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Jerry Novotny OMI
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May 17, 2012

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Who Are The Final Exit Network?
Members of the Final Exit Network (FEN) have been on trial in Arizona, Georgia and now Minnesota, but for most concerned people the question is - who are the Final Exit Network?

The Final Exit Network And Its Leaders Are Indicted For Assisted Suicide.
Members of the Final Exit Network, a group that counsels and aids people to commit suicide, were indicted in Minnesota in the assisted suicide death of Doreen Dunn on May 30, 2007.

Abortions, The Result Of Selfishness And Materialism, Dark Evil Vietnamese Progress
Economic growth in Vietnam has resulted in an improvement in the quality of life, but has also helped spread a lifestyle marked by selfishness and consumerism. These two elements are a disruptive factor for the family, always the reference point for every citizen, the erosion of social and moral values has also triggered a series of consequences for the population, particularly youth. Among these, the most significant - and negative at the same time - is the rise in the number of abortions, that today in Ho Chi Minh City alone are "equal to the number of births" with statistics to generate a situation of social unrest.

UNFPA Fights To Make Population Control A Priority At Environmental Conference
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is taking advantage of the upcoming Rio+20 conference in June to promote population control and reproductive rights as the backbone of sustainable development and poverty eradication.

Analysis: A Strong Note Of Caution On Reproductive Health And Family Planning
In two recent papers, Meghan Grizzle of the World Youth Alliance argues that the phrases “reproductive health” and “family planning” are perfectly acceptable and that pro-lifers should fight for them. She argues that abortion is not a part of reproductive health in international law and contraceptives are not a part of family planning.

Working With The Homeless In Korea: Hope, Dreams, Sharing
Our goal is to help socially neglected homeless people, including juveniles who have run away from home, improve their quality of life through the services of Anna’s House. With our efforts, we also hope to draw people’s warm attention to these homeless people. Through giving Christian love and reviving their hope, they can receive help in reintegrating into society.

Statement From Washington Archdiocese: Sebelius At Georgetown Shows “Disregard For Bishops”
The Archdiocese of Washington has issued a statement calling Georgetown University's invitation to "pro-choice" HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to speak at the Jesuit university on commencement day "unfortunate" and revealing an "apparent lack of unity with and disregard for the bishops."

HIV/AIDS Patients At Higher Risk Of Cardiac Death: Study
People suffering from HIV/AIDS are at much higher risk than the general population of sudden cardiac death, researchers in California have found.

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Ethical Perspectives

New! Chile study challenges the "safe abortion" myth

Carolyn Moynihan
Contrary to claims, a ban on abortion is consistent with one of the world's lowest maternal mortality rates. One of the great scandals of today's global village is the deaths of hundreds of thousands of mothers each year simply because they are carrying or giving birth to a child. The last reliable estimate, from 2008, indicated nearly 343,000 of these maternal deaths. The scandal lies in the fact that most of them are easily preventible with basic health care, as the West discovered more than a century ago.

New! Contrary to Some, Medical Killings are Occurring in End-of-Life Care Settings

Ron Panzer
Anyone involved in end-of-life ("EOL") care knows that the praiseworthy and lofty goals of the hospice and palliative care mission asserted for decades that the services provided would "never hasten death." Today, the removal of nutrition and hydration, whether artificial or not, often combined with the permanent sedation of the patient ("terminal/palliative/total sedation") is being done in EOL settings, with the intent that the patient die.

New! Then and Now: The Descent of Ethics

Nancy Valko
Forty-three years later, the healthcare world around me has changed dramatically. On the plus side, I have witnessed the great advances in treating illnesses, pain, etc. However, on the minus side, I have witnessed an increasing rejection of traditional ethics that has turned the world I knew upside-down in so many ways. In 1969, I could never have imagined that the crime of abortion would be declared a constitutional right or that euthanasia in the guise of "physician assisted suicide" would become legal in any state. And could any of us ever have imagined a time when a US president would try to force even Catholic healthcare institutions into violating their conscience rights?

Sex, Naturally

*Offsite Article
Sexual union in marriage ought to be a complete giving of each spouse to the other, and when fertility (or potential fertility) is deliberately excluded from that giving I am convinced that something valuable is lost. A husband will sometimes begin to see his wife as an object of sexual pleasure who should always be available for gratification. This tendency is reinforced by the dominant perspective on sexuality in our society, which idealizes unlimited sexual titillation and gratification freed (at least theoretically) from any consideration of pregnancy.

Unlike Europe's, U.S. Population Continues to Grow
And in the Right Places

Steven Mosher
The U.S. Census Bureau's latest population figures released this month show that the U.S. population is growing at a 1% annual rate. The nation added 2.9 million people between July 1, 2003 and July 1, 2004, with about 1.2 million of that coming from immigration, according to the bureau.

The corruption of the science of Human Embryology

C. Ward Kischer
Abortion, partial birth abortion, in-vitro fertilization, human fetal research, human embryo research, cloning and stem cell research are all core issues of Human Embryology. Yet, in all of the Supreme Court cases since 1973 and at all of the Congressional hearings on these issues, no human embryologist has been called as a witness and no reference to Human Embryology has ever been made.

Is Fr. Bouchard a heterodox dissident vis-a-vis Terri Schiavo?

Barbara Kralis
Why would the influential president of a Catholic Dominican theological institute recently teach moral theology that is markedly different than that of Pope John Paul II and the Catholic Church?

Human Rights Triumphs Over UNFPA Population Controllers

Steven Mosher
Population control forces lost a battle yesterday when the U.S. House voted by a substantial margin not to restore U.S. funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). In this case, "population control forces" is particularly suited to identify those pushing UNFPA funding, since "pro-choice" can in no plausible way describe them.