairfax County Water Authority.

To her credit Post reporter Laura Vozzella pulls no punches and refuses to adopt the Obama administration line—that health insurance policies that are not as parsimonious as ObamaCare wants can be derisively mischaracterized as “Cadillac” plans.

The heart of the letter, written by Burton Jay Rubin, chairman of the authority’s government relations committee, is that if the “Cadillac Tax” takes place as planned in 2018 [a 40% excise tax on insurers], the authority “will likely drop insurance coverage for its nearly 400 employees,” Vozzella writes.

“[I]t is irrefutable that the ACA is fatally flawed,” wrote Rubin. “If it is intended to make health care coverage available to those who do not have it, it does so only by jeopardizing the coverage earned by those who have it.”

More: http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2013/10/list-of-companies-that-will-drop-health-insurance-under-obamacare-spreads-to-include-a-quasi-public-entity-the-fairfax-county-water-authority

BY REBEKAH O’BRIEN

Oct. 2, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Onufers knew they wanted to adopt. They’d known for a long time. What they didn’t expect was to be given four children from a “high-risk” situation…all at once.

After visiting China and seeing children in extreme poverty, Ryan and Erica were both convinced that adoption was part of their calling as a couple.

“We wanted to adopt before having any biological children, so that our adopted children would feel ‘chosen,’ not as though they were an afterthought.”

As they approached their five-year anniversary, they contacted an adoption agency and began the stressful process of filling out paperwork and allowing the agency to conduct a home study. But after only two months, they felt led in a different direction. They had previously decided on both foreign and domestic adoption, but their hopes to adopt a child from Haiti were soon disappointed when Haiti closed its doors to outside adoptions. Erica then phoned a local foster care/adoption agency and soon after signed up for training classes. 

“We decided on the first night that we wanted a sibling set of two, but that three would be our absolute maximum,” she told LifeSiteNews.

Five months after they began, and before their training was complete, the adoption agency left Erica a voicemail message.

“We know you’re not finished your training and aren’t to be placed for close to a year, but we feel like these children are a perfect fit for your family. There are four children.” 

More: http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/i-know-these-are-our-children-couple-finds-joy-in-unexpected-adoption-of-fo

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BY CASSY FIANO

Oct. 2, 2013 (LiveActionNews.org) – Despite the incredible number of medical advances which have enriched and extended the lives of people with Down syndrome, Trisomy 21 continues to be extremely misunderstood. Many people look at Down syndrome through the lens of outdated stereotypes and misconceptions.

Down Syndrome Awareness Month, celebrated each October, is one way to change that. The goal of Down Syndrome Awareness Month is, of course, to spread awareness, to educate about Down syndrome, and to celebrate people who have Down syndrome, and their abilities and accomplishments.

Watch Video and learn more: http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/october-is-down-syndrome-awareness-month-here-are-the-facts

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State Report Shows Abortions Spiked 5.3% Among African Americans in 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                             CONTACT: Laura Beth Kirsop

DATE: Tuesday, October 1, 2013                              PHONE: (614) 547-0099 ext. 309

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Today’s release of the 2012 Ohio Abortion Report by the Ohio Department of Health shows that, following the historic 12 percent drop in abortions in 2011, abortions last year remained near the lowest levels ever, even with a slight rise from 2011. The 3 percent increase in 2012 (24,764 to 25,473) leaves abortions at the second-lowest level since 1976, when record-keeping first began, and significantly lower than 2010 levels (28,123 abortions).

The 2012 Abortion Report also reveals a:

• 5.3 percent overall increase within the African American community
• 1.7 percent overall decrease within the white community
• 30 percent decrease in abortions after 19 weeks gestation
• Increases in the major metropolitan areas of Cuyahoga, Franklin and Hamilton Counties
• Decrease in Lucas County (Toledo), and;
• Decrease in teen abortions and increases in age groups older than 20

“We grieve for the loss of life represented by this report, and rise in abortions last year—even if it’s slight—is a tragedy that reminds us that our work is not done,” said Mike Gonidakis, President of Ohio Right to Life. “Fewer babies are alive today—especially in the African American community—and the blame for that tragedy lies squarely on the shoulders of Planned Parenthood, the rest of the abortion industry, and every politician who campaigned on their behalf last year.”

Last year’s hard-fought presidential election again found Ohio as the key battleground state, which meant millions of dollars were spent there by abortion industry leader Planned Parenthood in their support of their political ally, pro-choice President Barack Obama.  Through political advertising, Planned Parenthood succeeded in further building their brand and expanding their business.

“As the first African American president, Barack Obama acted with complete irresponsibility and dangerous disregard by campaigning for and bringing business to an organization that has historically targeted minority communities,” continued Gonidakis. “The results speak for themselves: abortions among whites went down while abortions among African Americans increased. This is a crisis that last year’s election only worsened.”

Significant progress was made in decreasing abortions among babies older than 20 weeks. Following the passage of the Ohio Right to Life Late-Term Abortion Ban in 2011, abortions after 20 weeks gestation fell by 30 percent last year.

“Right now, the pro-life community is wondering how much higher last year’s abortions would have been without the life-saving laws that have already been enacted in Ohio,” said Gonidakis. “We fully expect Planned Parenthood and NARAL to celebrate the overall abortion increase, but we nevertheless hope that they will one day work with Ohio Right to Life, pregnancy help centers, and the rest of the pro-life community to lower the number of abortions and bring Ohio back to life.”

To read the full 2012 Ohio Abortion Report, click here.

To view a map of Planned Parenthood abortion facilities strategically placed in the counties most densely populated by African Americans, click here.

More: http://www.ohiolife.org/press-releases/2013/10/1/ohio-abortions-hover-near-historic-lows.html

By Jennifer Popik, JD, Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics