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- Crisis-pregnancy centers to be gagged? - WND.com
- HAGELIN: Liars figure on teen pregnancy - Washington Times
- Dannii, Kylie share pregnancy - Australian Broadcasting Corp.
| First Response Early Result Pregnancy Test available for sale - WZZM 13 Posted: 31 Jan 2010 05:29 PM PST (WZZM) - The Food & Drug Administration has approved a new home pregnancy test that will work up to six days before a woman misses her period. The First Response Early Result Pregnancy Test claims to be the most sensitive test on the market. It works by measuring a pregnancy hormone at lower levels. "With the new test, with advance technology, the pregnancy hormone HcG you can detect that your pregnant six days before your first missed period," said Dr. Mary Ann Minkin. Doctors say the earlier you know, the faster a woman can take care of herself and her baby. "When a woman confirms pregnancy very early, she will start taking excellent care of herself and her fetus," said Minkin. "She will then know to take certain vitamins especially folic acid and avoid potentially dangerous substances like tobacco, alcohol and certain medications." The first thing a woman should do after finding out she's pregnant is visit her doctor. If you would like to learn more about the First Response test, click here. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Crisis-pregnancy centers to be gagged? - WND.com Posted: 31 Jan 2010 05:22 PM PST
About 250 people packed the chambers of the state's Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee earlier this week for a hearing on Senate Bill 6452, a proposed law that requires crisis pregnancy center counselors to communicate only "medically and scientifically accurate" reproductive health information – even though what is "accurate" has been hotly contested, even in the committee's chambers. The bill's sponsor, State Sen. Rodney Tom, D-Medina, for example, backed by a doctor from the University of Washington, claimed that in some cases, center volunteers have misled women to believe that abortion increases their risk of developing ovarian cancer. Yet later in the hearing, former nurse Sen. Cheryl Pflug, R-Maple Valley, told the committee a 2009 study by the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center found that an abortion does indeed increase the risk of cancer by 40 percent. The bill is supported by Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice Washington, which explains on its website: "Women go to these centers for medical care and unbiased pregnancy options counseling. Instead, they get false or misleading information about reproductive health care, their medical records are withheld and they are denied needed referrals for reproductive health care." Abortion opponents, however, decry the bill as an attempt to impose Planned Parenthood's version of what is "accurate" and to clamp down on what counselors can and can't say. "Senator Rodney Tom's bill to regulate pregnancy resource centers is not about protecting women, it's about protecting the abortion industry," said Janet Morana, co-founder of Silent No More Awareness Campaign, the world's largest network of individuals harmed by abortion. "It's another thinly veiled attempt to keep women away from centers where they are actually given a choice other than abortion." Sen. Ed Murray, D-Seattle, also expressed concern that the regulation could infringe on First Amendment free speech rights, a sentiment echoed by Sen. Joe Zarelli, R-Ridgefield: "I think it's akin to telling a pastor of a church what he can and can't say to someone who chooses to come to him for counseling," Zarelli said. "It's regulating something they have no business regulating, and that is personal interaction between individuals." (Story continues below) Washington has 46 "limited service pregnancy centers" in the state, many of which are established by faith-based and nonprofit organizations to offer classes, counseling – often including information on alternatives to abortion – and sometimes medical services, such as ultrasounds or pregnancy tests. SB 6452, in addition to requiring "accurate" counseling, also dictates the centers disclose verbally in person, on the phone, by paper in multiple languages and in all advertisements that they do not offer abortion services, do not provide referrals to abortions and do not provide medical care. The bill also requires the multiple disclaimers be posted on the centers' front doors and intake counters. Paula Cullen, director of Life Services of Spokane, told the Catholic News Agency she fears the new regulations would have "a very chilling effect" on the pregnancy centers' ability to help women. Sen. Zarelli further scoffed in testimony, "When you walk into a Taco Bell, are they required to tell you that they don't sell hamburgers?" The bill also requires that centers allow clients to self-administer pregnancy tests, immediately provide the test results in writing and keep all health information private. The debate over the bill has thus far been steeped in controversy, allegations and emotion. Four college students testified that they had received deceiving and inaccurate information from the centers, including counseling about emotionally harmful consequences of sex outside of marriage, warnings of depression following an abortion and the inability of condoms to prevent sexually transmitted diseases. Kate McLean of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Washington took exception to a crisis center's website that claims, "Condoms provide zero percent protection against human papilloma virus (HPV)." "The deceptive information that these pregnancy centers are providing are leading patients away from beneficial behaviors such as condom use – which could prevent unwanted pregnancies, help prevent abortions and help prevent sexually transmitted diseases," McLean said. On the other side, two women told the committee the information isn't misleading, testifying to suffering depression and self-destructive behavior after they had abortions as teenagers. They told committee members that they wished they'd sought the advice of volunteers from a crisis pregnancy center instead. Joseph Backholm, executive director of the Family Policy Institute of Washington, released a statement, mystified by the allegations that "harm" is being done by the centers. "The entire time I was waiting for the other shoe to drop. I was waiting to hear something scandalous," Backholm said of the testimony before the committee about alleged pregnancy center wrongdoing. "Surely someone had been kidnapped in an effort to prevent an abortion. But there was nothing. … So what is the risk of believing the [allegedly misleading] quotes provided by crisis pregnancy centers? First, teenagers will have less sex. Second, women will give birth to beautiful little babies. If you're missing the urgency of the situation, join the club." He continued, "I'll never defend someone who is knowingly disseminating false information. But no one believes it is the job of the Washington State Legislature to ensure that every word that is spoken or printed in Washington state is true." The committee did not make a decision on the bill earlier this week but has until Feb. 4 to take action. A companion bill, HB 2837, has been referred to the Washington House Health Care & Wellness Committee for consideration. Related offers: "Struggling for Life: How our Tax Dollars and Twisted Science Target the Unborn" Get the magnetized bumper sticker with the pro-life message: "Former embryo on board" Open your eyes to the ugliness inside the abortion industry with "Lime 5: Exploited by Choice" Previous stories: Planned Parenthood sparks teen-pregnancy boom? 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| HAGELIN: Liars figure on teen pregnancy - Washington Times Posted: 31 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST Culture Challenge of the Week: Teen Pregnancy Hype The mass media is abuzz over the Alan Guttmacher Institute's "news" on teen pregnancy. Guttmacher and those who advocate free sex for teenagers seem almost gleeful as they misuse the statistics in an effort to promote their condom cure-all mantra. To cause as much public panic as possible, the pro-teen-sex activists would have you believe that the teen-pregnancy rate has increased across the board for all teenagers ages 13 to 19. But it is not so. In their latest attempt to kill abstinence education, Guttmacher activists use sweeping statements to intentionally mislead the media and general public, who they know will never peruse the full report. Thank the Lord for Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation. He actually read the study (as did I) and provided analysis from a deep knowledge of what works. Mr. Rector calls their bluff when he wrote in the National Review Online, "In the decade after the federal government began its meager funding of abstinence education, teen pregnancy fell steadily. Safe-sex experts never linked that decline to abstinence education. But when the news went bad, they swiftly identified abstinence programs as the culprit." Here are a few of the key stats missing from the Guttmacher "sound bites": When they make the sweeping statement that "teen pregnancies have increased by 3 percent," what they aren't telling you is that among girls 14 years and younger, the pregnancy rate actually continues to decrease. When they say that the pregnancy rate for 15- to 19-year-olds has increased for the first time in a decade, whats missing is the fact that the sharp increase was actually for 18- and 19-year-olds. (Not coincidentally, that is the precise time many head to the great world of relativism and free sex known as "college," where abstinence education is nonexistent.) There was a slight rise in teen pregnancies among 15- to 17-year-olds in one 12-month period — from 38.2 per thousand in 2005 to 38.9 per thousand in 2006 — but that isn't enough to garner massive media attention or justify throwing abstinence education out the window, is it? Thats where the hype comes in. It is critical to realize that Guttmacher, et al., preach "sexual rights" for teenagers. That is their worldview, and it is what drives their policy agenda. They are not interested in reducing teen sexual activity. They want teenagers to be free to have sex, yet somehow magically escape the biological consequences that often come with living a life of promiscuity. And their magic wand is the condom. How to Save Your Family from Teen Pregnancy Heres my worldview on the subject: If we truly love our teenagers, we will equip them to say 'no' to sex until marriage. I believe that our teens should be absolutely free from the fear of getting pregnant, or from suffering with a sexually transmitted disease, and from the psychological and emotional trauma that comes with having out-of-wedlock sex. I believe that our young people are capable of self-discipline and great displays of maturity when encouraged to develop them. I also believe that teens are getting a wee-bit tired of the "free love," aging hippies who control the pop culture, and of the Planned Parenthood/Guttmachers of the world pushing their morally bankrupt '60s-era, self-centered lifestyle on their intelligent and thoughtful younger generation. Our teenagers know they are capable of greater things, and they are waiting for someone — anyone — to tell them that. Let that someone be you. Recently, when I asked a beautiful teenage girl I know about what motivates her to remain sexually pure, she said simply, "My sense of morality, which is based on my faith and the values my mother and father have taught me." When I asked if there are any other reasons, she said, "Respect. I know that I will have more respect from my peers if I uphold high standards." There you have it in a nutshell. To learn how you can teach this superior lifestyle to your teens, visit www.abstinence.net. • Rebecca Hagelin is the author of "30 Ways in 30 Days to Save Your Family." For more family tips, visit HowToSaveYourFamily.com or e-mail rebecca@howtosaveyourfamily.com. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Dannii, Kylie share pregnancy - Australian Broadcasting Corp. Posted: 31 Jan 2010 03:20 PM PST Posted Dannii Minogue says she is sharing her pregnancy with sister Kylie. Dannii is expecting her first baby in July with former rugby league player turned model Kris Smith. "My brother is thrilled and my sister ... well it's a different dynamic between sisters and you just feel like you're sharing that experience, as I'd feel if Kylie had kids first," she told News Of The World. "She loves children, just adores them, so we're sharing it together." - AAP Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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