140 Days of Prayer

Charles Stanley and In Touch Ministries are proposing Christians join them for 140 days of prayer for our nation July 4th and ending November 20th. You can sign up to receive weekly emails that include Scripture and prayer points to "help unite us as a body of believers." You may also download a PDF file containing issues to pray for.

Abortion groups caught off guard

Abortion groups caught off guard - Sarah Kliff - POLITICO.com: Anti-abortion groups leapt into action last month when the National Right to Life Committee warned that elective abortions would be covered under a Pennsylvania insurance program created by the health care reform law. Within a day, anti-abortion groups got what they wanted: a nationwide ban on coverage for most elective abortions in the so-called high-risk insurance pools.

Education Establishment Not a Friend of the Family

Education Establishment is Not a Friend of the Family � The United Families International Blog: The National Education Association (NEA) is the largest professional organization and labor union in the U.S. and its influence on education reaches around the world. Their power and influence extends from the walls of the school room to legislative halls as they promote and finance various candidates and initiatives and work to assure their ideology is entrenched in culture. But what many people may not know, including teachers and parents, is that the NEA is not a friend of the family.

Get to Know: United Families International

United Families International - UFI Overview: United Families International is a public charity devoted to maintaining and strengthening the family as the fundamental unit of society. By strengthening the family, the basic building block of society communities, states and nations are strengthened. UFI is not affiliated with any governments, religious organizations or political parties.

Rep. Chris Smith to Introduce “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act”

Rep. Chris Smith to Introduce “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act”: Smith’s proposed legislation would make permanent the Hyde amendment, which prohibits funding for elective abortions through any program funded by the annual Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Act.

It would also codify the Hyde-Weldon conscience clause within the Hyde amendment, which ensures that recipients of federal funding do not discriminate against health care providers because they do not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions.

It would also make permanent the Helms amendment, the Smith FEHBP amendment, and the Dornan amendment, which respectively prohibit the funding of abortion overseas, the funding of elective abortion coverage for federal employees, and the use of congressionally appropriated funds for abortion in the District of Columbia. It would also make permanent a few other pro-life policies.

World Population Report: 'Aging Populations; Fewer Workers; Decline of Developed Countries'

World Population Report: 'Aging Populations; Fewer Workers; Decline of Developed Countries': The 2010 World Population Data Sheet, published by the Population Reference Bureau (PBR) on July 28, says that a shrinking pool of working-age populations is jeopardizing social support and long-term health care programs for the elderly, and points to a decrease in the populations of developed countries.

In 1950, there were 12 persons of working age worldwide for every person age 65 or older. By 2010, that number had shrunk to 9. By 2050, this elderly support ratio, which indicates levels of potential social support available for the elderly, is projected to drop to 4.

The report also shows the contrasts between developing and developed countries and highlights that while developing countries will see populations increase, developed countries are beginning to see population shrinkage.

Frozen blood a source of stem cells

Frozen blood a source of stem cells, study finds | Reuters Researchers in Massachusetts have successfully created induced pluripotent stem cells from frozen blood samples. A researcher said that making the embryonic-like stem cells from blood is much easier than using skin samples from patients. They hope the advance will result in more resources for studying diseases.

40/40 Prayer Vigil

40/40 Prayer Vigil: The 40/40 Prayer Vigil consists of 40 days of prayer, followed by 40 hours of around the clock intercession. The Vigil focuses first on personal spiritual revival. It then covers an expanding circle of prayer concerns, from the church to the nation. Sponsored by the Ethics & Religious Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Documentary reveals secrets of the infertility industry

A new documentary, "Eggsploitation," exposes what the makers of the film label the "deceptive advertising, large monetary incentives and appeals to altruism" that are used by the infertility industry to entice college women to engage in human egg donation, a practice that the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network claims exploits them and puts them at "considerable" health risk.

Right to Life of Michigan PAC endorsements

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Get to Know: Caleb Ministries

Caleb Ministries - About Caleb Ministries Help for women and their families who have experienced infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth, early-infant death, or who are post-abortive.

Catalonia bans bullfighting in landmark Spain vote

BBC News - Catalonia bans bullfighting in landmark Spain vote: The parliament of Catalonia has voted to ban bullfighting - the first region of mainland Spain to do so. The vote took place as the result of a petition brought to parliament, signed by 180,000 people who say the practice is barbaric and outdated. The vote was brought to the agenda by activists who argue it is cruel and unacceptable.

Editor: Too bad Spain doesn't consider abortion barbaric, cruel, and unacceptable.

DISCLOSE Act Fails in Senate

DISCLOSE Act Fails in Senate: Democrat leaders in the U.S. Senate failed Tuesday afternoon to overcome a Republican filibuster on a campaign finance disclosure bill that critics say threatens the ability of grassroots political organizations, and the pro-life movement, to communicate effectively with voters during election cycles.

Our Neandertal brethren

News to Note, July 24, 2010 - Answers in Genesis: Evolutionists, like creationists, believe that Neanderthals were fully human, the same species as we are.

Abortion foes win round in health overhaul

Associated Press: Abortion foes have scored a victory and traditional allies of the Obama administration are grumbling about a decision to ban most abortion coverage in insurance pools for those unable to purchase health care on their own.

Major Increase in U.S. Interest in Orphans | Christianpost.com

Adoption Agency: Major Increase in U.S. Interest in Orphans | Christianpost.com: The nation’s largest adoption agency announced on Monday that it had the highest-ever increase in adoption placements for a half-year period in 2010. Bethany Christian Services reported that the combined international and domestic adoption placement increased 26 percent over the six-month period of January to June compared to the same time period in 2009.

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An Adoption Movement? Agencies Say Interest on Rise

Adoption is everywhere

God + intact family = less abortion

Marriage and Religion Research Institute: According to the National Survey of Family Growth, 11.3 percent of women who grew up in intact married families and now worship at least weekly had aborted their first pregnancy, followed by women who grew up in other family structures and now worship at least weekly (11.8 percent), those who grew up in other family structures and now never worship (19.7 percent), and those who grew up in intact married families and now never worship (22.4 percent).

Celebrating 20 years of preimplantation genetic diagnosis

BioNews - Celebrating 20 years of preimplantation genetic diagnosis: At the beginning of this month, following the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology annual meeting in Rome, a workshop was held to celebrate 20 years of preimplantation genetic diagnosis. PGD gives couples known to be at high risk of having children affected by an inherited disease the option of using IVF, with embryo biopsy and single cell genetic analysis to selectively transfer unaffected embryos and avoid the possibility of terminating an affected pregnancy only diagnosed at a later stage.

Editor: I don't see much to celebrate. PGD doesn't cure, but kills.

Obamacare Dollars Were Set to Fund Abortions before Controversy

FactCheck.org Confirms: Obamacare Dollars Were Set to Fund Abortions before Controversy: The non-partisan fact-checking site FactCheck.org has vindicated the National Right to Life Committee's claim that federal monies were on the brink of funding abortions in state high-risk insurance pools before the matter was exposed by NRLC, prompting the Obama administration to retroactively enforce Hyde-amendment restrictions.

Confronting Anatomy’s Nazi Past

Confronting Anatomy’s Nazi Past Historians have uncovered abundant information about how callous the anatomists of the Third Reich became. In Vienna, for instance, a special streetcar ran between the place of execution and the medical school morgue. If the morgue was full, executions were delayed. At least 1,337 bodies were delivered in this way.

Reprogrammed Stem Cells May Have Limited Use

Reprogrammed Stem Cells May Have Limited Use, Researchers Say - BusinessWeek: Induced pluripotent stem cells, or IPS cells, retain a “memory” of their original adult tissue, making it more difficult to turn them into other cell types for medical treatment.

Norwegian stuck in limbo with twins not genetically her own

Norwegian stuck in limbo with twins not genetically her own - Mumbai - City - The Times of India A Norwegian woman who engaged an Indian woman to be a surrogate mother of twins may not be able to bring them back home because they are not genetically hers.

Reality of nationalized medicine

UK health gap between rich and poor widest ever | UK news | guardian.co.uk: A review of deaths between 1921 and 2007 showed inequality between the rich and poor has been increasing, especially in relation to premature deaths. People in the most deprived areas are much more likely to die younger than those in the richest, and things are no better than during the economic depression of the 1930s.

Hundreds of IVF embryos donated 'without consent'

Hundreds of IVF embryos donated 'without consent' - Telegraph: Hundreds of British couples could have children that are biologically theirs living with other parents around Europe or across the world without knowing. A Spanish clinic runs an 'embryo adoption scheme' where spare embryos are donated to other women if the couple who created them do not know what they want to do with them or do not respond to correspondence from the clinic. Anonymity rules in Spain means the resulting children cannot trace their biological parents or vice versa.

Babel Explains Our Differences Wall Chart

Babel Explains Our Differences Wall Chart - Answers Vol. 3 No. 2 - Answers Bookstore: "Come and see the works of God; He is awesome in His doing toward the sons of men." – Psalm 66:5. The Tower of Babel helps to explain much, much more in our world today than just our differences in language. This exclusive wall chart lists seven specific topics that can be explained by the historical event at Babel. From striking similarities in human genetics to a wide variety of skin tones and the order of fossil layers to archaeological discoveries of stone tools, the Tower of Babel is the proper starting point for understanding human history and the many differences in our world.